When it comes to the newly declared bromance between Elon Musk and Donald Trump, there remains an inconvenient truth: electric vehicles. In short, Trump says he is OK with electric cars as long as the government isn’t forcing their purchase. It will only help Tesla," Musk tweeted this past week in the midst of pushback from Tesla supporters questioning his new bedfellow. Republican critics argue that the Biden administration’s tightening of emission standards effectively requires electric vehicles to make up an increasingly larger part of future car sales over gasoline-powered ones. “I’m a big fan of electric cars, I’m a fan of Elon—I like Elon," Trump told the crowd.

Source: Wall Street Journal July 21, 2024 04:12 UTC