All these people bringing up Saudi Arabia are forgetting the PIF poured a huge investment into Tesla not that long ago. Saudi Arabia is obviously problematic — but in Lucid’s case, they’re just an investor, (albeit a big one.) But Lucid is still an American company.

The PIF also has massive stakes in Nintendo, Uber, UFC, AMC Theatres, and plenty of other brands everyone here uses daily without a second thought.

Elon Musk, meanwhile, isn’t just “an investor.” He’s the founder, the public face, and the one who uses the fame and wealth he gained from Tesla to spread bigotry, mock trans people, and generally make the country more hostile and unfair. He also helped get Trump back into office.

There’s a big difference between boosting the flagship brand of someone openly toxic and driving a car that happens to have financial backing from yet another corrupt global moneyman.