Singapore minister criticizes tesla for pushing ‘lifestyle’ over climate

In January, Tesla CEO Elon Musk accused the government of Singapore of being ‘unsupportive’ of a shift to electric vehicles. Now, the Singaporean minister for the environment fired back in a statement that accuses Musk and Tesla of wanting to promote a lifestyle over actual solutions to climate problems. “What Elon Musk wants to produce is a lifestyle,” minister Masagos Zulkifli said on Wednesday. “We are not interested in a lifestyle. We are interested in proper solutions that will address climate problems.” Masagos stated that while it would be possible…