Make no mistake, Elon is serving himself.
"Elon Musk says we should “[get rid of all]” government subsidies, that “the government is the biggest corporation with a [monopoly on violence],” and last week [mocked] Washington for hiring more employees at the IRS. Let’s be clear: Elon
didn’t build an EV company in South Africa or start a rocket company in
Canada. He built Tesla and SpaceX in the United States. And both
continue to be *heavily dependent on U.S. government support.*
There
would be no SpaceX without NASA, its largest customer. Tesla built its
Fremont factory with a $465 million DoE loan in 2010, and its first
200,000 cars benefited from tax credit subsidies of up to $7,500. For
years the company was able to report profits thanks to the “sale” of
emissions credits to other carmakers. All told, the company has accepted
an estimated $2.5 billion in government support."