well, I think it could be because, depending on where you lived, driving a Tesla put you at risk of being coal rolled by some dude in a lifted truck that was trying to mess with what they assumed was a liberal
The master plan is to sell to one half of the demographic while the other half hates them, then when sales slump flip the script and sell to the other demographic and repeat.
As someone who drives a Smart Car in the south, this is probably it. I’ve had more than my fair share of assholes try to “alpha” me when I drive it. Brights turned on when behind me, following so close I can’t even see their lights, etc. If I drive my wife’s regular sedan? No issues aside from the typical idiot drivers.
The dynamics haven't completely flipped though? I don't think those coal rolling guys are buying teslas and neither are the people who used to buy teslas. Honestly, if this American shit show got right-wing people to buy electric cars, it might actually be worth it. But I don't think it has, yet anyway.
Well I didn't say it completely flipped, but almost has...and I meant the dynamic of who thinks what about Tesla.
Sales wise is a different animal as right wingers would have to basically drop their entire stance on electric vehicles, no doubt, and the stigma that it's helping advance the climate change "agenda".
Let’s just wrap it up: everyone who bought a Tesla because they believe that electronic cars are the future and wanted to do a good thing for the environment, is fucked for years.
I wonder how hard would it be to convert my Subaru into rolling coal. For now it just burns oil but nothing visible ... maybe I should be adding oil to my gas. (I'm kidding if that's not obvious)
I've ridden in a non-diesel that did this. It was one of the dumb upgrades to a Honda Civic. Chop the exhaust. Run a pipe up and through the hood. Then you run it rich, and you have a happy little choo choo train!
Yeah, now instead of some redneck laughing at you and revving his Cummins, some purple-haired sociopath with a nose ring will spray paint or set fire to your private property.
I don't condone the destruction of other people's property but I got the world's smallest violin for you if it does happen to you. Sucks to suck. Same for when people actually have nazi/fascist symbols on their car and if a window gets smashed. Too bad.
You do realize that the majority of Tesla owners are progressive, left leaning people, and that it may be nearly impossible for some to get out of the lease even if they wanted to, right?
Do you expect them to just burn their own property instead?
It's true, whether you like it or not. The videos are virtually a daily phenomenon on reddit now.
Rednecks vandalizing Teslas on the other hand is extremely rare or non-existant, and Teslas have been common since 2012.
You'd be surprised! musk has been lobbying for more than a decade for the government to stop funding NASA and instead contracting with private companies. This is how spaceX miraculously "appeared at the right time" to be awarded all of those juicy public contracts! Now NASA lost so much of its internal expertise that they can't do most stuff themselves anymore and are stuck to rely exclusively on spaceX (and the massive entry cost of the space exploration market prevent any competition)
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u/Superfluous999 23d ago
well, I think it could be because, depending on where you lived, driving a Tesla put you at risk of being coal rolled by some dude in a lifted truck that was trying to mess with what they assumed was a liberal
...now that dynamic has almost completely flipped