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Nothing in comparison to what states offered. Giving businesses subsidies to attract more employers isn't anything unique to California.
by dimitrios1 6y ago
Nothing in comparison to what states offered. Giving businesses subsidies to attract more employers isn't anything unique to California.
- cma 6y agoHe got something like $180 million from California for the faked/minimal battery swap effort alone. Basically $180 million to make this commercial and a couple scrapped demo stations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5V0vL3nnHY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5V0vL3nnHY
- atomi 6y agoHN is not immune to political biases especially when it comes to taxes. Nobody likes taxes and if you can either avoid them or recoup them through subsidies it makes you "smart."
- southeastern 6y agoYou make it sound like they don't argue their hardest that it's destructive to the economy, and not that they just don't like it. Yes HN is susceptible bias and no that's not okay. This idea that we just have to be relegated to accepting bad ideas cuz everyone wants to do it is.. dangerous.
- itsoktocry 6y ago>Nothing in comparison to what states offered. For the factories, maybe. What about the rebate to car purchasers for many years, making California Tesla's biggest market? That is substantial.
- warkdarrior 6y agoCalifornia changed their EV rebate rules in Dec. 2019, instating an MSRP cap of $60,000. Many (most?) Tesla cars cost more than $60,000 so Tesla buyers will not get the CA EV rebate.
- akavi 6y agoIt's a bit incoherent to offer subsidies to encourage the creation of new tech and then get mad at people for taking you up on the offer.