Musk embraces Trump and scorns subsidies.

But Tesla still lobbies for US benefits.

Sign up for Reuters newsletters One Essential Read One Essential Read Recommended by Kate Turton, Newsletter Editor Ideology or pragmatism? Musk embraces Trump while Tesla lobbies for US benefits   This is not the first time Musk has sent mixed signals on business and politics. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo When Elon Musk endorsed Donald Trump for president last month, the Tesla founder and chief executive backed a candidate who vows to "drill, baby, drill," "end the electric vehicle mandate" and reduce subsidies of the sort that helped Tesla become the US's dominant EV manufacturer. So instrumental have government loans, tax breaks and other EV policies been to Tesla's fast growth that despite Musk's gradual embrace of the former president and his Republican Party rhetoric in recent years, the company continues to lobby the US and state governments for benefits championed by the Democratic Party. Read the full article Sponsors are not involved in the creation of newsletters or other Reuters news content. Advertise in this newsletter or on Reuters.com Between June 17 and August 16, Reuters One Essential Read is sent three days a week. Think your friend or colleague should know about us? Forward this newsletter to them. They can also sign up here. Want to stop receiving this email? Unsubscribe here. To manage which newsletters you're signed up for, click here. Reuters Terms & Conditions and Privacy Statement © 2024 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved. 3 Times Square, New York, NY 10036