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LA Times Today: Musk has Trump’s ear, and that could help Tesla. Other EV makers? Maybe not so much

LA Times Today: Musk has Trump’s ear, and that could help Tesla. Other EV makers? Maybe not so much

Watch L.A. Times Today at 8 p.m. on Spectrum News 1 on Channel 1 or live stream on the Spectrum News App. Palos Verdes Peninsula and Orange County viewers can watch on Cox Systems on channel 99.

President-elect Donald Trump’s disdain for electric vehicles is no secret and that has some car companies scrambling.

But not Tesla. Its billionaire owner Elon Musk is one of Trump’s closest allies at the moment and that relationship could benefit his company.

L.A. Times auto industry reporter Russ Mitchell joined Lisa McRee with more.

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