I would say Elon Musk has done more than anyone on this planet to help expedite the switch to non-carbon burning electric vehicles. Everyone else is just playing catch up. You would think those who think there is a climate crisis would put aside their political differences and embrace what he’s doing.

Most of us, me included, have no idea what DEI really means. But we all like to comment about it.

The more I see car companies switching to hybrids, the more it proves Toyota was right all along.

If you don’t quite trust the technology, leasing is the way to go. If we want to get serious about this ICE to EV transition, we should eliminate all tariffs on Chinese EV’s

One thing is for sure, car companies are betting their whole future on this monumental change in the car market. There will be winners and losers.

It’s time for the government to stop subsidizing EV’s. The technology can stand on its own now. Repeal all tariffs that limit affordable Chinese EV’s and batteries, then watch what happens. Time for those people that think we have a climate crisis to get serious.

Too bad, so sad. Get it down to the low 50k’s and it has a chance.

Wow! I never thought of it that way, good point.

Here’s the conundrum, if climate change is so important do we let Chinese EV’s into the US tariff free, or do we protect domestic manufacturers from cheaper imports? Same with solar panels, and batteries. Why not let the Chinese subsidize our clean energy transition?

That would be about 10.25% sales tax (depending on which county, city) + $100 to $200 yearly registration fee.

It’s pure folly to give people rich enough to spend $50,000 on a car $7,500 of taxpayer money. We should end all subsidies (yes, oil too), end all tariffs, and allow Chinese EV’s in our market.

I usually don’t say NP to older German cars, but that’s too nice to pass up. Better have good mechanical skills though. NP

Let’s see what EV sales can really do. Drop the subsidies, drop the tariffs and watch how many Chinese EV’s can be sold here in the USA.

Eliminate tax subsidies, eliminate carbon credits, eliminate tariffs on Chinese EV’s. Electric vehicles are ready to stand on their own.

Time to end the absurdity of tax breaks for electric vehicles. It’s better to concentrate on upgrading the grid and charging infrastructure. Eliminate all EV tariffs and watch what happens.

Going there is just asking for trouble.

Like the switch from horses to cars, the EV transition will have its bumps in the road. Eventually, superior technology wins out. I’m close to being in.

Musk wants to keep Tesla as an AI company so he can keep the stock price up. Tesla’s market cap is $796 billion, GM’s 52.7 billion, Tesla’s price to earnings ratio is 64.3x compared to GM’s 6.06x. If Tesla had the same price to earnings ratio as GM it’s stock should be $91 a share, not the current $249 a share.

You are not going to stop climate change no matter what you do. The next generation will merely move to Canada or Russia. Don’t buy into the doomsday scenario, humans are very resilient.

That’s just as dumb as giving people rich enough to buy new cars a $7,500 tax credit for an EV. If we’re going to subsidize something how about giving someone making less than $35,000 a year a credit on buying a used vehicle that is more efficient than their current older model.