Elon Musk is Attempting A Coup - Why Are EV Insiders and Journalists Ignoring It?

While we've stated that we do not plan on giving Tesla any coverage until it parts company with its CEO, the last few weeks in the U.S. have caused us at the channel to reach something of a tipping point - in which we have to ask why so many automotive journalists and automotive professionals are remaining quiet on the current actions of Tesla CEO Elon Musk - and his illegal role within the White House. We have some theories - and they're not good. --- 00:00 - Introduction 03:14 - About the Salute. 06:58 - Staying Quiet 08:45 - People's reactions in 3 different groups 12:03 - Reasons for being quiet 12:42 - Historical context 14:30 - Folklore 17:21 - Safer for shareholders to stay quiet 18:50 - Tesla's punishment is promised 21:23 - Fingers in the pie 22:37 - Not everyone can make the same choices 25:22 - Content creator priorities 26:51 - Why WE do it (and that might be different to others) 28:45 - Fear Still rules 29:36 - How we change this ---- Presenter: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield. Camera, Editor, Colorist: Michael Horton Art and Animation: Erin Carlie Producer: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield Music supplied through Artlist.io © Transport Evolved LLC, 2025 ----- Links: ---- PLEASE help support the channel (if you are going to use Amazon) by using our Affiliate link: https://amzn.to/40xOyjm As amazon affiliates, we will earn money from qualifying purchases made using this code. ----- Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC675NhQ4EU5TzwCMwYp5XCw/join This video was made possible thanks to the kind donations of our supporters on Patreon and Ko-fi. Join them in supporting us. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/transportevolved Buy the team a coffee -- or a meal! https://ko-fi.com/transportevolved Donate using bitcoin: BC1QRZRGCCXUKPDZ2DZ9KX9JYJXMZDYHYGFZ0MN4WH Support us by buying some merch at https://www.redbubble.com/people/TransportEVd/shop Follow our 'second' channel - Transport Evolved Take Two, at https://www.youtube.com/transportevolvedtake2 Join our Discord server at https://discord.gg/U3tnkGNfCA Follow the show on Mastodon: https://mastodon.transportevolved.com/ Follow the show on PeerTube: [email protected] Use the TE Aptera referral code - i.refs.cc/zz56EbIi - but watch our explainer video FIRST: https://youtu.be/mwzwEssgqNI Sign up for EnergySage at https://www.kqzyfj.com/click-101290941-16952262