nothing to see here, folks. no conflicts of interest, no scamming share prices. no dangers to the public at all. nope. none of that. just business as usual. so move along now.
People are going to die over this.
[Lord Farquaad sacrifice meme]
But other people will make a profit, so it all balances out
Putting aside my “I am absolutely terrified for what will happen in the USA over the next 5 years” hat, I’m interested in seeing how the likely economic deregulation pans out over exports.
As a EU citizen, if I have a choice between:
- Unsafe and unregulated EVs from the US
- More trustworthy and regulated EVs from elsewhere
No way in hell would I purchase a USA backed EV. Similarly, if (big if here) countries ever get round to putting carbon taxes on goods, then the “drill baby drill” philosophy winds up putting huge tarriffs on american goods which are now made with extremely high emissions compared to elsewhere.
I guess we’ll see? Last time Trump was president, he started a full on trade war, but surprisingly the noticable impact in the EU was pretty minor, so I guess we’ll see?
likely economic deregulation
Friendly reminder that putting businesses in charge of regulation doesn’t result in deregulation, it results in different regulation - removing what hurts them and adding what helps them (protectionism, barriers to entry to hurt small fry, etc).
That’s such a good/interesting point!
I guess by deregulation, I’m thinking removal of the kind of consumer focused safety regulations that I’d be interested in if I was buying an EV.
Tesla is already falling behind their competition. Eventually the problem will solve itself. The problem is that it’ll get innocent people killed first. I mean it’ll kill Tesla owners too, but if you’re stupid enough to trust your Tesla then I can’t help you and I only have so much empathy spread too thinly and it is.
The Guardrails are off. I will have nothing to do with Tesla.
Half the US won’t buy another Tesla anyway…I won’t.
Will that stop it crashing into you on the road when the other half drives their magggot mobile around?
