Elon Musk, tapped to lead Donald Trump’s efforts to slash government spending and gut regulations, pushed employees to work hastily as Tesla piled up pollution violations, according to a report. The Wall Street Journal obtained emails from Texas regulators to Tesla that allege the MAGA billionaire’s electric carmaker dumped toxic pollutants near Austin,

Elon Musk is supporting the move even though he admitted that it would hurt EV sales in the US, including Tesla’s, but he believes long term it would help Tesla, which has a more competitive cost structure than other EV manufacturers who could fail without the credits – much like Tesla could have failed with them just a few years ago.