@[email protected] to Automotive [email protected]English • 6 months agoElon Musk says he opposes US tariffs on Chinese electric vehicleswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down112
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minus-square@ozymandias117linkEnglish10•6 months agoIn January he said the exact opposite “If there are no trade barriers established, they will pretty much demolish most other car companies in the world,” he said. https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-ceo-musk-chinese-ev-firms-will-demolish-rivals-without-trade-barriers-2024-01-25/
minus-square@RestrictedAccountlinkEnglish6•6 months agoTariffs=Biden Biden=Bad Tariffs=Bad Also he needs to kiss CCP ass because of his supply chain and Chinese sales of all his products.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish0•6 months agoHe also sells his cars around the world and Tesla is doing well even when facing competition from other Chinese EVs. Tariffs are just an excuse to protect those laggard car companies who can only produce internal combustion vehicles.
minus-square@IphtashuFitzlinkEnglish2•6 months agoTesla also has a gigafactory & Supercharger factory in China. If Musk pissed them off, China could slap huge tariffs coming out of those factories.
Huh that’s not something I expected
In January he said the exact opposite
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-ceo-musk-chinese-ev-firms-will-demolish-rivals-without-trade-barriers-2024-01-25/
Tariffs=Biden Biden=Bad Tariffs=Bad
Also he needs to kiss CCP ass because of his supply chain and Chinese sales of all his products.
Why do you say so?
I guess cause he owns a US EV company
He also sells his cars around the world and Tesla is doing well even when facing competition from other Chinese EVs. Tariffs are just an excuse to protect those laggard car companies who can only produce internal combustion vehicles.
True, thanks for the perspective
Tesla also has a gigafactory & Supercharger factory in China. If Musk pissed them off, China could slap huge tariffs coming out of those factories.