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[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 197 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Tesla would do well to distance themselves from Musk, for a lot of reasons. But it may be too late - the damage to their reputation may already be fatal.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 35 points 8 months ago (1 children)

the damage to their reputation may already be fatal

Definitely. Tesla = Musk in my mind and always has been ever since it blew up with promises of a greater tomorrow that never materialized. All it did was up the EV competition, imo.

Yeah there was a time I thought they were enviable. Now it would just be such an embarrassment.

[–] Oderus@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I'm someone who's buying an EV and due to Elon alone, I won't buy a Tesla. I've wanted one for so long but waited for the data to show how well they hold up after years of use and now that the data is out, I'm buying a non-Tesla. Thanks Elon, you moron.

[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I literally sold mine because I was embarrassed to drive one after Musk called that cave diver a pedophile.

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

And that was just the tip of the shitberg.

[–] Oderus@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Ugh.. I almost forgot about that. What an insufferable jerk he turned out to be.

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I have a datapoint of 1, but I've also heard from my wife that when she's traveling outside the US, so many cab companies and rideshare drivers have started using Teslas that the brand prestige is taking a hit, regardless of quality (which is also low).

[–] Augustiner@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Interesting… where I’m from most cabs are Mercedes limousines. I never heard about people thinking less of Mercedes because they are popular with taxi drivers.

[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Sure, be repelled by the dork, but stay away because of the unsafe lack of tactile dashboard controls.

[–] Oderus@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

The fact that they removed the stalks on the steering column so all functions are on the screen is reason enough. Do I really want to slide my finger up/down to change from D to R? I know they have wipers on the steering wheel, as well as turn signals but the changing of gears? Hard pass.

[–] JayDee@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

The damage to their design certainly could be reversed though.