Count me among the boycotters. Musk has made it all but certain I'll never ever buy any product or service he benefits from if I can avoid it.
Also...
Musk’s highly abnormal involvement in ~~US~~ world politics
There. FTFY.
this post was submitted on 10 Jan 2025
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He is one of the most dangerous people today. Not one penny of my money will go to him willingly from me.
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A family member had a deposit down on a Cybertruck and was ready to buy one. They canceled their deposit and bought a different EV because of how much they despise Elon now, so it's not just sour grapes from people that couldn't/wouldn't buy one anyways.
It may be difficult to really say who's part of that group. Years ago, I definitely wanted a Tesla. Would I have been part of that group at that time? Then the downsides started to show up. Poor QA. No independent repairs. Expensive repairs and poor warranty coverage. Their vision of a car controlled by an app. Then Musk went insane.
Then later, when I was in the market for a new car, I didn't seriously consider a Tesla. I looked at them briefly to make sure I wasn't missing out on something big, and found the options to be lackluster. I ended up buying a Bolt.
Would I have bought a Tesla, were it not for Elon's political actions? TBH, probably not. The repairs thing really turned me off. Even though it's largely theoretical (I've yet to find an independent EV mechanic), it's very important that I have the possibility.
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Sad that it's only 25%.
I can’t think of anything else as significant in consumer product sales.
Some people may still be boycotting Chick Fil A and Hobby Lobby. Though I doubt if it's 25%.
I don't go to Chick Fil A because their chicken is gross and soggy. But I still wouldn't eat there if it was good because the company is gross.
I still boycott Chic-Fil-Subpar.
I've had it for free a couple times and I cannot understand what the hype is all about. I can go down the street to a mom and pop place and get a way better chicken sandwich for the same price and I don't have to wait in a line wrapping around the block. It's definitely some cult behavior.
But yeah, I have LGBTQ people in my life so I don't need to support an anti-LGBTQ corporation. Unfortunately, most Americans like tasty treats and shiny objects more than morality or accountability.
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I'm still among those people. On the rare occasion that I am presented with no option for food other than Chik-Fil-A, I find their food disgusting. I only have two data points - nuggets and hash browns - and both were excessively greasy, bland turds.
My girlfriend's mom gifted her a Hobby Lobby gift card. We regifted it back to her the following year.
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I can't boycott Tesla because of Musk because their reputation for poor build quality and horrific servicing means I wouldn't even consider them to begin with. That and I want my control stalks.
They’re also not good cars. There’s no reason to buy a new one in 2025
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Those are rookie numbers - you gotta pump those numbers up
I'm more deterred by the amount of control that Tesla retains over their vehicles after they've "sold" it. But if that wasn't enough, Musk's descent in oligarchic fascism certainly would be.
Musk is clearly bad for the companies he heads. I'm eagerly awaiting the investor lawsuits. The stocks will probably have to dip first, though.
My favorite are the bumper stickers that say "I bought this before I knew what he was like". Seen 3 or 4 now.
It's sad because behind this shitstain of a human being there are a bunch of actually intelligent people making electric cars and rockets who are having their intellect and effort overshadowed by an insufferable man-child.
I have yet to purchase a single product made by the racist loser and I will continue to do so.
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It’s not just their vehicles. I just bought a ‘24 Ioniq 5, and Hyundai is set to start sending out free adapters to use Tesla Superchargers, but I probably won’t plug into one of those either, because it benefits that moronic man-child oligarch.
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That’s a full quarter of the US public that won’t consider great electric vehicles
This is subjective.
including the best selling vehicle in the world
This is distorted by the fact that they have fewer than half a dozen models. They aren't even in the top 10 brands world wide. BYD is in the top 10 and they sell twice as many vehicles.
Tesla isn't growing and as the foul Musk spread through global politics the brand will fall more. He wasted his first mover advantage. It's just a waiting game on how long the market will remain irrational with the stock price.
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You avoid Teslas because of Elon Musk. I avoid Teslas because of security, privacy, and proprietary tech concerns.
We are not the same.
/j
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I boycotted his crap before he got involved in politics. He’s always been an idiot.
For me it was him calling rescue workers pedophiles because they didn't want to stop their time sensitive rescue efforts to listen to his fantasies about building and deploying a submarine in a tiny underwater cave system.
I think that was the catalyst for a lot of people to realize who this loser actually was.
How many of those are the target demographic for Tesla?
I would not buy a Tesla because of musk, but also because I don't have the need for a car or the income for one.
Plenty. Like, it's only anecdotal but I could buy a Tesla, and am in the market for an EV. A Tesla just isn't even an option to be considered, if for no other reason than how I can't bring myself to give money to the guy.
I was looking at an electric car, decided against it because they are way too expensive. But during my research Tesla was completely out of the question for me because I will never support that piece of shit.
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I own a 5yo Tesla. I would have upgraded, except for the fact that giving more money to Musk is horrific.
It's much better for the environment anyway when you keep it longer. 5y is nothing for an electric car, even if it has multiple hundred thousand kilometers it should be fine.
If you sell to someone, it doesn't change the environmental factor.
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Does this 25% fall inside the venn diagram of people who can afford / would otherwise be buying Tesla products?
It's not like we are talking about pancake mix, it's $50k+ cars, with the biggest offenders (e.g. cyber truck) being 100k
I would imagine this number is actually higher.
The rest avoid it because they're shit cars