MicroWaveFeb 15, 2025

Sheryl Crow says “so long Tesla,” donates money to NPR: “Under threat by President Musk”

https://lemmy.world/post/25624199

Sheryl Crow says goodbye to her Tesla and donates to NPR: 'You have to decide who you are willing to align with' - Lemmy.World

Summary Singer Sheryl Crow announced she is selling her Tesla and donating the proceeds to NPR, citing concerns over Elon Musk and his role in Trump’s administration. She criticized Musk’s DOGE, which is aggressively cutting federal agencies. Trump has also escalated attacks on NPR and PBS, with FCC chairman Brendan Carr launching an investigation into their broadcasts.

Show threadTiefling IRLFeb 15, 2025
More Tesla owners need to follow suit. Get rid of those Swasticars.
Show threadurandom

Why though? Is the buffoon going to magically lose money when you sell your car?

This won’t hurt his billionaire ass at all, just the poor schmuck that owns the car

Feb 15, 2025 at 11:31pmWeb
Show threadAlbinoPythonFeb 15, 2025
Yeah, he already got the money for the car.
Show threadFlowVoidFeb 16, 2025

Her used Tesla is now competing against Musk for the next Tesla customer. And if too many people sell Teslas, the resale value drops which makes new Teslas less attractive.

So he got her money, but she may have stopped him from getting someone else’s money.

Show threadchilicheeseliesFeb 16, 2025
Its one less tesla someone else is buying fron them. Flood the market with preownes teslas
Show threadurandomFeb 16, 2025
This will hurt regular people a lot not that it so every hurt him.
Show threadQuadhammerFeb 16, 2025
Hes saying if someone buys a used tesla thats money not spent on a new one
Show threadurandomFeb 16, 2025

Yes. And I’m saying that’s going to hurt regular people more.

A much better suggestion is to stop buying new Teslas. Let the current owners drive them in peace instead of hurting them

Show threadstardustFeb 16, 2025

That people even have to try and justify ownership of existing Tesla shows that situation has gotten to a state where potential buyers are less likely to get them.

Stocks are based on future sales projections and a brand going toxic is not a great situation. A car suddenly turning from a regular vehicle to one that is now turning into political affiliation is not great for the average person who “wants to stay out of politics.”

Show threadurandomFeb 16, 2025
I’m not sure Tesla stock follows normal trends. It’s price doesn’t seem to be that influenced on sales performance
Show threadfriendlymessageFeb 16, 2025
A lot of used Teslas on the market puts pressure on the price of new Teslas, so yes, mass sell-off of Teslas does have an impact. Not to mention, that resell value of Teslas will go down