Welp…

  • Furbag@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    I just want to remind anyone thinking that this is a good thing because it will siphon off voters from the Republican Party - Elon Musk is only doing this because Trump cut the EV mandate from the Big Bullshit Bill and didn’t appoint his guy to NASA. No matter what he says about spending or debt ceilings, he doesn’t care about any of it and was in the loop the entire time that legislation was being crafted. He’s still only in this for himself, just as he was when he gleefully threw a Nazi salute on stage thinking he just got everything he could ever want when he bought the president his office.

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      As much as I fucking hate Musk, he does understand two things:

      1. EVs will never be the mainstream without federal and state project support
      2. Funneling money from the government to billionaires is the worst thing for an economy

      What I find fucking mind-blowing is that this idiot is selling a shoddy EV and solar product at premium costs to other idiots, but very much aligned with Democrats on the two points above. Not only did he back the wrong horse, he straight up accidentally got on the wrong horse, and rode it threw towns away from where he was living very comfortably.

      Now this fucking moron needs to invent new ways to make Tesla appealing to the “normies” because nobody is buying his bullshit stalling tactics or premium pricing for sub-par products.

      I’ve got my popcorn ready, but the siphoning of votes away from Trump is just the butter on top.

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        1. EVs will never be the mainstream without federal and state project support

        in not sure about that… imo EVs would be relatively comparable if ICE vehicles and oil didn’t have massive subsidies at every stage from governments… more if negative externalities were properly accounted for

        or maybe not: in australia we have a fuel excise and EV credit and they’re still pretty expensive relative to ICE

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          2 hours ago

          I know you meant internal combustion engine, but it gave me a pause because I thought you were talking about ice agents

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            2 hours ago

            i absolutely agree and considered using a different phrase but it’s been the phrase to use for fossil fuel powered cars for so long i decided they don’t get to exclusively steal it

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          2 hours ago

          EV’s only become popular when cheaper. It’s a fact.

          Not everyone lives in areas where solar installs at ean option. The offset doesn’t make sense when you go north or south of the globe where the sun don’t shine.