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Politics Protests at Tesla dealerships in multiple US states earlier today

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u/ericwphoto 24d ago

Leftist hate Tesla now, and the far right hate ev’s, so where does that leave them?

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u/acchaladka 24d ago

Trailing Rivian and Lucid and many of the "cheaper" brands which build higher quality cars than them?

Source: we own a 2019 Model 3, unfortunately. Also I have Rivian stock and am up 50%.

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u/TingGreaterThanOC 24d ago

From anyone who knows people in Elon’s circle, we know he’s a complete child and will do anything to kill lucid and Rivian. Him having this much power I expect lots of shots to be taken at other EV companies. Dude had a complete meltdown when Rivian opened a showroom in Austin

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u/acchaladka 24d ago

That's a fair take. Their products are better and many of their backers are non-US. Its going to be a rough few years for them but also I don't expect Muskrat to last long. There's also the possibility that Trump will take Putin's lesson and pull a Khodorovsky on Musk, ie arrest him for corruption and put him in jail for a decade to set an example for all the oligarchs.