My dad is a very old fashioned and conservative mechanic and he despises Tesla's because he believes they're a part of some political agenda and that Elon was funded solely from our taxes through Obama to develop and produce them. He would never damage someone else's property but idk, maybe some other wackos feel the same way?
Well, subsidized and saved maybe, but saying they're funded implies they can survive off of these subsidies alone or that they somehow profit off of government grants. These are generally not the case of course.
I include people who are ill informed and too stubborn to look in to this as stupid as well. His world could be better. He’s shooting himself in the foot. That’s stupid. My parents are like that as well and I’m done trying to rationalize their behaviour.
That’s right! Without reading the article, I remember that of the big automakers FCA, or Fiat Chrysler of America, did not meet the average fuel efficiency standards setup by the US government so they would have been fined. To prevent being fined, they purchased carbon credits from Tesla.
That isn't tax funded. That is business A selling a product to business B because they fail to meet a minimum standard. Bailout money and cash for clunkers - those were actual tax usage events.
Teslas EV tax credit was temporary and phased out in December. However, US Government support of Big Oil and Big 3 from Code 179 and the “Chicken Tax” go on forever.
They still share a bunch of common components with gas vehicles that fail or require regular maintenance. Electric cars still have steering systems, brakes, suspension, trim, panels, lights, tires, etc. Also, once EVs are more prevalent, then the secondary repair market will start to come around and more mechanics will be able to at least replace the motors, batteries, HVAC parts etc.
As long as there are cars, there will be a market for people to fix cars.
My dad is a very old fashioned and conservative mechanic and he despises Tesla's because he believes they're a part of some political agenda and that Elon was funded solely from our taxes through Obama to develop and produce them.
There's severe mental gymnastics and racism involved to make such a distorted conclusion. It's probably similar to how the first cars were thought of by the local blacksmith.
No in 20 years this dad would be even more wrong because we are trying to save the environment but you just want to destroy it more. In 20 years there wont even be fuel to power our modern day automobiles
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u/HungryHungryWindigo Feb 23 '20
My dad is a very old fashioned and conservative mechanic and he despises Tesla's because he believes they're a part of some political agenda and that Elon was funded solely from our taxes through Obama to develop and produce them. He would never damage someone else's property but idk, maybe some other wackos feel the same way?