Sunshine@piefed.caM to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 days agoThe Hyundai Ioniq 5 Is Now America's Best-Selling EV That Isn't A Teslainsideevs.comexternal-linkmessage-square109fedilinkarrow-up1216
arrow-up1216external-linkThe Hyundai Ioniq 5 Is Now America's Best-Selling EV That Isn't A Teslainsideevs.comSunshine@piefed.caM to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square109fedilink
minus-squareghostpony@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 days agoReminder: Hyundai motor company donated $1 million to the orange MAGAt king’s inauguration.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoname a car maker that has not contributed to MAGA. That’s how business is done in US.
minus-squareghostpony@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoCompanies always have a choice, and the choices that we do know about should be highlighted.
minus-squareDalkor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoI agree, but I think their point was more or less, so am i not allowed to buy a new car? So a more helpful answer would be, buy used and private or used and at a dealership that isn’t associated with a brand.
minus-squareSunshine@piefed.caOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoDo you have a citation for this claim?
minus-squareghostpony@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-22 days agoFEC Form 13 filing that lists all donors: https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1889684/f132 “HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA” is listed as having donated “$1000000.00” on 2025-01-06. There are a lot of other companies that donated similar amounts to which people should pay attention.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoFord, Toyota, Caterpiller, FCA, GM…so why focus on Hyundai? GM also donated $1M.
minus-squareghostpony@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-22 days ago so why focus on Hyundai? From my comment that you replied to: There are a lot of other companies that donated similar amounts to which people should pay attention. Highlighting a fact about Hyundai, to the crowd who is quite likely to care about such things, in a post about Hyundai.
minus-squareThe D Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoworth noting, Hyundai is also classified as a war profiteer in both Ukraine and Palestine. you will find me in another comment praising the Ioniq 5. This is in contrast to Tesla, bear in mind
Reminder: Hyundai motor company donated $1 million to the orange MAGAt king’s inauguration.
name a car maker that has not contributed to MAGA. That’s how business is done in US.
Companies always have a choice, and the choices that we do know about should be highlighted.
I agree, but I think their point was more or less, so am i not allowed to buy a new car?
So a more helpful answer would be, buy used and private or used and at a dealership that isn’t associated with a brand.
Do you have a citation for this claim?
FEC Form 13 filing that lists all donors: https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1889684/f132
“HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA” is listed as having donated “$1000000.00” on 2025-01-06.
There are a lot of other companies that donated similar amounts to which people should pay attention.
Ford, Toyota, Caterpiller, FCA, GM…so why focus on Hyundai? GM also donated $1M.
worth noting, Hyundai is also classified as a war profiteer in both Ukraine and Palestine. you will find me in another comment praising the Ioniq 5. This is in contrast to Tesla, bear in mind