I don’t like Trump either. But as others here have said he didn’t say this. That’s a quote from the article the quote from him says “You won’t be able to sell those cars” not “I’ll ban all electric car sales”
What’s the difference?
One implies he will personally forbid them from selling.
The other implies no one will want to buy them because they’ll be too expensive by their nature.
no one will want to buy them because they’ll be too expensive
China makes cheap electric vehicles. Why can’t American shoppers buy them?
Its almost as though the import price of the vehicle is a consequence of US trade policy.
I was not saying he is correct, saying that was his likely meaning in this context. He’s not exactly got a great track record of being smart or correct. Just in this case he didn’t seem to mean a ban outright.
He explicitly called for a ban of EV imports from Mexico. What’s more outright than that?
Why are people downvoting this? Trump is a literal poison, but misinformation is misinformation. The author changed the meaning: “You won’t be able to sell those cars, because they won’t have EV incentives” NOT “because I’ll ban them.”
Trump is a literal poison, but misinformation is misinformation.
Trump: “Won’t someone rid me of these meddlesome electric vehicles?!”
Media: “Trump calls for elimination of electric vehicles.”
Terminally Online Guy: “Um, aktuly, its ephebophilia”.
That’s a funny way to get the auto companies and unions in the three states Biden really needs to go all in on Biden.
I’m confused. Both of them seem to be trying to lose this election.
Why? Better margins on gas cars, I think industrial Michigan would love this because it means they won’t be squeezed into electric car manufacturing. I get told by big 3 engineers that if it wasn’t for the subsidies they wouldn’t be electrifying their fleets. The consumer may not like it, unions may not like it, but the companies could give a damn.
I get told by big 3 engineers that if it wasn’t for the subsidies they wouldn’t be electrifying their fleets.
We’ve been subsidizing ICE vehicles for the better part of the last century. Famously, Bush Jr passed enormous tax cuts for SUVs and other “light trucks” back in 2003.
Congress recently passed a tax bill, as proposed in President Bush’s economic stimulus plan, that offers a $100,000 tax credit for business owners who purchase any vehicle weighing 6,000 pounds or more when fully loaded.
Because these rules didn’t require a business to exist for a minimum length of time or post a profit, car dealerships would help buyers spin up small businesses on the spot in order to avail themselves of the credit. SUVs flooded the market and have been a load on the national car fleet ever since.
Now we’re pivoting to electric vehicles in order to stay competitive globally, and (fossil fuel endorsed) business magazines have suddenly started poo-pooing the idea of vehicle subsidies as unnatural. Curious.
That’s called FREEDOM and FREE MARKET CAPITALISM!
I’m beginning to think Trump is just throwing things against the wall to see what sticks.
I’m beginning to think he doesn’t have values of his own and has discovered that he can easily keep dangling simplistic talking points in front of America’s most ignorant and most vulnerable segment of simpletons and morons.
I might take it one step further and say that these aren’t Trump’s ideas. These are fossil fuel industry talking points that get pumped through a rich network of right wing talk radio dorks and Brietbart style news feeds and Joe Rogan guests.
Trump and his ilk are just the guys who can turn a talking point about “nobody is buying electric cars” into a real policy of “nobody is allowed to buy electric cars from over the border”.
He can only further with those who already believe in him.
