"Only 5% of Democratic voters have a favorable opinion of Musk, according to the EV Politics Group, while 74% of Republicans do. Snag is, 44% of Republicans say they would never consider an EV." www.reuters.com/breakingview... - ThreadSky

petertl.bsky.social • 1 day ago

"Only 5% of Democratic voters have a favorable opinion of Musk, according to the EV Politics Group, while 74% of Republicans do. Snag is, 44% of Republicans say they would never consider an EV."
https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/teslas-future-may-be-more-gm-than-omg-2025-03-05/

Reposted from Thomas Seal

Trump says he is going to buy a Tesla tomorrow.

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tonybarrett.bsky.social•1 day ago

This might be the best way to get them to, tbf

petertl.bsky.social•1 day ago

good point!

tonybarrett.bsky.social•1 day ago

fermispairofsocks.bsky.social•23 hours ago

One of my daily struggles.

oregonleaf.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thus the tanking of the stock. Secondly, the climate, infrastructure, long commutes, political ideology, current consumer confidence, median income in most red states is not conducive to EV ownership. Basically, Elon is fucked.

bernieburner7.bsky.social•1 day ago

Republicans do whatever Trump commands them to. See Republican support for Ukraine. That 44% number will collapse within a week.

mg321.bsky.social•1 day ago

They should buy one to have a place to live after trump/musk tank the dollar, destroy the economy, and everyone’s unemployed.

experimental22.bsky.social•1 day ago

If the owner of a car dealership gave me tens of billions of $$$, I’d probably buy one of his krummy kkars too.

lordwessenden123.bsky.social•1 day ago

Is this the same person who said drill baby drill and he’s now advocating buying electric cars to help his little friend who didn’t stop to think that getting involved in fascistic policies would lead to what is essentially the centre left boycotting his products. Just so funny in every way.

quizzical24.bsky.social•1 day ago

Why do EVs cost so much, considering that they have 1200 fewer moving parts than ICE vehicles? Why has Musk been supporting and now working for Trump given Trump’s policies against EVs and green energy? Do the tax credit subsidies for EV sales work . . .

fermispairofsocks.bsky.social•23 hours ago

It's all about the batteries. There are reasonably priced EVs though, just more expensive than equivalents.

The industry needs more time to bring battery prices down.

quizzical24.bsky.social•1 day ago

Or do the tax credit subsidies result in higher priced EVs?

joostschreurs.bsky.social•1 day ago

Worst case scenario: Tesla will start producing combustion engine vehicles.

cwestmar.bsky.social•1 day ago

At least the orange man has noticed and how many of his followers can afford an EV - just the 1%? Written a while back
https://www.dannydorling.org/books/onepercent/

cwestmar.bsky.social•16 hours ago

I wrote too soon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofB3qrcjsxk

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