It's not driving away his target market, it's fully changed it. His target market is now MAGA brain-rot Republican weirdos, who also want an EV. It's not a big market.

People with concern for and a desire to do something about Climate Change are the largest demographic buying EVs, and they are a very left-leaning bunch. To say Elon's rhetoric has pushed that market section away is a dramatic understatement.

I mean my wife and I are a perfect example. After moving into our home I had every intention of getting a Tesla for us both and putting in a home charger. I will say we LOVE our Hyundai Ioniq 6 and will be waiting to see what they release next. Tough shit Elon.

There are signs the billionaire is becoming unpopular…

It’s been Times Square billboards for a while now.

I've blocked Twitter, I bully Teslas in traffic, I charge double my regular rates to install Starlink(s) and I steadfastly refuse to have Starlink on my own vessel until Dickhole has divested himself.

It's not much, but it's honest effort.

Zero emotional intelligence. What a stupid, stupid man-child. In retrospect, it is utterly unsurprising that he dove in head first on red pill, pro-maga, pro-putin joe rogan toxic meathead idiocy.

What gets me is that he’s hitched himself to the MAGA ride when the other way would’ve been far more lucrative in the short and long term.

Big brain dude

Yep, a Model Y Long Range would make a lot of sense for us as our next car. But it is absolutely not being considered. Not only do we not want to give the company our business, but I'd be too embarrassed to be seen in one...and this is coming from someone with a missing hubcap on their 20yo econobox.

Tesla's image is definitely tarnished. It may not be meaningfully affecting their bottom line or forecasts yet, but a bad reputation is hard to fix. As competitors start to step up and current owners look to replace their aging Teslas over the next few years, it's going to make a difference. I've got high hopes for Rivian, personally.

Bought a mach e instead of a model 3 or y because Elon is a dick. Glad to stick it to the wanker. The mach e is awesome btw 👍

He's trying to sell EVs to the truck nuts demographic, so, yeah, I'd say things aren't really going super well...

He's driving away current owners. My car is currently at Tesla Collision and I went to grab belongings from it. My little dog took a giant Elon on the lawn and they didn't have a garbage can to dispose of the bag.

I got a Model S Plaid delivered shortly after release. Previously owned a Model 3. It is my favorite / best car I've had and I've gone through ~20. Including a Chevy Bolt and Volt.

But, my next car will not be a Tesla. In fact, I've gone from thinking I'd keep this long-term to finding an alternative. I'm even semi-embarassed to be seen driving it which sucks.

I also had a Cybertruck reservation (yeah yeah, I know). But when our delivery came due we passed.

Rode in a friend's Ioniq the other day and it was pretty solid. Also sat in my other friend's Rivian R1T and liked it well enough.

If Tesla is wondering why sales are declining they need look no further than their leadership. I'd be willing to consider the cars again if Elon was out - but apparently the board is too stupid to do that.

Hate the man, hate the cars. Im not even kidding buy any other ev and theyre so much better.

The next Tesla will be a diesel version of the Cybertruck, for real men who don’t drive sissy electric cars. And it’ll have a “roll coal” button as standard.

He's still the same wannabe edgelord he's always been. Hard to believe his target market is bothered by that.

Shareholders, on the other hand, might have issue with what he's doing and its effect on the stock price.

reminder that you shouldn't buy teslas anyways bc their manufacturing quality is dogshit and they'll blame you when shit breaks

IS?

Yes it has and yes it is. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

They do have some QC issues that are a bit concerning, but the primary factor for me is not giving that dickhead any money. I would otherwise buy one.

I mean... Fucking duuuuuhhhhh

Yes

It certainly made me question whether my next car will be another Tesla, likely it won't. They definitely deserve credit for making EVs more marketable and practical, but that technological advantage they had over the competition is gone. So at the end of the day it's just another EV brand but with a tarnished reputation.

Signs? LOL. Do most news articles just state the obvious now?

Listen - there's famous people who, if you heard they suddenly died somehow, you'd only expect better for the near future in major aspects of human civilization.

Elmo's been on that list since before he got tricked into buying the world's biggest forum and turning it into his own fascist circlejerk.

If he slips in the bathroom tomorrow morning and never speaks again, what reasonable person is going to feel worse about the EV market, human spaceflight, American politics, or online discourse?

The cars being absolute garbage doesn't help either.

Never. Never ever. Tesla is in support of his shit via nearly 60 billion dollars per year.

Who is his target market now?

Who is his target market now?