On August 1, Beijing time, U.S. Republican presidential candidate Trump said on Wednesday that although Elon Musk, CEO of electric car company Tesla, supports him, he opposes everyone owning an electric car.
Trump made the remarks at the National Association of Black Journalists' annual conference on Wednesday."Elon Musk supports me, he's a friend of mine... but I'm against everyone having an electric car."Trump said.
Trump firmly supports the U.S. oil industry and has been dissatisfied with the United States' transition to new energy. He has threatened to repeal the electric vehicle policy introduced by the Biden administration after being elected, starting with the elimination of subsidies for electric vehicles.
Musk has expressed support for Trump's campaign, and he also supports Trump's elimination of subsidies for electric vehicles."Surprisingly, many people think that Tesla relies on subsidies to survive. This is true of our competitors, but not Tesla." Musk once said in X. He believes that Trump's elimination of subsidies will harm Tesla's competitors more, because Tesla's value mainly lies in self-driving technology, and others are secondary.