Elon Musk’s backing of Donald Trump is hurting Tesla’s struggling EV business in Europe
Elon Musk’s backing of Donald Trump is hurting Tesla’s struggling EV business in Europe
German drugstore chain Rossmann said that Elon Musk's support for Donald Trump, the Republican candidate who calls climate change a hoax, goes against Tesla's mission—and it wants out.
You're viewing a single thread.
I'm target demo for a Tesla. Upper middle class techie. My next car will be an EV and I actually like Teslas. I like a lot of things about them but I will absolutely not buy one while Elon is in charge of the company. Fuck that guy. He's not getting any of my money.
Ditto. I have 3 requirements above the current cars though:
- Better range
- more physical controls, everything that isn't media or GPs needs physical buttons
- Elon must not profit
Add "real steering wheel" to that cause that futuristic airliner yoke shit would absolutely kill me the first time I try to cross over to turn.
I won't buy Tesla but to be fair, the yoke in the cybertruck is one of the few things that every reviewer says works great. There's no crossover turn, the wheel maxes out well before then so you keep your grip as it is. Instead, the turn input is progressive depending on how much you turn the yoke and dynamic depending on how fast you're going. They say in practice, it quickly feels very natural.
The physical control is a big one. I'm not using software capable of driving a vehicle that's made and controlled by a Nazi.
Media also. It's super valuable to change songs with no fiddling.
Same here, even with all the BS around Twitter and his political views... I WAS still considering a Tesla, but with the pro-Trump PAC and the deep fakes on Xitter it's just another level of bullshit.
Hoping he gets forced out in the next year because I also don't want to buy from a dealership, which doesn't leave me a lot of options for an EV.
The tesla shareholders just approved a 55 billion dollar bonus that a court had previously struck down.
Hes not getting voted out. This is what they want.
Presumably it’s “… worth in stock”, and might even have vesting periods. He doesn’t get that much unless the stock price stays high
Same demographic, but sadly I already bought a model Y cause I wanted a 7 seater with a 5 star crash safety rating...
Needless to say the car isn't good enough to compromise on my morals moving forward and the next car will probably be that VW Buzz. That thing looks so fun.
Bought one too. I have a model 3 which I really enjoy and would probably have bought another Tesla next if it wasn't for Elon going mad.
So sadly no more Tesla for me. Buzz is nice, as is the beemer i4.
Same here, some friends of mine really got into car hacking with Teslas in particular and I was looking forward to sharing more hobbies with them. But at this point, I'd be embarrassed as hell to tell anyone I intentionally bought a Tesla, even a used one. And besides, if I really want the "sleek futuristic electric car by the dedicated electric car company", Rivian exists (unless their CEO is somehow worse than Elon 😬😩)
If he is worse than Elon, he at least has the decency to hide it.
Rivian needs a Y/3 competitor. It's over 100k for a Rivian in Canada. A Y is 54k, a 3 is just under 50k to qualify for federal and provincial incentives.
Yeah, I said that without looking up the prices for a Rivian and remembered why I'm not actually considering getting one 😭. The world just still isn't ready for an all electric car manufacturer that is both affordable and not run by a manchild smdh
Well lucky for us they have the R2/R3(X) in the pipeline. Can't come soon enough though, 2026 for the R2 seems like a lifetime away.
BYD has its PHEV Shark truck starting at $54k. Its something like 500+ mile mixed range, with a 60 mile electric only range.
Not exactly the same, but still a lot of truck for much less. They will be making them in Mexico, so tariffs shouldn't apply.
I got a Cadillac lyric instead and I love it
That's good, because people really do conflate the drivers with Elon's fans, and also with Trump. I'm one of them. Fuck Elon, and fuck every Tesla driver.
Same. Upper middle class and work for a large hyperacaler.
Tesla was the only one excluded from my recent EV search. Loving the Polestar 2 so far.