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Tesla Inc. (formerly Tesla Motors) is an energy + technology company originally from California and currently headquartered in Austin, Texas.

They produce electric vehicles (with a heavy focus on autonomy), batteries, and energy/solar products for the grid.

Tesla’s mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy.

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Only Teslas Exempt from New Auto Tariffs Thanks to 85% Domestic Content Rule (fuelarc.com)

submitted 5 days ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/teslamotors@lemmy.zip

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In a major policy shift, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced that vehicles with 85% or more domestic content will be fully exempt from new tariffs on automobiles. That’s a steep threshold, and as of today, there’s only one automaker that qualifies for the exemption: Tesla.

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[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 36 points 5 days ago

I'm surprised they didn't set the threshold at 82.49%, get that Cybertruck in there for the government's own duty-free store.

Like, that Honda is built in Alabama, the automakers here are probably going to think that the USA is a basket-case market that should be avoided, rather than a market to invest more in. The Honda is built in Alabama BECAUSE our previous automotive manufacturing policy was effective. Doing a rug-pull on the companies that play ball is dumb as all get out.

God, I'm getting mad about it. Excuse me. I'm a hot-head on trade policy I guess.