The Republican Electric Vehicle Tantrum

30 Oct 2023 | Abstracted from American Prospect

"One thing worth trying is for liberals to stop buying Teslas. Elon Musk is a noxious right-wing union-buster...If liberals start performatively hating Teslas, that might trigger a backlash reaction from conservatives, and they'll start buying Cybertrucks to own the libs...But reverse psychology aside, there is one strategy that will definitely work: banning the sale of carbon-fueled automobiles."

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