• blady_blah@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I’m target demo for a Tesla. Upper middle class techie. My next car will be an EV and I actually like Teslas. I like a lot of things about them but I will absolutely not buy one while Elon is in charge of the company. Fuck that guy. He’s not getting any of my money.

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      10 months ago

      Same here, even with all the BS around Twitter and his political views… I WAS still considering a Tesla, but with the pro-Trump PAC and the deep fakes on Xitter it’s just another level of bullshit.

      Hoping he gets forced out in the next year because I also don’t want to buy from a dealership, which doesn’t leave me a lot of options for an EV.

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        10 months ago

        The tesla shareholders just approved a 55 billion dollar bonus that a court had previously struck down.

        Hes not getting voted out. This is what they want.

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          10 months ago

          Presumably it’s “… worth in stock”, and might even have vesting periods. He doesn’t get that much unless the stock price stays high

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      10 months ago

      Same demographic, but sadly I already bought a model Y cause I wanted a 7 seater with a 5 star crash safety rating…

      Needless to say the car isn’t good enough to compromise on my morals moving forward and the next car will probably be that VW Buzz. That thing looks so fun.

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        10 months ago

        Bought one too. I have a model 3 which I really enjoy and would probably have bought another Tesla next if it wasn’t for Elon going mad.

        So sadly no more Tesla for me. Buzz is nice, as is the beemer i4.

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      10 months ago

      That’s good, because people really do conflate the drivers with Elon’s fans, and also with Trump. I’m one of them. Fuck Elon, and fuck every Tesla driver.

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      10 months ago

      Same. Upper middle class and work for a large hyperacaler.

      Tesla was the only one excluded from my recent EV search. Loving the Polestar 2 so far.