My take is I'm not so sure Elon cares about Tesla as much as he does SpaceX, He wants Trump in office so he can "DOGE-mantle" the EPA and FAA and any other TLA that hinders his ambitions.
Yeah, Tesla will thrive without any tax credits, and this may even make Tesla's offerings more compelling. Especially if it drives other automakers to curtail or cancel their EV programs. I'm sure Trump will roll back federal emissions targets, and it looks like he might even want to go to war with California and the other CARB states to make it illegal for them to impose their own state-level emissions targets. It's going to be an interesting 4 years! On Wed, Nov 20, 2024 at 9:10 AM Kevin Horton via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Nov 20, 2024, at 12:52, John Lussmyer via EV <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > On 11/19/2024 4:18 PM, Mark Hanson via EV wrote: > >> Hi folks > >> It isn’t logical that Musk is in favor of killing the $7500 EV tax > credit since his company only makes EVs and his competition can just go > back to making gassers. > > Though, Tesla doesn't NEED the tax credit. They still make a profit on > their cars without it. > > NONE of the Legacy car makers are making a profit on their cars - and > the tax credit is the only way their prices are low enough to even consider > them. > > > > Elon is a raging asshole, but Tesla is the only EV maker that is making > good EV's at a profit. > > > > > To be fair to Elon, I consider that the best use of any government support > is to encourage the proliferation of EV charging infrastructure. Tesla has > shown how to make an EV at low enough cost to make a profit. It is up to > the legacy automakers to copy what Tesla has done. They need to give up on > the idea of simply ripping out the ICE drivetrain and adding battery, etc. > They need to simply and rationalize their designs and production > processes. They'll never be able to innovate fast enough if they continue > to use federated systems designed and produced by other companies. > > Kevin Horton > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to [email protected] > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20241120/6890813b/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
