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Trump has been tough on EVs. Now Elon Musk is his best friend and nobody knows how it'll play out.

  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -36% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Overall Sentiment

35% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Automakers had hoped that Musk would support EV regulations and tax credits, but it appears the CEO is siding with Trump for now.
39% : "An industry group representing many automakers (but not Tesla) pleaded with Trump to preserve EV tax credits but reconsider some of the more stringent emissions regulations.
36% : Trump has said he wants to increase tariffs to keep foreign goods, particularly Chinese cars, out of the US.
30% : That makes it hard to pin down Musk's exact stance on EV regulations, or how that could ultimately influence Trump.
23% : Trump has also promised to pull back on EV sales requirements -- which he's falsely referred to as "EV mandates" -- implemented with Biden's Inflation Reduction Act.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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