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The Hyundai Ioniq 5 Is Now America's Best-Selling EV That Isn't A Tesla (insideevs.com)
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[–] ghostpony@infosec.pub 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Reminder: Hyundai motor company donated $1 million to the orange MAGAt king’s inauguration.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

name a car maker that has not contributed to MAGA. That's how business is done in US.

[–] ghostpony@infosec.pub 3 points 1 day ago

Companies always have a choice, and the choices that we do know about should be highlighted.

[–] Sunshine@piefed.ca 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Do you have a citation for this claim?

[–] ghostpony@infosec.pub 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

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 2026-01-06.

There are a lot of other companies that donated similar amounts to which people should pay attention.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ford, Toyota, Caterpiller, FCA, GM....so why focus on Hyundai? GM also donated $1M.

[–] ghostpony@infosec.pub 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

so why focus on Hyundai?

  1. From my comment that you replied to:

There are a lot of other companies that donated similar amounts to which people should pay attention.

  1. Highlighting a fact about Hyundai, to the crowd who is quite likely to care about such things, in a post about Hyundai.
[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago

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