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Three things are no secret: 1) Elon Musk benefits more than any other individual from Tesla’s success, 2) Elon Musk has gotten extremely involved in political matters (emphasis on “extremely”), and 3) many people won’t buy Tesla products because of those first two facts.

New research from JW Surety Bonds finds that 1 out of 4 Americans “avoid Tesla’s technology due to their opinions on Elon Musk.” That’s a full quarter of the US public that won’t consider great electric vehicles, including the best selling vehicle in the world, because of Musk’s highly abnormal involvement in US politics.

Before we get to more of the research, it should also be noted that Musk has been getting more and more involved, including in highly abnormal and extremely right-wing ways, in European politics — in the UK, Italy, Germany, and other major auto markets. Without a doubt, this is starting to impact consumer behavior in Europe as well.

I can’t think of anything else as significant in consumer product sales. Yes, there are some other highly politically engaged business people, but they aren’t so directly involved or tied to significant mass-market products. (I’m not counting the MyPillow guy, for example.) There are founders and CEOs of major corporations who are known political actors, but not so openly and loudly that they draw widely significant scrutiny or tarnish the brand they represent.

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[–] Ulrich_the_Old@lemmy.ca 37 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If you are not self aware enough to be embarrassed that you are driving a cybertruck do not worry, everyone who sees you driving it is embarrassed for you.

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Cybertruck drivers must truly believe that everyone around them is so happy and impressed. As they look in at all other drivers on the road, they all have huge, incredulous smiles on their faces... Of course it's fully because everyone they are seeing is mid laugh when they see the jackass that dropped over $100k on that divorced dad tramp stamp of a car. So people burst out laughing at that rusty death machine that permanently breaks if you take it through the carwash. The owners have trouble reading emotion in faces though, so they must just feel like a million bucks as they arrive home, grab the items they went to pickup at the store (ED meditation and father's day greeting cards they are forging to send to themselves) and the trunk severs their coke pinkie with the long fingernail.

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[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 17 points 6 days ago

75% of americans are selfish assholes.

[–] SleafordMod 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

I can't even imagine how that he tried to @ the king

[–] coldasblues@lemm.ee 16 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Right. Because that's the ONLY reason we aren't buying Tesla shit. It has nothing to do with the cost of everything sky rocketing.

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago

Then that is the reason that you are avoiding them. They know you aren't buying. What's important here is the people that can afford a Tesla but are choosing to look elsewhere because of Elon. This includes repeat customers as well.

[–] _bcron@midwest.social 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

You can still blacklist Twitter and any lazy ass 'journalists' that make an article based on a Twitter post and hotlink to said post. Many ways to say fuck Elon Musk

Edit: also Reddit. Fuck spez

Edit: also Facebook. Fuck Zuck. Glad he can finally afford to put pubes on his head tho

[–] rational_lib@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago

The best way to fight the oligarchy is to stop paying them.

[–] Critical_Thinker@lemm.ee 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Open source self driving tech is out there and works in cars from toyota, honda and many other domestic and foreign manufacturers.

Tesla is shit.

[–] moseschrute@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago
[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Yeah at this point I'd rather get rid of my Tesla, but unfortunately I'm not rich enough to just willy nilly change cars because I don't like the owner of its manufacturer.

Car manufacturers are a weird bunch. Like take Henry Ford for example, total nazi sympathizer. Or Volkwagen, from none other than Mr. Hitler himself.

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[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I legitimately used to want a Tesla car, long long ago.

[–] _bcron@midwest.social 3 points 6 days ago

My (now) wife had a poster of the Roadster in her bedroom when it was a concept car and she was in her teens. Her parents eventually got a Model S but now they talk about how embarassed they feel driving it around. She must've had that poster from back when Elon was just that balding kid from Paypal lol

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 6 days ago

I mean, there's also the fact that his cars are expensive, and shit.

[–] NuclearDolphin@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Finna go to Mexico just to import a BYD or Nio

[–] buzz86us@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Yeah I've been pissed off with elon since he turned project redwood into a cash grab.. $37500 is a goddamn ripoff.

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Also include Tesla solar on that list. If Tesla can access my cars data and cameras at will, what is keeping them out of my power system?

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Their solar systems are also like triple the price of anything else.

[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago
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