# Tesla lobbies White House for help

**URL:** <https://community.electricforum.com/t/tesla-lobbies-white-house-for-help/5237>\
**Category:** EV Small Talk\
**Created:** [August 30, 2015, 5:00am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/tesla-lobbies-white-house-for-help/5237 "2015-08-30T05:00:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Editor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/49beb7/32.png) [@Editor](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Editor)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 5:00am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/tesla-lobbies-white-house-for-help/5237/1 "2015-08-30T05:00:21Z")

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Multibillion-dollar electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla is lobbying the White House to speak with Chinese president Xi Jinping during his visit to the US next month. The company is concerned that Chinese regulations, requiring overseas companies to partner with local firms, are too restrictive compared to US regulations. This comes at a time when an array […]

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**Author:** ![tmark938](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@tmark938](https://community.electricforum.com/u/tmark938)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/tesla-lobbies-white-house-for-help/5237/2 "2015-08-30T15:13:45Z")

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Seems only fair to me that the rules are the same for US companies trading in China as Chinese companies trading in the US?

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**Author:** ![Greendriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Greendriver](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Greendriver)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/tesla-lobbies-white-house-for-help/5237/3 "2015-09-01T14:08:57Z")

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So far Tesla has got this far on its own - surely the company is entitled to ask for some help?

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**Author:** ![tmark938](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@tmark938](https://community.electricforum.com/u/tmark938)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/tesla-lobbies-white-house-for-help/5237/4 "2015-09-01T14:37:13Z")

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I totally agree - Elon Musk likes to do things his own way but these regulations are not fair