We're seeing similar drops in Tesla's biggest US market, California. Additional there have been cases of vandalism of Teslas everywhere. Spray painting "Fuck Elon" on Teslas seems to be a popular Friday night activity.
It also hurts sales when you develop a company in California, are given a lot by the state, then move to Texas and bad mouth California because you want to be somewhere where labor and environmental laws aren't enforced as well.
Trump had initially also declared war on TikTok. His opinion has changed and he is now delaying ByteDanceтАЩs (the parent company) Congressionally- and court-ordered deadline for selling off TikTok.
The reason is simple: A major shareholder of ByteDance is Jeff Yass, one of the largest donors to TrumpтАЩs re-election campaign.
Yet, despite his alliance with Musk, Trump has not softened his attacks on electric vehicles. In fact, just yesterday, he halted the $5 billion initiative to build electric vehicle charging stations by instructing states not to spend federal funds previously allocated to them under the Biden administration program.
I bought one many years ago when the EV market was basically that, the Bolt, or the Leaf. The financial hit of selling to replace isn't something I can justify for myself. I think it'd be a net of >$10k for me to do the sell+replace process if I got something that still met all my needs. Especially harder with the reliability of the EV rebate being in doubt.
It's not a trivial amount of money to take the hit on, especially when I also need to save up to hopefully become a homeowner.
IтАЩm thinking of a European vacation this spring, and if I do IтАЩll order one of the DNCтАЩs тАЬIтАЩm one of 75 million Americans who voted against TrumpтАЭ sticker sets and keep one in my jacket or pocket at all times.
We're seeing similar drops in Tesla's biggest US market, California. Additional there have been cases of vandalism of Teslas everywhere. Spray painting "Fuck Elon" on Teslas seems to be a popular Friday night activity.
Telling your core consumer, loudly, how much you hate them and their values does in the end maybe have an effect on your sales
It also hurts sales when you develop a company in California, are given a lot by the state, then move to Texas and bad mouth California because you want to be somewhere where labor and environmental laws aren't enforced as well.
It doesn't help that #47 has declared war on EVs.
Trump had initially also declared war on TikTok. His opinion has changed and he is now delaying ByteDanceтАЩs (the parent company) Congressionally- and court-ordered deadline for selling off TikTok.
The reason is simple: A major shareholder of ByteDance is Jeff Yass, one of the largest donors to TrumpтАЩs re-election campaign.
Yet, despite his alliance with Musk, Trump has not softened his attacks on electric vehicles. In fact, just yesterday, he halted the $5 billion initiative to build electric vehicle charging stations by instructing states not to spend federal funds previously allocated to them under the Biden administration program.
I saw a sticker on a Tesla a few days ago which said: "I bought this before I knew"
For the life of me, I can't see how any Democrat can continue to own one of those. If I did, I'd sell it, take the hit, and buy something else.
I bought one many years ago when the EV market was basically that, the Bolt, or the Leaf. The financial hit of selling to replace isn't something I can justify for myself. I think it'd be a net of >$10k for me to do the sell+replace process if I got something that still met all my needs. Especially harder with the reliability of the EV rebate being in doubt.
It's not a trivial amount of money to take the hit on, especially when I also need to save up to hopefully become a homeowner.
Yeah, not everyone can afford to base their car ownership of current vehicles on political reasons.
Just get one or those bumper stickers! :P
I actually have been meaning to get one of those! Looked into it the other night, probably going to order one soon.
IтАЩm thinking of a European vacation this spring, and if I do IтАЩll order one of the DNCтАЩs тАЬIтАЩm one of 75 million Americans who voted against TrumpтАЭ sticker sets and keep one in my jacket or pocket at all times.
A new generation's take on the post-Watergate "Don't Blame Me, I'm From Massachusetts"
On an unpolitical note, one of the best bumper stickers I ever saw was many years ago on a gorgeous Jaguar MK II:
"My other car is a Lada."