1 In 4 Americans Won't Buy A Tesla Because Of Elon
The Tesla Cybertruck is a child's drawing come to life - a dumpster shaped truck on ugly wheels with weird lights. It costs over $80k, leaks, rusts, breaks down and makes the owner the mockery of neighbors, friends and passerbys on the street. But even that would not have kept people from buying any Tesla en masse. What HAS made people reconsider buying them? The fact that Elon Musk is the face of Tesla.
Since he threw himself into right wing politics - in America and overseas - he has alienated a large group of car buyers. Who wants to buy a car that has come to symbolize right wing hate? Just throw a MAGA bumper sticker and a Nazi flag on it.
Cleantechnica, an independent journalism site focused on green and clean energy, reports that research from JW Surety Bonds found that approximately 1 in 4 Americans “avoid Tesla’s technology due to their opinions on Elon Musk.” That is an incredible amount of Americans that are avoiding electric vehicles - purely because of how toxic Elon Musk is.
Elon is tanking not only Twitter (I refuse to call it X), but also Tesla, because he is hell bent on elevating right wing politicians in America, Germany, UK and Italy. And this is impacting buyers, especially when there are so many other excellent electric vehicle brands out there - Rivian, for example.
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https://crooksandliars.com/2025/01/1-4-americans-wont-buy-cybertruck-because