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But Musk later changed his mind, reportedly donating $45 million a month of his money to the pro-Trump political action committee American PAC.

`Nuff said. CEOs are often Republican, but to be this outspokenly political is normally a bad thing for CEOs like Musk. Media company heads (and Twitter/X is a media company) are supposed to at least pretend to be neutral.

And catering to the far-right seems like a bad idea if your company makes EVs. But what do I know?

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[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I bet Trump and MAGA love EVs now

[–] masquenox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Gee... the capitalists liberals have been bending over backwards for all this time is overtly turning towards fascism, you say?

If only someone could have predicted this!

[–] Freefall@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He ran away faster, hahahaha

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[–] PanArab@lemm.ee -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Also BYD makes better EVs anyways. Luckily for him though the US is one of the most access-restricted car markets, so he is safe from better competition.

I travel to the Middle East often and every time I am more impressed by the Chinese cars being sold there.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml -5 points 1 year ago (28 children)

And catering to the far-right seems like a bad idea if your company makes EVs. But what do I know?

yet tesla's are still highly coveted status symbols somehow

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Are they? Maybe something like an S Plaid or a Cybertruck, but the Tesla name is synonymous with those fuckhuge ugly wagon models you see everywhere on the road these days. Even absent of Musk's connection to the brand, I haven't seen a Tesla be considered a status symbol in years

[–] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tesla cars have always been tin cans on wheels with QC problems. Now they are tin cans on wheels with QC issues that also double as MAGA hats.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

i need & want an EV that can do 90% of what a tesla can do but for 25% the price at $11k; the rest of the world gets them, but not the united states and canada thanks to the 100% tariff on EV's

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