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thanks - appreciate the correction!
by hunglee2 4y ago
thanks - appreciate the correction!
- toomuchtodo 4y agoI surface it only to highlight that these critical pieces of infrastructure don’t get built or paid for magically. Someone had to eat the cost and time. Electrify America only built theirs because the US gov required it as part of the Dieselgate settlement. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/10/vws-2-billion-penalty-for-diesel-scam-builds-ev-charging-network-across-us.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/10/vws-2-billion-penalty-for-di... This is not to say Tesla is without fault, it is to say if you want to build and sell EVs you should have to contribute to the shared capital costs instead of spending that revenue on share buybacks or other shareholder enrichment mechanisms.