But I’ve noticed the Tesla lots are filled to the brim nowadays. My hairdresser’s husband was going to buy a Tesla and changed his mind and brought a hybrid. He also hates Musk. I’ve heard second hand ones are hard to sell now.

In that context, my sense is that Tesla is the new BMW...

* For example: "What's the difference between a porcupine and a BMW? A porcupine has the pricks on the outside..."

are waiting for the buyers who ordered them to pick them up.

You may have heard wrong about used Teslas -- I sold my Model X last month to a local dealer and it was gone in 4 days.

Lots of people hating on Tesla these days because of Musk, but IMO they remain the EV brand that all the others are trying to catch up to.

anything from Musk and he is moving manufacturing to Texas...that is another deal breaker. He also, makes cars overseas...I wouldn't anything from him.

Tesla is not moving manufacturing to Texas; they built a new facility to build the Cybertruck and Model Y, the best-selling car in the US. Tesla is not losing money.

Most auto manufacturers have international facilities.

The fact is that Tesla started the EV revolution and remains a class-leading innovator.

Don't let reflexive disgust with Musk blind oneself to reality.

and bought an Audi.

I sense it will fail biggly in the upcoming years.

I’m a little surprised he didn’t move to Idaho. LOTS of room in Rathdrum or Post Falls for his factory, and Brent Regan is working so hard at cutting taxes eventually they’ll be paying you to live here.

Too bad they’re a big chunk of his target market. Talk about a self pwn. Oh well…

What an idiot.

call it his brand - he didn't build it,he just bought it.I orefer brins to money.

Has anyone heard anything about earthquakes near where Nikola Tesla is buried? It wouldn;t surprise me.

It is a debacle. Overpriced under featured and there are better ev trucks available from Ford and Rivian.

I think there are 1 to 2 million people waiting to get them with deposits.

It was reported prior to the first Cybertruck deliveries last year that wait times stretched beyond four years – calculated based on the 1 million pre-orders held by the company at the time, and planned annual production of 125,000 vehicles.Jan 25, 2024

If you are very public about your political opinions, there’s no way to stop your customers from factoring that in when they decide whether or not to buy your product. If you want to keep saying offensive things, then you have to accept the responsibility for any economic consequences.

To yourself. I work for a Fortune 500 company, and when there was pressure a couple years ago for companies to take ertain political positions, our CEO was silent on the matters and she instructed employees to do the same when asked by customers. As a shareholder, I liked that.

Along the same line, I dont like it when performers feel compelled to take political stances. While thankfully, I usually agree, I don't always. In those cases, I wish I didn't know.

I worked for 2 Chem 20 companies.
In one of them, the COO let slip during a managementconference (during a gubernatorial race) that we'd be better off if everyone voted for the R.
The following Monday, every attendee got an apology email stating he knew he should have kept that opinion to himself.
Later he became CEO, and I never heard him mention politics again. It's just good business.

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His goodwill has gone way down. Did he think Teslas were being bought by the MAGA base? Does he think rich oligarchs are buying Teslas? Nope and nope.

just smacked Elon upside the head and then pulled down his pants and smacked his pasty ass.

If they're smart, and he's smart, they'll knock it down $30 billion at least.

It would be free publicity for good priorities in business.

I'm sorry, but they start at twice as much as I've ever paid for a car.

Plus, I have a feeling they only come in some kind of automatic and I have always only driven stick shifts. I'm 75, still driving a stick, and I figure that when I can no longer manage it, I need to stop driving.

I'm also greatly bothered by the blanket claim that EVs are SO MUCH BETTER because they don't burn gas. Shall we look in to exactly how the batteries are made? Or what components those batteries have?

is significantly lower than ice vehicles. Most of the battery components are fully recyclable. The biggest problem is electric power generation, and as that gets greener so do evs.

Rural areas vs Cities. Infrastructure doesn't exist for rural areas, thus his main base is cities.

To add, he makes the move from CA to TX. How many teslas are sold per capita in CA compared to TX!

Fuck him.

Oh and as stated above, they have another issue, too many asshole Tesla drivers will push others away.

Look in a mirror Elon, and say HI! to your own worst enemy, the guy that is costing you sales and revenue.

Elon is as qualified as I am about American politics. ZILCH!

So be quiet and stay out of politics, buddy!

since the market has changed in the last three years, there are many more models made by other manufacturers that are worth considering.

For example, I test drove a Hyundai Ioniq 5 and would definitely consider it.

The problem I have with Tesla now is that they have apparently scrapped plans to build the $25K "Model 2". Instead, they appear to be focusing on the robotaxi market. I think I would rather own a car than take robotaxis.

However I didn’t know Musk was a fascist ass monkey when I bought it. If I need to replace it I’ll be looking at other manufacturers.

Robotaxi is bullshit. FSD is many years away from driverless operation, and in my opinion will never get there with its current vision only and operate anywhere design.

I don't like the way it drives. I want to feel the road as I drive it.

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I don't mind that FSD is cautious, I mind that it does stupidly wrong things that require me to be extra vigilant while it is in use. It is the opposite of autonomous operation, it is equivalent to being a driving instructor with a erratic and slightly deranged student.

Teslas are not great cars and who wants to reward Musk for being an asshole

He's tarnished the Tesla brand name for good. Thankfully there's plenty of alternatives to choose from now.

A lot of the things he says on X are kooky and dumb, but he could be doing that to have cred with the numbskull community.