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I didn't see any of this whingeing when Biden was making EV incentives that blatantly excluded Tesla. This is what happens when you go along with lawfare or we

• tzs 1y ago
  > I didn't see any of this whingeing when Biden was making EV incentives that blatantly excluded Tesla. Examples? Here are the EV incentives that I'm aware of that happened during the Biden administration. • $7500 tax credit for qualifying vehicles. It only applies to cars below a certain MSRP which disqualified the Tesla Models S and X, but that same limit excluded many other cars from many other companies too. The rest of Tesla's models have many configurations below the MSRP cutoff that did qualify. There were also rules on battery materials sourcing, which disqualified about 80% of the EVs that were then available in the US. Those did hit some specific trims of the Model 3 for a few months but Tesla was able to switch to using the same batteries that the unaffected Model 3 trims used, restoring the credit. • The National Electrical Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program, which provided grants for building EV charging infrastructure. Tesla qualified and received considerable money from NEVI grants. • There were some grants specifically intended to boost EV manufacturing with union workers. Tesla does not have any unionized plants so was de facto excluded. • There were grants for building a network of EV truck charges. Tesla submitted a project proposal but it was not accepted. What else was there?