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.

  • Don Escobar
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    931 year ago

    I’m sure the anti-woke crowd he is pandering to is going to jump in and buy up all the teslas

    • @eestileib@sh.itjust.works
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      381 year ago

      I think the Ford electric truck is selling like crazy to that demographic; if you really need low end torque suddenly an electric motor is tolerable.

      • @vd1n@sh.itjust.works
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        201 year ago

        Lmao my dad never shuts the fuck up about electric cars now he wants an electric car because Elon became a right wing god.

        • @Rediphile@lemmy.ca
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          171 year ago

          I don’t actually think this…but imagine if Elon is just pulling a super long con on the right.

          Again, he isn’t…but that would be pretty cool in an alternate universe.

      • @Blastasaurus@lemm.ee
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        21 year ago

        They’re not selling here. There’s a huge off-roading community here and nobody wants to risk getting stuck 300km into a logging trail.

        • @jivemasta@reddthat.com
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          331 year ago

          Lol, yeah. Everyone I talk to about my car instantly becomes a weekend road tripper, like they are constantly going on thousand mile road trips to the middle of nowhere where there aren’t any charging stations.

          • Most people own cars a long time and it’s used for all their trips, around town and crossbcountry. You only have to get stuck somewhere remote once without a way to charge to have a bad time.

            • @zephyreks@lemmy.ca
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              31 year ago

              So you buy a car that’s extremely excessive in 99% of use cases to cover that 1%?

              What keeps you from just renting a car for that 1%? I guess that’s why startups like Kyte are adopting a “car rental to your door” service…

        • @p1mrx@sh.itjust.works
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          121 year ago

          In theory, with a stack of solar panels an EV could take you even farther into the wilderness, The Martian style.

        • @Dude123@lemmy.world
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          81 year ago

          Well people using their trucks to that extreme are always going to choose reliability over performance

          • @steltek@lemm.ee
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            31 year ago

            Reliability, height clearances, axle to axle length, tire sizes, etc. It’s not like 4x4 + ICE is automatically good at offroading.

    • jecxjo
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      41 year ago

      I think the demographic may not be the correct financially. Though that might be more funny, a bunch of people buying out of spite and then defaulting.

    • @Landmammals@lemmy.world
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      31 year ago

      Elon musk didn’t really think about how people who buy electric cars and the anti-woke is two non-connected circles on a Venn diagram.