If you weren't already boycotting everything Elon touches what the fuck is wrong with you?
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Better late than never, I say. Better to praise new good behavior than complain about the delay!
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And as Musk wreaks irreparable damage to his personal brand, Tesla sales are tanking, especially in Europe: In Germany, sales plunged by 59% in January, following Musk’s endorsement of the country’s far-right AfD party. They were also down 63% in France year-over-year, in January.
The EV-maker’s net income in the fourth quarter of 2024 fell 71% from the same time in the previous year [...]
You love to see it.
TSLA down 7.27 (2.15%) today. I’ll check tomorrow and hope for this to become a trend.
My question really, who is buying tesla's these days, and is that even a noteworthy percentage of musks income these days.
Honestly it looks to me like musk is just adapting to leaching off the government anyway. Also throwing in the pivot of basically getting trump to commit to buying (Edit due to incorrect information:) Vehicles from tesla for military use. I mean yes absolutely don't give him the extra stream of income... but, but I can't help but feel this is rather toothless.
Musk's net worth is largely tied to Tesla's market cap. Most of his wealth is in those shares
Make the brand extremely toxic and start affecting the share price. People are investing in the company not for logical reasons, but primarily emotional ones. People seeing mass anger and protest of Teslas hit the emotion part
What do you mean "adapting" he has never done anything but Leach off the govt. Tesla isn't so much a car company as it is a carbon credits company that sells govt carbon credits to other car manufacturers. Other than that, SpaceX is basically fully funded by fed contracts and boring by state and municipal contracts.
Like the idea that he is even a decent businessman is a wild exaggeration. He's been gaming the system and leaching off the taxpayers from the jump
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commit to buying military cybertrucks
I just want to be clear that they order was for armored Teslas in general, not specifically Cybertrucks.
Armored vehicles tend to be standard vehicles retrofitted with armor. This could mean any model of Tesla, not specifically the Cybertruck, especially since Musk already suspended Cybertruck production at the end of 2024.
I just keep seeing repeat that it's going to be Cybertrucks but literally the evidence does not bear out it being Cybertrucks, especially since production of Cybertrucks was already suspended.
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Also, assuming it's a Cybertruck is literally buying into and re-enforcing the marketing of the Cybertruck being a powerful armored vehicle to begin with. We all know that's not true.
Valid point, though still key point is... They are getting the US government to buy tesla's... which helps take some of the load off needing consumers to buy them.
Yes, that is the main point, but we undermine the main point by making up bullshit.
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My question really, who is buying tesla’s these days, and is that even a noteworthy percentage of musks income these days.
That's a very good question honestly. For anyone that cares to get a rough estimate of purchase date/support before doing something rash (unlikely, but hey, as an owner from 2018 that doesn't like any other reasonably affordable EV options and hates being associated with this dickbag)... Tesla switched from Chrome door handles and camera housings to Black (chrome delete was already by far the most popular aftermarket change, Tesla just started doing it themselves) around the Model Y launch in March 2019. So if you see a Tesla with Chrome handles and camera housings, it predates at least the recent Elon spiral into Fascism fueled by Ketamine™.
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The showrooms are still standing, so I don't think the Yankees are protesting hard enough.
They should call the French.
Somebody already shot one up and left a note.
Considering the number of "the French give up" jokes made by Americans I find it hilarious that Americans won't even try in the first place. I know who the real losers are.
Well....If the French hadnt assisted the Americans in their revolution, the English would have kept them as a colony and we wouldnt all be in this mess right now.
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As a current Tesla owner, can I just say that I bought my car long before this man went (fully) off the rails. Selling my car won't hurt him, only myself. Please don't view my car as support for this piece of shit.
Selling my car won't hurt him, only myself.
How would selling your car hurt you? Would you not be able to get a different vehicle?
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May I suggest a bumper sticker indicating you don't support him or the company any longer?
The irony is that it might then be a car with the potential to piss off two groups - the group that thinks the sticker is not really enough (and I'm sure they exist), and those that are pissed that someone shows they don't show enough support for fElon and by proxy, the magats.
Not that I have any answers. I'm just glad I'm not in a similar predicament. I was definitely eyeing Teslas before I knew what a fascist fElon is. Could have happened to nearly anyone, it seems.
The irony is that it might then be a car with the potential to piss off two groups
I get why people don't want to piss off some of the maga people. they do seem a bit snowflake-y and overly armed but at the same time not expressing yourself due to this fear is giving them more power than they deserve.
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As a current owner that can't financially walk away for another 2 or so months at best, what sticker is best?
I'm also going to replace the emblems that are removable with Luigi logos and add bear resist stickers but...I dunno.
Thing is, any damage done could potentially lengthen the time until I can exit.
Fuck Elon. I hope he gets cancer.
There's lots of "I bought this before I knew he was crazy" variants out there.
But if you're really committed and want to design something unique, I'll laser engrave it on something for you for free. I can do plastics, wood, and metal that can be attached with glue or magnets. Or I can laze a template for you if you'd like to paint it on.
I think any expression of regret works as an anti-Swasticar marking
How old is it? It might be a good idea to ditch it before it becomes an even bigger liability. Teslas don't last over 10 years without dropping large sums of cash into them.
A lot of people are in your position, and I sympathize. I will readily judge owners of new Tesla vehicles, but owners of older models are plausibly victims just as much as the rest of us.
Easiest of all to spot will be the new generation Model Y coming out this month, which have a unique single light-bar on the front, which looks like the Cybertruck.
Technically the used market value can negatively affect the new market value of a brand. More people selling Tesla at lower price means people looking to buy are more tempted with used than new, and those buying new see the value decrease more off the lot.
I get that and it could happen to any brand (CEO has views that people don’t agree with - although this case is extreme).
Look at Bud Light / Nike / etc.
Destroying something you already own isn’t going to affect Elon; it’s going to affect someone that’s just trying to get by.
But if someone else buys used and not new, it still lowers direct sales for Tesla.
Same. I’m definitely one-and-done with my Tesla, but I should be able to get another good 5+ years out of it before I get rid of it.
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Here's an idea. We take all the money from the nazi CEO and solve world hunger. It's a simple as that lol.
Funny you mentioned that!
https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/18/tech/elon-musk-world-hunger-wfp-donation/index.html
That's with only 6 billions. Imagine how we could turn this world upside down simply with a wealth cap. Capitalism has operate such a deep brainwashing to the human kind, to the point were people are willing to let the planet disappear to get a shot a being rich.
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May we also boycott oxygen from entering his lungs - would yield much quicker results
He needs the ultimate flushie, where nobody lets him come back up for air.