If the report is true that Tesla has agreed to build a plant in China, President Trump will not be pleased.  And he's going to visit Beijing next month.  Stand by for either denials or fireworks.   Billions of taxpayer-dollar subsidies have flowed into the coffers of Elon Musk's Tesla Motors, but apparently nobody ever thought to put any conditions on the loot to keep the benefits in this country.  The theory was that by making it cheaper to buy luxury vehicles, mass production technology could be applied and move toward a mass market.  We wanted America to lead the world in this vital green industry, went the rhetoric. Now we learn via the Wall Street Journal: Electric-car maker Tesla Inc. has reached an agreement to set up its own manufacturing facility in Shanghai, according to people briefed on the plan, a move that could help the company gain traction in China's fast-growing EV market. The deal with...(Read Full Post)