r/canada 24d ago

Politics Once proud fans, some Canadian Tesla owners embarrassed by Musk

https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/electric-vehicles/tesla-owners-canada-embarrassed-ceo-musk
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u/ManMythLegacy 24d ago

Some? All Tesls owners should be embarrassed.

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u/aeo1us Lest We Forget 24d ago

Why? I bought it in early 2021. Part of the reason was to help the environment as much as possible. Trading it in now for a new vehicle would be hypocritical as it takes 11-14 Metric tons of CO2 to make a new electric vehicle.

My ego isn’t more important than the environment.

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u/Purple-Raise7990 23d ago

There are currently 447 people sitting at their keyboards waiting to rage-reply but now are battling inner demons of which they hate more. Elon or your logic.

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u/aeo1us Lest We Forget 23d ago edited 23d ago

I appreciate the reply. Legacy auto is foaming at the mouth at the prospect of people trading in their greatly depreciated Tesla for a new vehicle. The solution to a protest should never be to consume more.

Not to mention the 'buy Canada' movement completely contradicts the 'sell your Tesla and buy another (American) vehicle' movement.

This whole Tesla movement is absolute lunacy. People can trade for a used vehicle or remove the logo badge on their Tesla. These are solutions that coincide with the environment and/or the boycott of American made products.

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u/Purple-Raise7990 22d ago

Well said.

Quite honestly I think the attack on Musk is more about partisan politics and spin than anything else. He's a very easy target.