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The electric vehicle industry is closely watching to see how Tesla boss Elon Musk, who played a key role in the victory of Republican President-elect Donald Trump, will use his influence with the incoming president to steer the industry's future.

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

"Use his influence" = get what he paid tens of millions in bribes for

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 weeks ago

It doesn't matter that he has several hundred billion more votes than anyone. Money is speech bro. Legalized bribery is democracy. Well it was. Now fascism and dictatorship are democracy. That's called Freedom™️!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Money is power/influence, that has always been the case. Not sure why you felt the need to put that in quotes as if it wasn't universally applicable.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

I was quoting the article.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

You misspelled 44 billion dollar.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Of course, it could all be another elaborate pump-and-dump scheme by Elon. It wouldn't put it past him.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 weeks ago

Next pump and dump: the American economy.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

My guess the tariffs will be on "any non-tesla car produced outside the US".

That means, for example, Volkswagen gets the tariff.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

They should be doing more than “watching”. They have two months of functioning government left. Don’t waste it

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They already put a 100% tarrif on the most affordable EV (byd seagull)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

Exactly. He already has his hand up the government's ass and had been sucking off billions of dollars in subsidies and other benefits. This will only get worse, but apparently boosting musk is bipartisan, the two parties just differ in how much they want to give to him.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Spoiler: They will waste their time.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Why does the first line of the article say the location is New Delhi?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

The editor, Saibal Dasgupta, seems to be a journalist located in India.

Voice of America's headquarter is in Washington though, so good question.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

To indicate the — clearing throat — seriosity of this paper.