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Tesla's drop in sales appears partially due to liberals/democrats who stopped buying

Peacenik said:
Lotta people can't stand Musk; so the last thing they wanna do is buy anything from him.

Lotta people ran from his social media disaster.

Thinking outside the box is one thing. Insulting the people in the box is quite another.
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Also important - the ability to screw a car together correctly. Tesla's quality has really dropped.

They don't make the top 5 ranking of most independent rating agencies like Edmonds, despite having the advantage of a good head start on the technology.
 
Taylor said:
Liberals/Democrats will not stand for free speech and will stop buying EVs to punish it.
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Seems to me Liberals/Democrats are exercising their free speech by not buying Tesla. How often do we hear cons talk about voting with your dollars? So nice fail on your part.
 
ElChupacabra said:
I guess. I don't think Conservatives/Republicans stopped buying beer in their boycott of beer; they just chose other brands.
;)
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The funniest part of that was actually that many of them chose different brands still made by the same company that made Bud Light.
 
All auto manufacturers are saying that demand for EVs are decreasing. This is what happens when you get your news from randos on twitter and think its true. Derp.
 
TobyOne said:
All auto manufacturers are saying that demand for EVs are decreasing. This is what happens when you get your news from randos on twitter and think its true. Derp.
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Other companies are also offering hybrids.

www.newsnationnow.com

More Americans turning to hybrids as demand for EVs slows

More buyers are looking to split the difference between gas-powered and fully electric vehicles.
www.newsnationnow.com www.newsnationnow.com

However, that doesn't mean that part of the reason for a decline in Tesla sales isn't due to Musk and how he acts.

www.cbsnews.com

Tesla sales drop as competition in the electric vehicle market heats up

Tesla accounted for 80% of electric vehicle sales in the U.S. in 2020, but that figure fell to 55% last year.
www.cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com
 
Allan said:
Also important - the ability to screw a car together correctly. Tesla's quality has really dropped.

They don't make the top 5 ranking of most independent rating agencies like Edmonds, despite having the advantage of a good head start on the technology.
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Maybe Musk needs to treat workers better.
 
Liberals tend to be the ones buying electric cars. Conservatives just thinks it's WOKE. And Tesla is not the only one on the market anymore, and Elon himself is hurting the brand. Which leads to Tesla taking a hit.
 
I'd say Musk is pretty stupid to put his faith in conservatives buying his electric vehicles in the first place. Not a good marketing strategy.
They're not trying to save the planet, or clean any the air. Liberals will be doing this for them, dragging them along like a ball and chain.
 
Taylor said:
Liberals/Democrats will not stand for free speech and will stop buying EVs to punish it.
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Why do the MAGA right always forget the right to association part of “free speech”?

Elon is free to display to the entire world what an asshole he is and we are free to decide to not associate or do business with assholes.
 
BabaVoss said:
I suspect Tesla has lost a lot of people for a few reasons; 1) Elon’s various whacky behaviors, and, more importantly, 2) Tesla’s on going poor quality. They were teh first EV company to show that EVs were a great idea, but have failed to make a high quality product consistently. I say this as a Tesla investor. It’s a serious problem for them, and they don’t appear to be addressing it adequately. They have a huge advantage in size and production capacity, but other manufactures are catching up and are doing so without the quality problems Tesla continues to be dogged by. I am also an investor in Rivian, a company that I believe will do very well long term.

Not everything is Left vs Right. If a company makes a great product for a good price, they will do well.
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Yeah Tesla didnt have many competitors because American companies kept being so damn stubborn.
 
Allan said:
Tesla's share price reflects investor dissatisfaction with their results.

Tesla went from "Apple cool" with liberals to toxic, solely a result of Musk's toxicity.

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Yeah i kinda gave up my apple cool phase when i found out the labor conditions that Apple supports and they have the unmitigated gaul to pretend they are some kind of great designer product.
 
BlueTex said:
Why do the MAGA right always forget the right to association part of “free speech”?

Elon is free to display to the entire world what an asshole he is and we are free to decide to not associate or do business with assholes.
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Republicans only like the first part of that formula.
 
EnigmaO01 said:
I've said it before. With this country split the way it is you're a lousy businessman if you wear your politics on you sleeve. Whichever side of the political spectrum you side with you going to alienate and piss off the other side.
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Except when you get more benefit by appealing to one side. Of course, some are more interested in doing what's right than making more money. Not often with businesses, but you see some celebrities pay a price to support good causes.
 
BlueTex said:
Elon is free to display to the entire world what an asshole he is and we are free to decide to not associate or do business with assholes.
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Except we're not in the case of Israel (Worse than Hamas). Most states have laws prohibiting you from having business with the state if you support boycotting them.
 
EnigmaO01 said:
And people push him as some kind of genus! Give me a break!
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I think Musk is autistic. He's intelligent, but utterly lacking in self-understanding. He doesn't know when he's right and when he's wrong.

He's also a pot smoker. This is obvious from his impulsivity. Now I like pot, and I think the world would be a lot better if all drinkers became pot smokers instead. But pot and autism is a bad combination.

Whatever his politics, I like Elon Musk. He's a risk taker, like capitalists should be.
 
Craig234 said:
Except we're not in the case of Israel (Worse than Hamas). Most states have laws prohibiting you from having business with the state if you support boycotting them.
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Command economy, Republican style.
 
Taylor said:
Liberals/Democrats will not stand for free speech and will stop buying EVs to punish it.
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Hey if I run a search on your post history, what do you imagine I will find you saying about "woke" companies?

Remember when you people canceled the Disney Chicks and France?
 
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