[dragontamer]

Last time I checked, EVs got $7500 from the Federal Government for every car, which is more than 1% of a typical car price.

Does that make Tesla a government funded company? Should Tesla be given state-sponsored flags on Twitter?

[AnthonyMouse]

Media organizations that receive non-trivial government funding have to be wary of criticizing the politicians who secure them that funding and then readers want to be aware of that potential bias, because media companies are otherwise expected to critically investigate politicians. There is no such expectation for car companies.

The reason car companies don't get the "state sponsored media" flag isn't that they're not state sponsored, it's that they're not media organizations.

[pauldenton]

Musk spoke at the Wall Street Journal's CEO Summit Monday and suggested scrapping the Biden infrastructure package. Musk said that Tesla didn't need the $7,500 tax credit for electric vehicles, which provides a tax credit of up to that amount to individuals purchasing plug-in electric vehicles, to drive demand for its vehicles. He also called federal support for charging infrastructure unnecessary.

"Do we need support for gas stations? We don't," Musk said. "There's no need for support for a charging network. I would delete it. Delete."

[greedo]

Sure, now that he's entrenched after sucking on the government teat, shut that stuff down so competitors can't benefit.

[WillPostForFood]

Do you think Tesla falls under "government-funded media"? Last I checked they made cars. But if they start a newspaper, and the federal govt financed it, I'd support the label.

[smrtinsert]

Finally, I can get that government motors commie car!