The disapproval of Elon Musk is the top reason Tesla Model 3 owners are selling their electric vehicles and going...

The disapproval of Elon Musk is the top reason Tesla Model 3 owners are selling their electric vehicles and going for another brand, according to a new survey of 5,000 Model 3 owners.

  • rusticus
    1242·
    11 months ago

    So, sell your model 3 and then go buy an EV (or ICE) from one of the other automakers that fought tooth and nail to prevent the transition to EVs and sustainable transportation. Oh yeah, and the entire industry shorted Tesla stock for YEARS hoping they would go bankrupt.

    Yes, Elon is a dick but people that get rid of their Tesla for this reason are god damned idiots.

    • GunnarRunnar@kbin.social
      10·
      11 months ago

      Why? Tesla did what was beneficial for them, the other car manufacturers did the same for them. Now EVs are here to stay, they can’t backtrack and Tesla seems like they were shitty in their own way like outright lying about the range and suppressing complaints. That doesn’t mean that the other companies are the good guys, the subscription seat warmers are fucking idiotic but that doesn’t make Tesla good either.

    • QHC@lemmy.world
      10·
      11 months ago

      How is the hyperloop business these days?

      Oh, that’s right, it was always just a distraction to keep cars relevant so Telsa made more money.

    • Poggervania@kbin.social
      112·
      11 months ago

      Yeah, I’d rather not support the CEO who has actively scrubbed Marc Tarpenning and Martin Eberhard off of Tesla’s legacy, has actively fucked with Cali’s HSR for his shit idea more or less meant to just prevent HSR in the first place, made a fire hazard into a “revolutionary idea” with that tunnel for Teslas, and calls people pedophiles because they call him out on his bullshit “promises”.

      • bitbybit@lemmy.world
        1·
        11 months ago

        Those cars are FAR too expensive for most people to afford. Tesla is the only new car company even trying at making affordable cars.

        • FlowVoid@midwest.social
          2·
          11 months ago

          There are definitely people who could upgrade from a Model 3 to a Model S, and they are choosing a different car because of Musk.

          Furthermore, a lot of people have decided that supporting established car companies, with all their faults, is still better than supporting Musk. And they may choose to switch to the Bolt, Leaf, Kona, Ioniq or similar.

      • rusticus
        49·
        11 months ago

        Those EV manufacturers would not exist without the work Tesla did to advance EVs over being shorted for years by traditional automakers.

        • theneverfox@pawb.social
          1·
          11 months ago

          And?

          I loved Google. They did a lot of great things for the world, they were the driving force behind all sorts of technology, and were champions of the web, upgradable electronics, and helping individual devs get their side projects off the ground.

          Years went by, and now i hesitate to use chrome even though their debugger is the best, am looking at degoogling my phone and watching Linux phones with interest, and I recently realized I trust Microsoft more than them. I even use Bing before I go to Google these days - their search isn’t much better anymore, and Bing more than makes up the difference

          You can’t give corporations or billionaires points for the past - they’re always going to go bad eventually. Giving them loyalty is like drinking tap water that used to be good but now is making your hair fall out - maybe it was good before, maybe it’ll be good again, but for tomorrow you should probably look at other options

        • FlowVoid@midwest.social
          22·
          11 months ago

          And Lemmy wouldn’t exist without Reddit. But I don’t like what Reddit has become, and I am not obligated to continue using Reddit when Lemmy exists.

    • atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      11 months ago

      Maybe they’re just sick of answering “you support Elon Musk” questions. These are luxuryish cars[1] to begin with, these sort of people can probably afford to change cars based on “I don’t like the CEO.” Musk always acted like the “Steve Jobs” of the automotive world and sold Tesla as an Apple-like high-end brand. The risk you take is that if you’re an asshole instead of a black turtleneck-wearing hipster then your customers will turn on you.

      [1] yes yes, I know about the model 3.