Posted on 05/30/2025 7:37:48 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Naive Fools join with intentional grifters.
Thanks a bunch Elon, for leading the EV Revolution.
You can say, “Hate the game, not the player”.
But any businessman of weight whose entire model is based on a completely and utterly corrupt system needs to be held accountable in some way.
Not gonna happen, the grift is too strong.
I think the forced EV adoption has been hobbled if not stopped with the last election.
If the car was made in China, it’s collecting data on you every way possible.
Unlike Gates, Musk has came around with saving X and supporting Trump. Trump himself certainly took advantage of the tax law over the years.
Musk made and is making billions selling “carbon credits” to car companies so they can artificially increase their average mpg. Global warming, climate change is a scam.
“Trump himself certainly took advantage of the tax law over the years.”
Tax law regarding what? Not EVs which is the subject here. This post smells like a “But Trump...” troll job.
Heads up people.
There are some somewhat quiet announcements from the entire United States car industry informing Washington that China has shut off export of neodymium magnets. Neodymium is a rare Earth element and frankly it is the most important one.
Neodymium magnets are many times stronger than iron based magnets.
It is neodymium that brought us cordless drills. It is why all of a sudden about 10 to 20 years ago all electric motors suddenly got much stronger. There was no spectacular increase in engineering. It was simply that neodymium arrived on the scene.
China is pretty much the only producer. They are sending a signal that the White House dares not allow to become two very public, and that signal is you will fold in all of your strategies or you will set your technology back about 30 years.
Yes, you are correct. BUT: there are neodymium deposits in the USA as well, which could have production ramped up in short order. Here’s a story about one of those deposits:
https://www.mining.com/u-s-critical-materials-unveils-highest-grade-neodymium-deposit-in-the-us/
There has never been organic demand for EVs. They have always been shoved down our throats by a treasonous government pushing Leftism. One day there will be organic demand when battery tech and ample fast charging stations are far enough along that EVs are generally the equal of ICE vehicles but the entire development cycle of EVs has been shoved down our throat at massive taxpayer cost. Musk was brilliant to suckle on the teat of this massive taxpayer gift. Or should I say grift? I am not bashing Musk. All he did was take advantage of government corruption. He didn’t cause it.
easy - dont buy his stuff
The Chinese just came out with a new balloon called the GLOBETROTTER
Why are you blaming Musk??
https://carboncredits.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-understanding-carbon-credits/
I see you were right in your statement. but he didn’t invent them, governments did.
Elon Musk’s Tesla earned a record 2.8 billion dollars in 2024 from trading in regulatory carbon credits, according to figures published late on Wednesday. The company earns money by selling these credits to manufacturers producing fossil fuel vehicles, so they can hit environmental targets.
Don’t be an ass......
Thanks for posting.
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