Tesla is not being picked on.
Tesla is not being picked on. They are victims of their own boasting about FSD.
As for fires, sure the incidence is low but the opponents of EVs (Not just Tesla) quack about them and politicians will grab at anything that gets attention. More importantly, the industry needs to assure the public that EVs are safe.
The US government is not singling out Tesla. Please note that Tesla benefits from environmental policies that few can access. They were also recipients of a loan from the government when investors were too cowardly to put up their own money.
This article and Munro’s complaints are based on defensive readings the hard environment that is auto manufacturing.
The governments that ARE picking on Tesla are those like Texas that prohibit sales by Tesla despite the jobs Tesla brings and the taxes they pay.
The government did not stop them from building the Gigafactory in Reno even though battery manufacture is environmentally fraught.
There are exactly no barriers to Tesla except where local pols choose to curry favor with local donors.