How Trump-Musk Feud Could Crush California’s Electric Vehicle Goals
June 6, 2025
The San Francisco Chronicle
Energy Institute Faculty Affiliates, James Sallee and Lucas Davis, breakdown the potential after effects of the public feud between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk on electric vehicles.
“‘It’s hard to think of any company whose public image is more closely tied to its chief executive than Tesla,’ said Lucas Davis, a professor at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business who specializes in energy economics. He noted that, in the U.S., vehicle purchases have become tightly intertwined with political ideology.”
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