Anonymous wrote:lol musk doesn’t care he has your social security now

yup, his DOGE hackers have already been fired for leaking internal data from private companies--Tesla isn't important to Musk at this point--he has the trillions of the federal govt at his fingertips.

Musk won't care. His net worth is up 150 bn+ since Trump was elected and the investigations into his corrupt practices stalled once Biden left office.

He's now placed his tentacles all over the US Federal Government and has all of its most confidential data which gives him a privileged position over his competitors. He will be everywhere, and Trump already authorized that he has no need to make his financial disclosures public.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/us/politics/elon-musk-companies-conflicts.html

President Trump has been in office less than a month, and Elon Musk’s vast business empire is already benefiting — or is now in a decidedly better position to benefit.

Mr. Trump and Mr. Musk, the world’s richest man who has been given enormous power by the president, have been dismantling federal agencies across the government. Mr. Trump has fired top officials and pushed out career employees. Many of them were leading investigations, enforcement matters or lawsuits pending against Mr. Musk’s companies.

Mr. Musk has also reaped the benefit of resignations by Biden-era regulators that flipped control of major regulatory agencies, leaving more sympathetic Republican appointees overseeing those lawsuits.

Anonymous wrote:I would never buy a non-Tesla EV.

If you make purchasing decisions based on the beliefs of people who work there, boy are you in for a surprise.

He doesn't "work there." He is the face of the brand. He IS the brand. That's a big difference and people should feel free to vote with their wallets. Plus, the cars blow up and aren't serviced very well.

lol musk doesn’t care he has your social security now

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Anonymous wrote:Do people not realize yet that Trump is getting rid of Inflation Reduction Act subsidies in order to clear the deck ahead of Chinese EV imports?

It's going to be a blood bath for every American and Japanese auto maker. Half the brands we see on the road today will not be here in 5 years once the Chinese EVs are allowed into the US.

Good. Break the union! $49,000 is the average cost of a new car. Chinese cars are like $14,000 to $20,000. People should be yelling and screaming to allow these cars in.

America First?

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Anonymous wrote:I would never buy a non-Tesla EV.

If you make purchasing decisions based on the beliefs of people who work there, boy are you in for a surprise.

Why not?

Most likely flies TWA and has blackberry.

Anonymous wrote:Do people not realize yet that Trump is getting rid of Inflation Reduction Act subsidies in order to clear the deck ahead of Chinese EV imports?

It's going to be a blood bath for every American and Japanese auto maker. Half the brands we see on the road today will not be here in 5 years once the Chinese EVs are allowed into the US.

Good. Break the union! $49,000 is the average cost of a new car. Chinese cars are like $14,000 to $20,000. People should be yelling and screaming to allow these cars in.

Do people not realize yet that Trump is getting rid of Inflation Reduction Act subsidies in order to clear the deck ahead of Chinese EV imports?

It's going to be a blood bath for every American and Japanese auto maker. Half the brands we see on the road today will not be here in 5 years once the Chinese EVs are allowed into the US.

Just want to note that in addition to people rightly hating Elon Musk, the truth is that the Chinese auto makers are killing everyone right now in the EV market.

NYT "The Daily" podcast has a story about this today, it's worth a listen. China has overtaken South Korea, Japan, and Germany in auto exports and 25% of the vehicles they export are EVs.

Gretchen Whitmer has also been talking about this lately because she's worried about what the introduction of Chinese EVs to the US market will do to the US auto industry. She actively supports Trump's Chinese tariffs even as she disagrees with almost everything else Trump does because she has seen what has happened to the European market due to Chinese auto imports and is scared of what it means for Detroit.

Elon Musk sucks and personally I'll never buy a product he sells ever (thankfully I have never been wealthy enough to buy a Tesla, lol). But Tesla is struggling in Europe for the same reason that European automakers are struggling -- Chinese imports. And Tesla is struggling more because it's all in on the EV market and that's where China is competing most aggressively, with less expensive options. Turns out Germans can't afford Teslas either!

Stock down 10% since Elon's inauguration, 25% since post election peak, after a long run up..

Investors are not happy with how he is using his newly acquired political power.

Anonymous wrote:I would never buy a non-Tesla EV.

If you make purchasing decisions based on the beliefs of people who work there, boy are you in for a surprise.

Why not?

I would never buy a non-Tesla EV.

If you make purchasing decisions based on the beliefs of people who work there, boy are you in for a surprise.

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Tesla is now the most hated car brand in the USA. I've seen a few recently with stickers that cover the Tesla logos. Trying to hide their shame.

We bought ours before Elon went crazy. So I am not ashamed. It is a decent car. Hopefully it continues to be a good car for us.

Good luck with that Nazi symbol you are driving.

Tesla is now the most hated car brand in the USA. I've seen a few recently with stickers that cover the Tesla logos. Trying to hide their shame.

We bought ours before Elon went crazy. So I am not ashamed. It is a decent car. Hopefully it continues to be a good car for us.

Tesla is now the most hated car brand in the USA. I've seen a few recently with stickers that cover the Tesla logos. Trying to hide their shame.