Up until now I had been assuming his apparent rightward political shift was in large measure a marketing ploy to expand Tesla’s customer base to conservatives who have tended to be resistant to EVs, climate science, and solar.Not FSD related but it is a tweet from Elon.
This makes no sense to me. Republicans are generally very anti-renewable energy and anti-EV. Republicans support more fossil fuel production and less renewable energy. Their energy policies are opposite to Elon's agenda of renewable energy and sustainable transportation.
Also, why advertise this? it will just invite criticism. It seems he wants to play the victim because when he inevitably does get criticized, he will cry "I told you so! The libs are attacking me!"
However, this latest tweet is so unnecessarily over-the-top that it’s hard to square with just being a marketing play.