Donald Trump Says He'll Stop All Electric Car Sales (Update: He Was Talking About Made-In-Mexico Chinese EVs)

It is hard to believe this moron has a chance of being president again. We are a doomed country.

Fuck trump and all but he literally did not say he would stop all electric car sales. He said he would stop all sales of Chinese brand cars manufactured in Mexico.

Source: The speech linked by the NYT article that Gizmodo/jalopnik references

https://www.youtube.com/live/XGJwCUHVgc0?si=O_c0epZoYWO1Owf0

The “you’re not going to be able to sell those cars” line is about 32 minutes in.

Please, free market capitalists: defend your hero.

This is just naked corruption, making promises to the oil execs he's been trying to curry favor with, right? Because apart from that - the thing that might put more money in Trump's pocket - I can't fathom what the point would be.

Oh can’t wait to see Elon’s response to that. 🍿

That's a funny way to get the auto companies and unions in the three states Biden really needs to go all in on Biden.

I'm confused. Both of them seem to be trying to lose this election.

The party of limiting personal freedom.

If I want to buy an electric car, why shouldn't I be able to?

I'm beginning to think Trump is just throwing things against the wall to see what sticks.

Oooh... I can just imagine the cognitive dissonance over on twitter reaching critical mass.

I don't like Trump either. But as others here have said he didn't say this. That's a quote from the article the quote from him says "You won't be able to sell those cars" not "I'll ban all electric car sales"

That's called FREEDOM and FREE MARKET CAPITALISM!

A man of "freedom of choice" and "free market" I see.

How very "free market" of him.

The car companies have already built the infrastructure for EV’s, this isn’t going to happen.

Petro-masculinity poster-boy

*convicted felon Donald Trump

Donald Trump says random bullshit he cannot deliver on, that will appeal to his most rabid supporters.

The Biden Tariffs have way more impact on total EVs sales than reducing the EV credit to $0. The tariff blocks $6k EVs from enter the US, the credits just knocks $7.5k off a $50k car.

Like I get that us here in the United States are wary of Chinese things, but let's all be honest, American car companies aren't going to produce a sub $20k EV anytime soon. LiFePO₄ batteries have been a thing for some time now, the excuse the batteries are the main cost of the car is faux argument that US makers just aren't ready to stop subsidizing their other vehicle platforms with EV sales.

Trump's arguments won't do shit no matter which side of the aisle you sit. The thing killing wide adoption in the US of EVs is the US EV makers.

God, now this makes it a difficult one.

On one hand a Trump presidency is awful, on the other hand seeing Elon Musk have a mental breakdown as he can no longer sell Teslas in America is almost worth while

Trump wants to ban all EV sales despite what Americans want.
Biden wants to ban China EV sales despite what Americans want.
About what we can expect from this stupid fucking election.

He's begged the oil industry to come up with a $1b donation for his "campaign", this is the reach around if they make it happen.

He can only further with those who already believe in him.

Canada thanks you for the cheap electric cars resulting from the surplus 👍

So does this mean Elon Musk turned down the offer to be official envoy to Mexico?

Biden can't do anything because the president isn't a king, but every stupid idea that Trump has is apparently going to happen.

The article updated it's headline to clarify that it wasn't all EV sales. You can edit your post title to reflect that.

How will he do this from prison?

Meanwhile Biden just implemented huge tariffs on Chinese EVs. Trump is a corrupt fuck running his mouth in hopes to get more money from donors.

I know it has been said, but who in the ever loving fuck can hear this and still support this dumbshit?

Ok. Why?

What's this stupid crusade against electric vehicles really about?

Don't like them, don't buy them, free market, right?

I get that little D. Trump wants donations from the fossil fuel industry and ice car manufacturers for his campaign, but why is it that all the stubborn conservatives are all over Facebook hell-bent on shitting on every post about EVs when nobody is forcing them to drive them? What's so scary about it? Progression? It's going to happen and they're going to like it.

The funny thing is that when they eventually need to buy a car, they'll buy an EV anyway, because that makes sense when they sober up and look at what is best for themselves financially. It's soo fucking stupid...

I have this aquintance who is into politics on the right wing who's posting this shit all the time. However, both he and his wife drive electric cars. It's like they just want to be hypocritical stooges hoping to outsmart everyone else, just using any excuse to shit all over the place thinking their friends will admire them or think it's funny or something. But it's actually sad. Who hurt them?

Donald Trump versus Elon Musk

I mean to be fair, the Chinese EVs are largely fake...

But, EVs in general are still the way of the future.

He says a lot of things. None of it is remotely relevant.

toooooo bad we don't have laws to protect from this sort of thing...i wish this was /s :(