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The current White House has been anti-Tesla since the beginning so I've got no clue what you're talking about.

andsoitis 4y ago
in what concrete way has the current WH been anti-Tesla? i’m aware of the WH not praising tesla while they praised ford (iirc), but, notwithstanding complaints by Elon’s mom that he isn’t appreciated, I’m not aware of any action against Tesla per se.
- bryanlarsen 4y ago
  Stuff like this: https://electrek.co/2021/08/06/tesla-wasnt-invited-biden-ev-announcement-unions/ https://electrek.co/2021/08/06/tesla-wasnt-invited-biden-ev-... As well as claiming that GM/Mary Barra "electrified the nation".
  - andsoitis 4y ago
    I mean, Tesla is already 100% electric so the emphasis is on incentivizing / forcing the other automakers to accelerate electrification. When we think about it, they sell way more cars than Tesla, so from a practical point of view you want to move them. Besides forcing (laws, emmissions standards) you can also praise them foe their work in order to get them more on the electrification agenda. Praising Tesla wouldn’t increase electrification, so doesn’t seem worth doing unless it would stoke sufficient envy to encourage other automakers. Sour grapes about not being praised seems more an ego thing.
    - mlindner 4y ago
      Why do we need to save other automakers from their own destruction who refuse to adapt? > Praising Tesla wouldn’t increase electrification, so doesn’t seem worth doing unless it would stoke sufficient envy to encourage other automakers. Sure it will. It'll indicate that there's political support for Tesla and that other automakers should copy Tesla.
      - andsoitis 4y ago
        I think the idea is not about saving legacy automakers, but rather to accelerate an environmental agenda.
- mlindner 4y ago
  Praising competitors, refusing to invite Tesla to EV events, working with lobbyists from competitors in this recent law, actively lying to the media about which company caused the EV number explosion that we've seen, and generally trying to pretend very hard that Tesla doesn't even exist.

in what concrete way has the current WH been anti-Tesla? i’m aware of the WH not praising tesla while they praised ford (iirc), but, notwithstanding complaints by Elon’s mom that he isn’t appreciated, I’m not aware of any action against Tesla per se.

bryanlarsen 4y ago
Stuff like this: https://electrek.co/2021/08/06/tesla-wasnt-invited-biden-ev-announcement-unions/ https://electrek.co/2021/08/06/tesla-wasnt-invited-biden-ev-... As well as claiming that GM/Mary Barra "electrified the nation".
- andsoitis 4y ago
  I mean, Tesla is already 100% electric so the emphasis is on incentivizing / forcing the other automakers to accelerate electrification. When we think about it, they sell way more cars than Tesla, so from a practical point of view you want to move them. Besides forcing (laws, emmissions standards) you can also praise them foe their work in order to get them more on the electrification agenda. Praising Tesla wouldn’t increase electrification, so doesn’t seem worth doing unless it would stoke sufficient envy to encourage other automakers. Sour grapes about not being praised seems more an ego thing.
  - mlindner 4y ago
    Why do we need to save other automakers from their own destruction who refuse to adapt? > Praising Tesla wouldn’t increase electrification, so doesn’t seem worth doing unless it would stoke sufficient envy to encourage other automakers. Sure it will. It'll indicate that there's political support for Tesla and that other automakers should copy Tesla.
    - andsoitis 4y ago
      I think the idea is not about saving legacy automakers, but rather to accelerate an environmental agenda.
mlindner 4y ago
Praising competitors, refusing to invite Tesla to EV events, working with lobbyists from competitors in this recent law, actively lying to the media about which company caused the EV number explosion that we've seen, and generally trying to pretend very hard that Tesla doesn't even exist.