A boycott of Tesla vehicles is gaining momentum in Germany due to Elon Musk’s consistent meddling in the country’s politics and promotion of a fringe far-right party
Many analysts and Tesla followers have been alleging that Elon Musk’s social media antics promoting misinformation and meddling in politics are affecting Tesla’s sales, which were down for the first time in a decade last year.
But it is extremely difficult to directly link the two.
However, there are a few direct examples of Tesla’s CEO being directly responsible for Tesla missing out on sales.
Last year, we reported that Rossmann, a German company that operates one of the largest pharmacy chains in Europe, was electrifying its entire corporate car fleet and using Tesla vehicles to do so, but it announced that it would sell all its Tesla vehicles and replace them by other EVs.
muriken_egel on
Good. Let’s hope it spreads.
Specific-Local6073 on
Why would anyone care what some american businessman is writing on some web page?
JiggyWivIt on
EV sales going up but while being a leader in the area Tesla sales going down, I mean, definitely not enough to say there’s causation, but not far fetched to say there is. Elon has been a tool for a while, but he’s been pretty mask of for the last year, can bet on Tesla sales going even lower this year. People who care enough to go electric in general will be very aware of his antics.
Canonip on
We used to export nazism, now we import it.. times really are changing
Cknuto on
Keep europe elon free
danrokk on
Germany and German citizens are very sensitive to external influence. They feel strong social bond and you can see it everywhere where Germans will support their local businesses, politicians stand behind their nation (apart from immigration issue … that’s mind blowing I’d say). Musk may not be successful running business there and treating Germany as his toy to play with.
thebear1011 on
There was a time when Tesla was THE option for EVs, but is there any particular reason to go for one now over any other (cheaper) brand? I guess unless you want a virtual whoopie cushion.
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A boycott of Tesla vehicles is gaining momentum in Germany due to Elon Musk’s consistent meddling in the country’s politics and promotion of a fringe far-right party
Many analysts and Tesla followers have been alleging that Elon Musk’s social media antics promoting misinformation and meddling in politics are affecting Tesla’s sales, which were down for the first time in a decade last year.
But it is extremely difficult to directly link the two.
However, there are a few direct examples of Tesla’s CEO being directly responsible for Tesla missing out on sales.
Last year, we reported that Rossmann, a German company that operates one of the largest pharmacy chains in Europe, was electrifying its entire corporate car fleet and using Tesla vehicles to do so, but it announced that it would sell all its Tesla vehicles and replace them by other EVs.
Good. Let’s hope it spreads.
Why would anyone care what some american businessman is writing on some web page?
EV sales going up but while being a leader in the area Tesla sales going down, I mean, definitely not enough to say there’s causation, but not far fetched to say there is. Elon has been a tool for a while, but he’s been pretty mask of for the last year, can bet on Tesla sales going even lower this year. People who care enough to go electric in general will be very aware of his antics.
We used to export nazism, now we import it.. times really are changing
Keep europe elon free
Germany and German citizens are very sensitive to external influence. They feel strong social bond and you can see it everywhere where Germans will support their local businesses, politicians stand behind their nation (apart from immigration issue … that’s mind blowing I’d say). Musk may not be successful running business there and treating Germany as his toy to play with.
There was a time when Tesla was THE option for EVs, but is there any particular reason to go for one now over any other (cheaper) brand? I guess unless you want a virtual whoopie cushion.
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