Democrats should be above this in my opinion.
US Government targeting businesses due to party affiliation is crazy.
We're in an election cycle in Canada (I am citizen of both countries) and the amount of signs being destroyed is much higher then I've ever seen.
What's being proposed here is to revoke an exemption, so Tesla has to follow the same rules as other car manufacturers. That's not in the same class. An exception from the law requires continuing justification IMO. The state can IMO say "okay, our reasons were A, B and C, that doesn't apply any more" and if Tesla wants to continue to be treated specially, it has to argue for that.
(But IMO the state has a moral duty to make the transition palatable. Reasonable warning time etc.)
"Under her plan, the licenses could be redistributed to rival electric-vehicle manufacturers like Rivian, Lucid and the Volkswagen affiliate Scout Motors, which also employ a direct-to-consumer sales approach." This is exactly what Trump is doing.
Basically no special license for Tesla, but special license for others. I'm either special license for all or special license for none.
damnitbuilds•2h ago
We're better than this.
Smeevy•1h ago
damnitbuilds•50m ago
"Elon Musk’s alliance with President Trump has prompted Democratic lawmakers to propose stripping Tesla of its ability to sell its cars directly to consumers."
Whatever they are doing, they are doing it for the wrong reasons. For Trump-like reasons.
That should be enough for all we decent people to have a problem with it.
RegnisGnaw•47m ago
So its basically what Trump is doing, but the other way. I'm okay if they strip Tesla's special treatment or give the same to the other EV makes, but not both.