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‘His rhetoric has made Tesla toxic’: is Elon Musk driving away his target market?
(www.theguardian.com)
The Tesla community of lemmy
Tesla's image is definitely tarnished. It may not be meaningfully affecting their bottom line or forecasts yet, but a bad reputation is hard to fix. As competitors start to step up and current owners look to replace their aging Teslas over the next few years, it's going to make a difference. I've got high hopes for Rivian, personally.
Their revenue was down 50% last quarter. It is very visibly affecting their bottom line.
I won't buy one because of Musk and I know there are others like me.
I wanted one badly before I started learning more about him. I’m not longer interested.
Absolutely maidenless behavior from Tesla