@DeWayfarerLOL. That's total BS. Tesla sources over 80% of its parts from domestic suppliers. They are protesting because Elon is uncovering the source of capital that the left has been stealing from the US taxpayers for decades. Also, the ones who are causing damage are hate filled America last miscreants. Hopefully more of them are arrested and justice served.
@carpediem guy there was a protest just in Palm springs that brought up this very point!
It was attended by both sides BTW and there was no violence on either side.
The manufacturing of parts is simply impossible here in the USA for Tesla! Even Musk saying labor is cheaper outside of the USA!
Why? Because he has his fingers in it! It's why he moved to Texas from California, just to put the car together!
Hence the protests in California!
BTW the USA has very little lithium mining for batteries and up to 30% of the weight of his car is lithium batteries!
So guess where he gets his batteries? Just the batteries are up to 30% of the car. Nothing else.
Top it off you have computer assisted driving. Where does he get the computers? It certainly isn't IBM! Most of the chips used are made in Taiwan or Hong Kong!
@ElwoodBlues problem here is the engine itself. It seems the engine sound is the most important thing about the Harley to these bikers. Musk would totally ruin that so much vastly cherished sound that only is made in USA engines.
The others have actually tried to duplicate the sound and can't.
@DeWayfarer Musk had a certain amount of political capital in January. I think tRump has expended most or all of it. So I don't think anybody wins much if Musk buys Harley.
@deadinternet Harley Davidsons are overrated - here is a history lesson --- T.E. Lawrence, famously known as Lawrence of Arabia, was a passionate rider of Brough Superior motorcycles, owning eight of them, and tragically died from injuries sustained in a crash while riding his seventh Brough Superior. These were the Rolls Royce of motorcycles
@DeWayfarer My wife's uncle recently sold his 1931 Brough Superior for $90,000 - sadly he has dementia and the rest of his collection of British bikes were also sold
