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Recall that Musk has been begging Congress to end the subsidies (broadly defined), which are distorting the market.
by ctdonath 9y ago
Recall that Musk has been begging Congress to end the subsidies (broadly defined), which are distorting the market.
- rgbrenner 9y agoOdd that he didn't have an objection to it when Tesla was benefiting from it.. but once Tesla 3 sales crossed that 200k threshold, and set the end date on the subsidy for Tesla... then Musk comes out and says 'We MUST end this subsidy for everyone immediately'. Real principled stance there.
- 20years 9y agoI suppose it's a quick way to kill of the competition.
- Ryudas 9y agoLet me just state that Elon musk has , in fact mentioned going zero on subsidies before the 200k , namely, qhen bob lutz was critizizing the subsidies and loans tesla got, he offered a competition where everybod would go to zero subsidies.
- rgbrenner 9y agoYou mean the comments Lutz made in Oct 2016? There were 325k model 3 preorders in April 2016. Tesla has been in business since 2003. Show me a comment from 10 years ago of musk complaining about subsidies.
- Ryudas 9y agoYou know , you're right! I had my timelines mixed. I do still think that elon musk's companies get singled out quite strongly when they take advantage of the subsidies that a lot of these companies take part in, to much higher degree. I guess his companies bear so much vitriolitic commentary, it's hard to distinguish actual valid criticism from the other things.
- ifhd 9y agoman, I have to respect the guy's PR team.