carebear@lemmy.ca to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agowho got rich with gov't money??lemmy.caimagemessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up11.29Karrow-down118
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minus-squareProfessorozone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 days agoI was wondering the same thing. I wasn’t aware he got subsidies. The article only pinpoints $4.9B, but it’s an old article. Thanks for sharing.
minus-squareparrhesia@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·8 days agoHere’s me googling “Elon musk 18 billion government”: https://abcnews.go.com/US/musk-works-slash-federal-spending-firms-received-billions/story?id=118589121
minus-squaredubyakay@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 days agoYes, it talks about spacex winning $17B in federal contracts from the US government. That’s not subsidies. The US government is a customer. If we assume the 1B is the rest for Tesla, that’s in EV subsidies. It isn’t just Tesla that benefits from those. Any manufacturer that sells EVs does.
I was wondering the same thing. I wasn’t aware he got subsidies. The article only pinpoints $4.9B, but it’s an old article. Thanks for sharing.
Here’s me googling “Elon musk 18 billion government”:
https://abcnews.go.com/US/musk-works-slash-federal-spending-firms-received-billions/story?id=118589121
Yes, it talks about spacex winning $17B in federal contracts from the US government. That’s not subsidies. The US government is a customer.
If we assume the 1B is the rest for Tesla, that’s in EV subsidies. It isn’t just Tesla that benefits from those. Any manufacturer that sells EVs does.