Electric Vehicles have been shoved down our throats as if they were a 5 course meal. We’ve been told the world is ending, and the solution is moving away from fossil fuels.
California’s Governor Gavin Newsom, has announced that if Trump ends federal subsidies for EV’s that California will reboot it’s own state subsidy program. The program could provide up to $7.500 in tax rebates for the purchase of an EV - there’s just one catch… Tesla, the most popular EV in the state will not be included.
But if the world is truly ending, if climate change exacerbated by gas-powered cars poses such an existential threat that our laws must prevent people from owning gas cars… why would certain electric vehicles be excluded from tax incentives?
Elon Musk is the owner of Tesla, he spoke at Trump rallies, endorsed the President-Elect, and helped him campaign. That is most likely why Tesla is excluded from the subsidization. An arbitrary judgement.
Musk has revolutionized the electric vehicle industry and the thanks that he gets from the environmental war-mongers, is exclusion.
“It’s about creating the market conditions for more of these car makers to take root,” Newsom’s office said. Fair competition however, with Tesla is exactly what would push new EV manufacturers forward. In fact, it’s exactly what has pushed them to this point.
Musk pointed out on X, that Tesla is the only EV company that manufactures in California, and called the policy “insane.”
