Elon Musk: "Let's Not Forget the White House Giving Tesla the Cold Shoulder" And Crediting GM With "Leading the Electric Car Revolution" When They Only Delivered 26 EVs

Considering that Musk is the richest man in the world, he sure does whine a lot. But regarding this specific bit of whining, it is fair to note that Tesla has not gotten to where it is today without a lot of government support -- the most obvious example is the $7500 tax credits that have helped make their vehicles more affordable versus many of their competitors. Then there is also the fact that there were several years when selling carbon credits helped keep Tesla afloat.

And I certainly can't see any evidence to suggest that President Biden's snub of Tesla hurt the company in any way. On the other hand, it does seem probable that some of Musk's own comments have done damage to Tesla's reputation.

Tesla does indeed get a lot of negative comment from the media, but then Tesla does not advertise. How does the media make money? Advertising. Let's consider this for a moment. Would the attitude of the media change if Tesla bought advertising? (Don't tell me about the firewall between advertising and editorial. That's often a myth.) If the attitude did change, then.... Well, let's play with that for a moment. The subtext of what the media seems to be saying is: "Buy advertising and we'll be nicer to you." How does that differ from the old mafia protection racket? "Nice place you got here. It would be a shame if it burned down. Pay us for protection and it won't burn." The media, to me, seems to be playing the same sort of extortion game. Tesla, however, doesn't seem to feel the need to play along.

I agree with Elon Musk. He is an innovator and disrupter. Despite all odds he has changed the world. I drive a Tesla and a Plug in BMW. Despite the faults of both they are excellent cars and so will never go back to IC cars. It makes no sense environmentally and practically. I spend ¼ of what I did with an IC for fuel and maintenance. $500 last 12 months for electricity (12000 miles) and zero maintenance. Oh I did buy windshield wipers at $30. They drive well have incredible technology.
People who don’t own EVs don’t get it. Once you own one, and experience to revolution you will understand.
Range anxiety is ridiculous. Most states will catch up to California in a while. I live in Nevada.

This article wants us to believe that the government is against Elon? what a joke! Media out to get him it’s more like he’s has something mental against advertisers, just look no further than the interview with cnbc where he told advertisers he doesn’t care if they advertise on x…he’s more concerned spreading his thoughts on twitter… Confucius say fool, and his money soon part. I’m waiting.

P.s. TESLA’S TERRIBLE TRACK RECORDS FOR CARS

The ICE car is dead....

So tired of lazy, dumb comments like this. Everyone throwing around crazy absolutes and exaggerations makes them lose their meaning. Learn to write truthfully and accurately. "It's the best", "never again", "worst ever", "it's dead", etc etc. They don't mean what they are supposed to anymore because people like this author abuse them. Talk about pathetic and embarrassing.

Tesla gets 3 billion in government subsidies. And Elon is crying the white house doesn't give him enough credit 🙄

If the US is so mean, he can go live at his factory in China, where he's refreshing his cars over there.

Stop crying

LMAO @ "the ICE car is dead". Show me and EV that can drive 1800 miles in under 2 days.

ICE is still king, and will be world-wide until after you die. Especially while smooth brains continue to block nuclear power.

Didn't the former guy in the White House just tell supporters of "electric car lunacy" to rot in Hell?

Whoever wrote this doesn't have a real job. Combustion engines do all the real work on this Earth. It's nice to play pretend that your battery car gets you to the coffee shop, but real men have to use diesel to perform the tasks that keep you fed and clothed and housed with water and electricity. Maybe someday in magical fairy land electronic cars will be the better option, but not for a long time.

GM did a EV years before Tesla, believe it was EV1. There is a movie about it who killed the electric car. They were mainly leased and when the lease was up ALL were scrapped. There is only a small handful left all the controllers had a hole drilled through the circuit boards so they couldn't be repaired.

You sound extremely biased. You're riding Elon so hard that he's in your throat from your rectum. I don't support ICE engines but to claim that they're dead and that the EV industry isn't stagnant currently is very disingenuous.

To claim they haven't had ANY technological innovations in 50 years is just dishonest. Compare LITERALLY ANY CAR from 1970 to 2020 and then say there have been no innovations..

He definitely needs government funds and subsidization to survive

Unions are good for the people, to mention unions and the office of the presidency supporting them like they're a bad thing is also very disconnected from the reality of the workforce currently.

You are a terrible writer and you are misleading the public. Please do better

Tesla was built on subsidies when they sold their credits to others.

Trump branded EV's as evil in his latest rant. The oil industry doesn't want more EV's. Any Republican administration is likely to do their best to hinder EV adoption.