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.

  • Not only that, it has to be effecting their hiring. I haven’t replied to tesla recruiter asking to set up an interview because I don’t wanna work for him

    • @dogslayeggs@lemmy.world
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      132 years ago

      That’s a smart call. Working conditions at his companies are wild. You’ll be required to work 80 hours a week every week or be fired. But at the same time you’ll be working in a pretty building with young people and a great cafeteria where you sometimes go to nice parties.

  • @jdp459@lemm.ee
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    I love the car, so do both my parents. We all hate Elon… and would be my only reason to not get another one, but I still havent found another EV i like other than the Polestar 2 but I need more range.

  • I completely understand not wanting to buy from him, but taking the depreciation hit selling an otherwise perfectly good car that you already own is sort of dim. Just, you know, don’t be a repeat customer.

    • SeaJ
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      Considering the prices of used vehicles still (they have come down), you really are not taking a huge hit with depreciation.

    • Dr. Dabbles
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      They aren’t otherwise good cars. The software updates constantly introduced new, frustrating and unpredictable behaviors, and customer support is the worst I’ve experienced.

    • harold
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      sunk cost fallacy.

      why is every comment defending Tesla/Elon some fallacy its either some straw man or ‘im not really a fan of tesla BUT …’

  • YⓄ乙
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    62 years ago

    If that’s the reason Regulars are selling their Tesla then this world is doomed.

  • @thorbot@lemmy.world
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    When the cybertruck was first announced I was interested solely due to how unique it was, and for taking it out into the wilderness for camping with a giant battery. Now, I won’t even consider even owning anything with the Tesla name. No way in hell.

      • @Puzzle_Sluts_4Ever@lemmy.world
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        Yeah. It is well worth watching Simone Giertz’s “Truckla” videos. She took her tesla (one of the sedans) and basically turned it into an el camino style “truck”. Has a few problems (it leaks when it rains… which may not have been her fault considering it is a tesla) but looks surprisingly “fun” and is actually a fundamentally better design as it would allow tesla to reuse frames and production processes… the same way every single other company does it. Pop a lift kit (because everyone knows a truck that you have to strain to lift stuff to load it is better?) and you are good.

        Would even appeal to all the liberals who want a truck for hauling but don’t want to drive a giant f150 to compensate for penis envy. Which is probably why musk went from “That’s cool. You should come to the cybertruck event” to basically uninviting her (I forget if she was just specifically told to not bring Truckla or had to sneak in entirely).

  • @AzPsycho@lemmy.world
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    I think it’s more about how those types of buyers view the manufacturers reliability long term. The man is unhinged and has proven with Twitter that if given the chance he will willingly fuck over users. Imagine giving a bully the ability to limit your driving range or disabling your vehicle on a whim because he decides he doesn’t like you or what your local govt says.

    Not saying he would do it but he has proven repeatedly to be unstable enough to believe he could escape punishment for doing it.

  • @dlok@lemmy.world
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    I aspired to own a Tesla before musk started showing his colours now I would find it embarrassing

  • @rusticus@lemm.ee
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    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
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      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.

    • @atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
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      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.

    • @QHC@lemmy.world
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      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
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      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
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        12 years 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.

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          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@lemm.ee
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        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
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          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
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          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.

    • @HellAwaits@lemm.ee
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      On the other hand, go ahead and buy from Tesla whose CEO burns other people’s money with SpaceX and got in the way of California putting HSR, which could’ve potentially had other states follow.

      Yeah not a great comparison there, BUD.

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    He’s playing 4D chess, decreasing his net worth by being a Nazi. Libs and demsocs just don’t understand. He’s not like the other boys.

  • @DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz
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    22 years ago

    The way Musk is acting should have some severe effects on any company he touches. It’s pretty annoying that he just so insanely wealthy that he can screw around and still have fuck-you money.