The buyer’s remorse is playing out at a volatile moment for Tesla, as stocks dropped by double digits in the last week, wiping out most of a post-election surge for Mr. Musk’s company. A recent report showed plummeting sales in Europe, and the company faces increased competition from other E.V. makers eating away at its market share. Recent protests outside Tesla showrooms in the United States and some notable cases of vehicle owners being harassed have also made headlines.
Ms. Trebb, 54, a family therapist and a Democrat, said she had decided to trade in her Tesla for a gas-powered Mercedes, accepting $32,000 of the Tesla’s original $55,880 value, despite having only 10,000 miles on it. Her decision, she said, was cemented during a recent trip to the supermarket.
“Two weeks ago, I was called a Nazi,” she said, “in the parking lot at Kroger,” adding an expletive. “I came home and told my husband, ‘That’s it. I’m done.’”
A number of defectors from the Tesla brand said that a deal-breaker was when Mr. Musk extended his arm diagonally upward, palm facing down while speaking at an inauguration event for Mr. Trump, a gesture that resembled a salute used in Nazi Germany and fascist Italy.
“I’m sort of embarrassed to be seen in that car now,” said Ms. Trebb, who got a bumper sticker that said, “I bought this before Elon went crazy,” one that has gained popularity.
i believed musk has largely abandoned teslas after he got that 50bn package from them, he doesnt care anymore.
Tesla is headed for a complete collapse this year. Watch for it.
He was an asshole before he ever sold his first car. The first Tesla was launched into space as a fuck you to his partner.
Hold up. She was tired of the Nazi association with a Tesla, so she traded in for a Mercedes?
Neo-nazi association. Mercedes-Benz has been around since 1926, and still is around. Can’t say that for the Nazis.
when Mr. Musk extended his arm diagonally upward, palm facing down while speaking at an inauguration event for Mr. Trump, a gesture that resembled a salute used in Nazi Germany and fascist Italy.
That’s a lot of words for “did a nazi salute,” NYT. I’m thinking there’s a newspaper needs scalpin’.
“I want my scalps.” - Aldo Rayne
I’m going to get downvoted for this, but I understand where they’re coming from on this. They can’t come out and call it that because to do so would risk a lawsuit that could effectively kill the newspaper. Seriously, Musk could purchase it, shutter it, and recoup his losses in no-bid contracts next week. Instead, he could sue them for defamation. He would likely win, or at least get a large settlement. That would ripple through the paper in the form of reduced coverage and possibly reduced staff.
Read what they wrote again. There’s a reason they described what he did so precisely. They know what they’re saying, and so do we. They have to be careful about how they say it, though.
not exactly NYT has been shilling for the right for a number of years, because its owned by a right ringer.
He’s gonna sue them anyway. Either have a backbone or exit the paper business
If they’re worried about billionaires having too much power and trying to shut them down then perhaps the NYT should have done more to prevent that situation from being possible. I recall many instances in the past decade where they went out of their way to provide cover for both billionaires and fascists. You reap what you sow.
the 2016 and 2020 coverage of Bernie Sanders and their pushing of centrist anti-progressive agendas in the editorials was enough for me to unsubscribe forever. after what they’ve done in recent years, there’s no way I’ll ever trust them to represent working class interests.
here’s an example just a couple weeks ago of them laundering Republican party talking points into man on the street style “people are saying” interviews about how 'aktually I’m black and I’m glad DEI is being ended.’ receipts showing stealth edits made to cover their tracks in the linked article.
Was going to make this exact point. You’re spot on. Downvoters are simply in denial about the reality of slander laws.
I think it would be kinda hard for Musk to buy the NY Times. I think like 90% of it’s shares are owned by the family that’s owned it for over a century.
But yeah, they don’t want to be sued.
I know my 4 dollars a month is nothing to them, but at least you can rest comfortably tonight knowing that by bringing this sentence to my attention you just lost them a sub lol
know my 4 dollars a month is nothing to them, but at least you can rest comfortably tonight knowing that by bringing this sentence to my attention you just lost them a sub lol
you mean you held a rodent-like object in your hand palm down and applied pressure on its button to activate a trigger what appears to cancel your NYT subscription?
My cat helped
I kinda feel bad for people who thought they were doing something good for the planet, but ended up supporting a Nazi.
Over 3 years of driving my swasticar, I’ve spent just $800 on electricity to go over 40,000 miles.
Other than replacing the tires once, no other maintenance.
I’m working on terminating my financing without too much loss, and will likely go back to driving a $30/week gas car for awhile until I can figure something out.
It honestly kinda sucks, but fuck Musk.
Are there any sort of subscriptions that make you keep paying Musk for the car? I think he’s already been paid for the purchase, might as well keep the car? Unless you just don’t want to be seen in it of course.
I don’t like being associated with it. Also in my area people are spray painting and kicking dents and breaking windows of Tesla’s…which costs me repair money. I’d prefer to avoid that.
All extremely valid concerns. Sucks, I do like what Tesla stood for until a few years ago. I’ve always hated that they normalised tablets in place of physical controls though.
Why wouldn’t you just buy an EV from a different brand? All the benefits you describe are of an EV, not a Tesla
- I’m stuck in a lease that’s underwater unless I at least wait until like 60-90 days until turn in
- Technically, on paper, I’m currently not being paid, which makes any sort of financing impossible. This is an unfortunate gap for at least another 3 months.
- I am currently looking at Lucid or Rivian.
Got you, sorry to come across preachy. It’s probably more that I missed your $30/month point which I guess means to lease a shit box.
Naturally only works if it works but 3yrs back I moved to a electric moped and the savings have been insane. I feel better about hiring a car/grabbing a taxi/being fleeced by the train companies once in a while
That moped sounds awesome! Unfortunately 1-2 times a week my commute is 1.5 hours and…I’m not sure if that’d be great.
If anything, other EVs would be even less maintenance because Tesla uses lower quality materials, has less experience designing cars, and the cars are more prone to faults than almost any other car manufacturers cars.
Nothing good can come from capitalism.
fuck you Elon and fuck your over hyped car company.
Sell them off for cheap. Bottom out the market. Buy a Ford Mustang Mach-E. Have fun.
It pisses me off they decided to call that the mustang.
They could have made it the escape and did a modern electric mustang styled like the 1967 fastback.
The Mach-E has absolutely no Mustang DNA in it despite what they want to try to brand. All it does is shit on the Mustang name. I can recognize this and I don’t even like Ford or Mustang. I can’t imagine how actual fans haven’t revolted.
Also, why can’t manufacturers just accept that some people want the same vehicles available but with EV powertrains? Not every EV needs to be a unique model. Just like they eventually figured out with hybrids, you can just swap the power train and they’ll sell.
The Lightning is a kickass truck and it’s an F-150 with an electric motor.
There are a couple of exceptions.
Purpose built electric truckVs
Preach, SatansMaggoyyCumFart!
You could just remove tesla branding. It’s too late, the money already went to Musk long ago.
By selling the car she is helping to lower the value of the brand.
You’re still left with a car without real turn signals that has mechanical problems reminiscent of late 80s Korean cars.
Late 90’s, early 2000’s Korean cars started to be great!..
Too bad they didn’t continue that trend into 2020’s…
I am seeng lots of bumper stickers saying they bought the car before elon became a nazi.
That is when 95% of their sales are from, hell probably more given the sharp decline in sales since he decided to sieg heil on national TV.
I’d totally buy a cheap used tesla but I would want a custom emblem on the front, electricity here is cheap enough to make the switch totally worth it
Anybody can do whatever they want with their Teslas. But, Musk isn’t even a majority shareholder. Far from it, he owns 13% of the company.
Teslas were (and are) breakthrough electric vehicles that have set a high standard for the industry, thanks to the work of many, many thousands of talented engineers and workers. Most of them are not Elon Musk.
You’re right, but Elon decided to operate Tesla with himself as the primary marketing force. He made the brand synonymous with himself, and they continue to do so even now.
The Board not removing Elon from a position of power just indicates they continue to support his actions.
Guess the whole board needs to face a Luigi.
Musk is the richest man in the world because of his 13% share. I don’t want to give the man a penny, and selling off everything to boycott will help take away his extreme hold on American politics.
set a high standard for the industry
No they haven’t.
Musk or no Musk.
They continuously are plagued by quality issues, safety issues and under-delivering on promises.
