The final chapter of Tesla isn't about innovation. It's about the hubris of a white supremacist who thinks he rules the world. The brand that once promised to save the planet is now a study in how fast one ketamine-addled man-child can drive a company off a cliff.

https://www.theindex.media/nobody-wants-a-nazi-electric-car/

Nobody Wants a Nazi Electric Car

Musk chased right-wing approval, but the only thing he got was declining sales and a dying brand.

The Index.

@Daojoan yeah, seen people wanting to ditch theor #Swasticar|s ASAP!

  • I wounder when dealerships start sueing #Musk for the losses of people and espechally businesses cancelling orders and flooding the market with cheap, barely driven #Tesla|s...

@kkarhan @Daojoan
There’s a #Tesla dealership under construction in #Vancouver 🇨🇦 with graffiti on the walls already before his Nazi salute

As tariffs get threatened I don’t imagine the place will be making a lot of Canadian sales

Seriously wonder if they’ll complete the project 🚧

@AccordionBruce @kkarhan @Daojoan I’m sure it will be making bank. Lots of cybertrucks menacing ours streets already. We have to remember that even though the man is a fiend, he has millions of fans and millions more are indifferent, and the car is competitively priced.

@villasbc @AccordionBruce @kkarhan @Daojoan

They supposedly had 2M pre-orders at one point for the Cybertruck. With the massive price increase and loss of a lot of the hyped features a lot of those were never acted on.

Tesla lumped Cybertruck sales in with the ancient and slow selling Model S and Model X, so we don't have exact numbers, but the estimate is between 30k and 50k trucks sold in 2024, with lots still sitting in inventory. The consensus is closer to 30k.

That's about how many of the aging F150 Lightnings Ford moved. With Ram and GM showing up with credible alternatives this year, I'm pretty sure we're going to see CT sales slide further.

The tell for me is they went from 4 models (S, 3, X, Y) to 5 and still sold fewer vehicles for the year. That should never be the case.