Tesla’s value plunged nearly $200 billion since mid-July – and the EV maker faces a bumpy road ahead::Tesla shares closed Tuesday at just over $233, well down on their 2023 peak of $291.

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    1 year ago

    this is a dumb comment. most maga dicks would never drive an EV they’re too busy rolling coal. yes the spokesperson for Tesla is a piece of human garbage, but the company is more than him. Tesla has been hugely responsible for the much needed transition to EVs. So hate musk, but i think hating Tesla is a mistake.

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      1 year ago

      I can hate tesla too you know. The car is terrible quality. Just because it is an EV doesn’t excuse it from being shitty

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        1 year ago

        Also people seem to have not seen or forgotten about the whole thing about Elon Musk specifically falsifying range numbers on his products with shady ass, basically fraudulent math.

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        1 year ago

        the build quality or lack of is irrelevant to your maga statement. Of course you’re entitled to dislike the car, or its shape or anything about it really. However it doesn’t change my initial comment, that Tesla has done an undeniably great job putting a rocket up the other car makers regarding the transition that is long overdue, And that Maga fuckwits generally won’t drive them.

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      1 year ago

      A lot of the problem with Tesla is Musk though, especially when it comes to the whole FSD and Autopilot thing. Tesla is spreading misleading data and releasing software to the public that they really shouldn’t be, and it’s Musk that is pushing for that to happen.

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        1 year ago

        True, musk sucks. like I said. the downvotes are hilarious. guess a lot of the maga trolls followed here from reddit too. the more popular it gets the worse it will become I expect.

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          I agree that Tesla has done a lot to push us towards a more sustainable future with cars, and unfortunately I have to give Musk some credit for that also. The thing is, I don’t think you can separate Musk and Tesla like you are trying to.

          Without Musk there really isn’t a Tesla. Even now they are very tied to him and his way of thinking. Nobody but Musk would ask someone to design the Cyber truck, and nobody but Musk would even call it that, or name the other vehicles so they spell S3XY, or release beta driver assist /self driving software to the public.

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            1 year ago

            I think you can separate them, my comment was responding to the moron calling it the maga car, which is a stupid thing to say. I live in hope musk will eventually be pushed out. he’s quite an awful human.

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      1 year ago

      This is a very reasonable comment, and yet it’s downvoted heavily.

      What Tesla achieved is good, and will have a place in the history of EVs. Musk being a fucking idiot doesn’t change that, it just makes it more obvious that none of the success is due to him he just happens to own the company.

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        1 year ago

        Honestly, tesla would probably do better to fucking fire Musk as CEO. He holds less than 13% of the shares according to a 10-second Google search, so it doesn’t seem like he has unassailable control of the company.

        If I were any of the other large shareholders I’d be fighting like hell to get a better CEO. Musk has switched from asset to liability.