Donald Trump on electric cars: 'We need to get rid of them'
Former President Donald Trump is campaigning ahead of the midterm elections coming up in November. At a rally in Pennsylvania this weekend, he went on a rant about electric vehicles and attacked two of his main opponents: Joe Biden and Elon Musk.
Trump first highlighted how the price of gasoline was much lower when he was in office and how he wasn't pushing for electric vehicles like the current administration. He hinted he would roll back any such subsidies.
Trump first highlighted how the price of gasoline was much lower when he was in office and how he wasn't pushing for electric vehicles like the current administration. He hinted he would roll back any such subsidies.
As we all know, Biden pushed through a series of signature legislative wins for his policy agenda including tax breaks for electric vehicles popularized by Musk's $Tesla(TSLA.US$.
Trump claimed an all-electric vehicle was getting "38 miles per gallon" and even suggested that "we need to rid of the stuff." He also added it allegedly took people "more time to charge the damn car" than spent driving it.
Any rollback on EVs would likely hurt Musk's business. The data from industry research firm Kelley Blue Book shows that every two out of three new EVs sold in the country sported a Tesla badge on the hood.
Trump and Musk are in the midst of a fiery online feud.
Most recently, Musk said Trump shouldn't run for president again in 2024. In response, the former president Trump branded Musk "another bullshit artist" and bashed what he called Musk's "electric cars that don't drive long enough, driverless cars that crash, or rocketships to nowhere."
Source: Goznews, Twitter
Most recently, Musk said Trump shouldn't run for president again in 2024. In response, the former president Trump branded Musk "another bullshit artist" and bashed what he called Musk's "electric cars that don't drive long enough, driverless cars that crash, or rocketships to nowhere."
Source: Goznews, Twitter
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Venture118 :
ラリー チュア : Lol, obviously Trump is not happy with Musk...
101793975 : just some time ago they were good friends and trump was praising musk
101695166 Blessedme: u must have a blessed living unaffected by natural calamities. yr thinking is self-centred and Triassic. How many trees struck by lightning and fell down? Ok, chopped down all the trees!
fluidmotion : hope Trump returns to power in 2024. set all climate change efforts back another decade and make US great again.
gancheong spider : US needs to get rid of Trump to make the world great again. Bonus is giving us back our sanity. #trumpisajoke
Dream Weaver : Trump is telling the world: I am different, and unconventionally conventional. By making no apology for his supporters breaking into Whitehouse, he is telling people: I will not prevent such unconstitutional behaviour again. And he may just be the first president to push that button.
not-a-cow : Who cares about what Trump says on the economy? Why is this even reported?
not-a-cow : Who cares about what Trump says on the economy?! Why is this even reported?
1994CM : To be honest, the world really needs to build even more better public transport especially passenger railway carriages including Metro & High Speed Railway. Like in Japan. There are already too many privately owned vehicles causing the traffic jams whether they are diesel, petrol or electric powered across the world. Public transport is the solution which help to minimise Traffic conjuction and the roads are for buses only.
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