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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.
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.