Excuse me??? Elon Musk owns
Excuse me??? Elon Musk owns about 13% of Tesla. That means 87% of the company is owned by other folks, many of whom are non-institutional investors, regular working folk like me. Combined and without considering institutional investors, I'd bet we surpass Elon.
Furthermore, Teslas sole in America regularly rank near or at the top for the percentage of the vehicle that is truly American made as opposed to just assembled here with foreign parts. They are as or more American developed and made as virtually any other vehicle on the road. Tesla has brought American engineering back to a reality it hasn't seen since the 60s.
And what the heck are you talking about with the driver nonsense??? We are a long ways from having drivers displaced by autonomous driving. And if some of the long, boring, easy miles do eventually convert over, that will just give our overworked drivers a bit of a breather. Did you not note that one of the biggest causes of shortages over the last couple of years was not having enough drivers despite companies like Walmart hitting 95K type salary levels? If we didn't have some of the load being handled by drivers from across the borders, our country would not be able to operate.
Open your eyes. Wow. Just wow.