Comment on Tesla pulls out all the stops as Cybertruck sales grind to a halt
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks agoThe US military, firefighters, EMT’s and police force will get new vehicles! They will all start to use cybertrucks.
You joke, but I can 100% see this happening.
bluewing@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
That’s unlikely. You need to get grants from the federal government, chiefly the DHS, to get money to buy major equipment. There ain’t anymore federal grants remember. Small volunteer, (70% of all fire depts in the US), services are especially reliant on those grants to replace major assets.
Source: Been on committees to spec and buy ambulances and fire trucks and turnout gear. Even boots and gloves sometimes.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
You are assuming that they don’t have an interest in arming/militarizing local police…
bluewing@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
You act like you don’t understand police departments need grants to buy those things also.
LordWiggle@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You act like they won’t be replaced or disbanded by Musk if they won’t do what he wants. He has enough money to buy anyone and anything. And he shows he isn’t scared in doing so.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Let me introduce you to this one hidden trick: no-bid contracts.