I take objection to you calling my post “deeply misleading”. I said there might be a potential rush for Teslas, based on the fact a brexit could well mean car import tariff increases (as the UK negotiates trade deals from the countries it imports cars from).
The UK government has designated the UK car industry as one of the few “protected” local industries in any post-brexit trade agreements, which for example meant that in various proposed deals this year in Europe-UK trade talks, the UK has included an increased tariff to 10% on cars imported from the EU.
I find this statement you made, which I have bolded below, which you are stating as fact, is in fact merely an opinion of yours;
As far as I’m aware no US-UK trade deal has been signed and announced with the details released, and no guarantees have been made that it will be zero tariffs on cars. So I would look at your own posts first before calling out someone else’s posts as misleading.
Now zero tariffs could indeed happen, which would be great for tesla, even if only for EVs, but we should be weary of thinking its an expected automatic outcome when the UK has stated the UK car manufacturing industry in particular as one of the areas it wants to protect after brexit.
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