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Oopsy, turns out there's consequences for working to elect a demented maniac!

Elon Musk’s electric-car maker Tesla has warned that President Donald Trump’s trade war could make it a target for retaliatory tariffs against the US and increase the cost of making vehicles in America.

In an unsigned letter addressed to US trade representative Jamieson Greer, Tesla said it “supports” fair trade but warned that US exporters were “exposed to disproportionate impacts when other countries respond to US trade actions”.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I read that the steel for cyber trucks is sourced from a company in Finland. Hoping he gets the 25%!!

[–] hperrin 19 points 1 day ago (3 children)

AFAIK the only steel in Cybertrucks is their body. That’s not a lot. They could just change to making the whole “truck” out of aluminum. It’s already got a thin aluminum frame.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yes but it’s cold rolled steel. Not sure they will get that “bulletproof” quality from aluminum. Aluminum also subject to corrosion. Of course Elon didn’t use 304SS and his rusts. 🤷‍♀️

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Truck is about as bulletproof as wet bread already

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

It's actually been tested quite a bit and will generally stop pistoI caIibers. Anything more powerful goes through like butter.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Tesla is using a "proprietary" version of 301 stainless.

Even 304 would rust in most vehicle applications. It's still a very high percentage of iron and a very low amount of molybdenum and tungsten.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

yeah... about that aluminum. USA doesn't make very much of that anymore. FU Kaiser!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah but surviving the zombie apocalypse requires that tough stainless steel shell.

[–] hperrin 8 points 1 day ago

It also requires a decent truck.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean, yes they're not entirely wrong. On the other hand, at this point it doesn't really matter anymore. No one's buying that shit even at current prices, increasing prices with tariffs can't really make that any worse IMO.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

Until Trump rolls out some subsidies, because it would probably be illegal if Tesla didn't make enough profit or something ...

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago

At this point I think the leopards ate their own face.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I think between the boycotts in other countries, the boycotts in this country, the dipping resale values, the protests at dealers, the vandalism of vehicles, and the unexpected tariffs, Tesla is going to have an interesting year.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

Especially if the banks force Musk to dump billions of dollars in shares to pay his debt.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Tesla is going to have an interesting year.

A whole year? That sounds optimistic

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

I mean, at this point you can pretty well bank on a government Elon bail out because "life's not fair," so yes.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's hard to tariff something that nobody will buy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My wife is shopping for a new car right now and really wants an EV. There are Tesla's all around us going for 16k-25k and some of those 2023 or 2024s.

Wild how we would've jumped on that a few years ago. Now I literally wouldn't drive one if it was given to me for free.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Same here. I was looking to replace my almost decade old EV this year. Now I think I'll hold onto it a bit longer.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

To me sounds like making excuses for shareholders meeting why the value dropped.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

"Oh no, the leopards ate my face." -Tesla

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

And here we see the Cuntservitas Americanus in its natural habitat, its only predator of note being consequences that directly affect it