I don't think this is having a meaningful effect. Tesla'a biggest marketplace is China, and I doubt they care about American politics. It is more likely that China is discouraging people from buying Teslas due to American threats to ban Tiktok.
A few very vocal people here think it is a problem, but I agree, or at least that these are merely a few opinions. No facts
Personally, I loved it when Musk acted as if he were an engineer, showed his companies’ ideas with all the details. I loved it when he said he wanted to build the future many of us dreamed of, when other corporations were too caught up chasing quarterly profits to follow a long term strategy. It was so cool when he was rebelliously nerdy
Then everyone started hanging on his every word, and there was no one left to tell him no …
I still recently bought a Tesla, because it was the right car for me, and I still believe in the dream for the future, that legacy manufacturers are still pushing back against. I wish the guy would shut up, but don’t care about his general opinions, unless it affects long term support for my vehicle
People are avoiding Tesla's?
https://www.statista.com/statistics/502208/tesla-quarterly-vehicle-deliveries/
But the survey and my confirmation bias say that people don't like Teslas anymore...
You're a quarter behind. Big drop 2024Q1, but you're right that the story has been growth - just slower growth than Tesla has promised, even with massive price cuts, and now we have a contraction. A lot of people dislike Elon because he's a fucking tool and this has to be a partial factor, we just don't really know how much.
Always loved and wanted to support electric cars. But my first will never be a Tesla.
I have a 2012 Honda, I'll likely never be able to afford another car. I would love to have Chinese EV options here though.
BYD is in Mexico and selling so we see them on the streets. They are sharp looking cars.
I'd say this is anecdotally false. I live in a rural area in the US and I just keep seeing more and more teslas popping up on the road. I wonder if they are showing up at more dealerships now where more consumers have the opportunity the make an uninformed purchase? Not sure.
I feel like anyone who has done surface level research on a tesla would avoid then. I haven't even done that and I know just from seeing articles that I didn't even seek out that they are pretty shitty cars, even if you ignore Elon's existence.
get rid of that cunt, improve the quality of your cars and maybe I consider to buy a tesla...
The heavy irony here is the only people who defend Elon cannot afford a Tesla. The people who think he represents them aren’t even his target audience.
I live in the most Tesla filled city in the world. I'm a fucking dick to them. I'm sorry, but if you're buying into that Nazi's cult and I have the choice of being my usual kind self, or taking the opportunity to go ahead of you, cut you off, etc., I'm going to do the latter.
I am probably in the market for an electric vehicle for my next car in a few years and I would certainly avoid Tesla.
I don't have huge feelings about Elon but I have the strong suspicion that owning a Tesla makes you look like a neckbeard now.
In my case, it was more of a powerwall (the cars had too many issues already), but yep; not touching anything to do with this reprehensible shitstain. I avoid giving money to such people/companies whenever it's possible.
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