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Los Angeles Times

Musk has Trump's ear, and that could help Tesla. Other EV makers? Maybe not so much

Los Angeles Times
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President-elect Donald Trump has long railed against EV mandates and subsidies.

Trump has said he is now in favor of some market share for EVs.

Clean transportation advocates are hopeful that Musk will continue to influence Trump ’s position on EVs.

Musk has long belittled fuel-cell vehicles and Trump has often talked about hydrogen cars blowing up like an “atomic bomb”.

Elon Musk has never been considered one to inject certainty into any situation.

It's hard to see why he’d fight against federal funding for public EV charging stations.

Trump is getting advice from all sides on the matter, and it remains to be seen whether decisions on tariffs go Musk 's way.