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Hell hath no fury like an Elon Musk scorned by the government.
The ever-contentious Tweeter took to the social-media platform on Thursday to hit back at the Biden administration after the President spoke about the future of electric vehicles in America and seemed to have left Musks Tesla off the list of impactful companies.
I meant it when I said the future was going to be made right here in America, Bidens original Tweet said. Companies like GM and Ford are building more electric vehicles here at home than ever before.
Musk negged back at him spelling out the letters of Tesla, pointing out that the POTUS had forgotten to mention the name of his company when talking about electric vehicles.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/elon-musk-rips-into-joe-biden-canadian-government-this-is-the-path-to-tyranny/ar-AATfbka
Problem is most people can't afford a Tesla.
On edit more Musk whining
Elon Musk says California's insurance commissioner should be 'voted out of office' over car insurance prices
Elon Musk said on Thursday that Ricardo Lara, California's insurance commissioner, should be "voted out of office" over car insurance prices.
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On the topic of Tesla Insurance, Musk said in the earnings call: "We are pushing very hard for California to change the rules to allow informatics, which basically means that you're as safe as you're driving is measured."
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Lara tweeted later: "Push all you want, but we won't bend on protecting consumer data, privacy and fair rates." Lara added in a follow-up tweet that California state has only allowed vehicle data to work out miles driven by each person.
In response, the Tesla CEO tweeted: "You should be voted out of office," adding in a later tweet: "Your policies are directly responsible for the outrageously high insurance premiums paid by Californians."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/elon-musk-says-californias-insurance-commissioner-should-be-voted-out-of-office-over-car-insurance-prices/ar-AATeWNF
Coventina
(29,890 posts)dalton99a
(95,035 posts)
PatSeg
(53,369 posts)A little too full of himself.
Cha
(320,236 posts)form detectable.
GD fascist fucker.
EYESORE 9001
(29,864 posts)Sorta like the Packard - an overpriced status symbol.
dalton99a
(95,035 posts)GM, Ford, VW, Toyota, ...
WarGamer
(18,820 posts)His snake oil skills and fortune make Trump look like a homeless dude in a tent next to the 405...
Take his cult and the MAGA cult... waaaaay worse than Trump.
captain queeg
(11,780 posts)Who gives a shit what you think Musk? Hes just another shyster though he has had some good ideas. Hes gotten help from the govt along the way but likes to project himself as a great innovator thats done it all on his own.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)MineralMan
(151,492 posts)Really? It's not. But, you go right ahead and alienate the very people who are buying electric cars to help with climate change. That's, you know, a really smart business strategy.
FSogol
(47,651 posts)dalton99a
(95,035 posts)

FSogol
(47,651 posts)Itchinjim
(3,185 posts)Coventina
(29,890 posts)Itchinjim
(3,185 posts)Coventina
(29,890 posts)USALiberal
(10,877 posts)Coventina
(29,890 posts)USALiberal
(10,877 posts)Coventina
(29,890 posts)Zorro
(18,805 posts)That's your answer.
I don't want government organizations to award contracts based on personal biases.
Caliman73
(11,767 posts)Both are automobile tycoons, both are assholes. Nothing new about an automobile tycoon being an asshole.
Itchinjim
(3,185 posts)Give him time though
hunter
(40,812 posts)MineralMan
(151,492 posts)together on EVs, Tesla will have great difficulty selling its cars for more money than someone can pay to buy one of the other brands.
Tesla is the current Studebaker of automobile manufacturers. Studebaker broke some interesting design ground in the late 1950s, but failed anyhow. It simply couldn't compete. Many other auto manufacturers fell victim to the same fate and for the same reason.
dalton99a
(95,035 posts)Hyundai is planning to introduce 23 new electric vehicles by 2025
Kia: 11 by 2026
Toyota/Lexus: 30 by 2030
Initech
(109,092 posts)fightforfreedom
(4,913 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,891 posts)He owns around 175 million shares of Tesla stock, which is where the majority of his net worth lies.
Tesla is trading at $830/share today.
175,000,000 X 830 = $145,250,000,000.
Tesla would have to get to $5715 per share for him to have a Trillion dollar net worth.
Tesla might have a Market Capitalization of over a trillion (actually, today it is at $835 B), but Musk can't claim that at all, not by a very long shot.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)RainCaster
(13,838 posts)What a tool. His cars have been so spotty in quality that I will never consider one for myself. I won't even pick up a Tesla powertrain from the wrecking yard to do a conversion. Not worth the trouble.
PortTack
(35,824 posts)Budi
(15,325 posts)And those who can afford a Tesla are the only people who matter to Elon Musk.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Zorro
(18,805 posts)https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a38657616/tesla-million-evs-worldwide-2021/
Looks like there are plenty of customers that can afford a Tesla, despite the naysayers. Both VW's ID.4 and Ford's Mach-e Mustang are in the same price range as Tesla's Model 3.
Tesla will survive and thrive.
Musk may be acting like an asshole, but Teslas are quite exceptional vehicles.
iemanja
(57,775 posts)lame54
(40,012 posts)And so stylish
dalton99a
(95,035 posts)
lame54
(40,012 posts)iemanja
(57,775 posts)Very squarish.
ironflange
(7,781 posts)
?sfvrsn=8e8c5b2b_2kimbutgar
(27,465 posts)He did a hostile takeover of Tesla and kicked out the original creators.
Rich spoiled boy who wont face any consequences. Id never by a Tesla car because of him.
W_HAMILTON
(10,422 posts)...how many times in history rich white guys have been the tyrannized as opposed to the ones doing the tyrannizing.
Fuck off, you entitled prick.
aocommunalpunch
(4,583 posts)He got his feelings hurt and he's a douchebag. That's all it seems to take these days.
Baitball Blogger
(52,625 posts)Deep State Witch
(12,750 posts)It's an imperative sentence.