Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk on Sunday dismissed the chances of his EV company putting up a factory in the UK, saying that few companies would be willing to invest in the country under the current Labour Party-led administration.
What Happened: "Very few companies will be willing to invest in the UK with the current administration," Musk wrote in a post on social media platform X.
The billionaire CEO was responding to reports of Member of the Scottish Parliament Ash Regan requesting him to build a new gigafactory in Scotland.
"If Elon Musk took up my offer to explore expansion into Scotland it would be a game changer for our manufacturing base, bring billions to our economy, and create thousands of highly skilled and well-paid jobs," Regan told The Herald.
Very few companies will be willing to invest in the UK with the current administration
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 29, 2024
Aftermath: However, after Musk's comment on the current administration, Regan wrote on X, "Agree, Elon Musk; we need to shake out charlatans in government. The Alba Party aims to restore normality, protect women and girls from gender ideology and foster good government for people and a constructive business agenda in Scotland."
Initially elected to the parliament for the Scottish National Party, Regan moved to the Alba Party in 2023. She is known for opposing the Scottish National Party's Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill aimed at making it simpler for people to change their legal gender.
Musk, meanwhile, has previously said that his estranged transgender daughter was "not a girl" but that he was "tricked" into agreeing to gender-affirming care for her.
"My son Xavier is dead, killed by the woke mind virus," Musk said in an interview with Jordan Peterson in July, adding, "I vowed to destroy the woke mind virus after that... and we are making some progress."
Vivian Jenna Wilson, born Xavier Alexander Musk, hit back at these comments then.
Agree, @elonmusk; we need to shake out charlatans in government. The @albaparty aims to restore normality, protect women and girls from gender ideology and foster good government for people and a constructive business agenda in Scotland.
— Ash Regan MSP (@AshReganALBA) December 29, 2024
Musk has also previously slammed the UK, saying it has become a police state and claiming that the state is curbing the freedom of speech. Last month, the billionaire also said that all establishment parties in the UK will get "crushed" in the next election.
Musk's Tesla currently has only one gigafactory in Europe located near Berlin. The plant was opened in 2022 and produces the company's Model Y vehicle in addition to battery cells.
特斯拉公司(納斯達克股票代碼:TSLA)首席執行官埃隆·馬斯克週日否認了他的電動汽車公司在英國建廠的可能性,稱在現任工黨領導的政府領導下,很少有公司願意在英國投資。
發生了什麼:「在本屆政府的領導下,很少有公司願意在英國投資,」 馬斯克在社交媒體平台X上的一篇文章中寫道。
這位億萬富翁首席執行官正在回應蘇格蘭國會議員阿什·里根要求他在蘇格蘭建造一座新的超級工廠的報道。
里根告訴《先驅報》:「如果埃隆·馬斯克接受我的提議,探索向蘇格蘭擴張,那將改變我們的製造業基礎的遊戲規則,爲我們的經濟帶來數十億美元的收入,並創造數千個高技能和高薪工作崗位。」
在本屆政府執政期間,很少有公司願意在英國投資
— 埃隆·馬斯克 (@elonmusk) 2024 年 12 月 29 日
後果:但是,在馬斯克對現任政府發表評論後,里根在X上寫道:「同意,埃隆·馬斯克;我們需要驅逐政府中的騙子。阿爾巴黨旨在恢復常態,保護婦女和女孩免受性別意識形態的侵害,並在蘇格蘭促進人民的良好政府和建設性的商業議程。」
里根最初當選爲蘇格蘭國家黨議員,並於2023年加入阿爾巴黨。她以反對蘇格蘭國家黨的《性別認可改革(蘇格蘭)法案》而聞名,該法案旨在使人們更容易改變其法定性別。
與此同時,馬斯克此前曾表示,他疏遠的變性女兒 「不是女孩」,但他被 「欺騙」 同意對她進行性別確認護理。
馬斯克在7月接受喬丹·彼得森採訪時說:「我的兒子澤維爾死了,死於覺醒的心靈病毒,」 他補充說,「我發誓要在那之後消滅甦醒的心靈病毒... 而且我們正在取得一些進展。」
原名澤維爾·亞歷山大·馬斯克的薇薇安·珍娜·威爾遜當時回擊了這些評論。
同意,@elonmusk;我們需要驅逐政府中的騙子。@albaparty 旨在恢復常態,保護婦女和女孩免受性別意識形態的侵害,在蘇格蘭促進人民的良好政府和建設性的商業議程。
— Ash Regan MSP (@AshReganALBA) 2024 年 12 月 29 日
馬斯克此前還抨擊過英國,稱它已成爲一個警察國家,並聲稱該州正在限制言論自由。上個月,這位億萬富翁還表示,英國的所有建制政黨將在下次選舉中被 「壓制」。
馬斯克的特斯拉目前在歐洲只有一個位於柏林附近的超級工廠。該工廠於2022年開業,除了電池外,還生產該公司的Model Y汽車。