Tesla Master Plan: Part Deux

[JC_Dude]

Tesla sales falling off is less a sign of a boycott and more about the lineup being old at this point and competition catching up, while X continues to be used by politicians who oppose Musk. As much as I'd love to see all his businesses fail, people have no spine and won't commit to the boycott.

 

[CodeRedR51]

This is quite interesting.

Tesla Accused Of Gaming Canada’s EV Rebate Program After 4 Stores Sold 2 Cars Per Minute Wiping Out $43M In Grants | Carscoops

This all occurred over the course of three days just before Canada's subsidies for electric vehicles dried up

www.carscoops.com

 

[Omnis]

Tesla sales falling off is less a sign of a boycott and more about the lineup being old at this point and competition catching up, while X continues to be used by politicians who oppose Musk. As much as I'd love to see all his businesses fail, people have no spine and won't commit to the boycott.

They’ve already got 200,000 juniper orders in China after FSD went viral there.

People boycotting Tesla are full of ****. They have the best product on the market and still have the highest margins of anyone. They’re gonna be fine.

People who are mad at Doge should take their anger out on the people that spent other peoples money, not at Elon for literally volunteering to find waste and abuse (and not being told no). Everyone’s just shorting the stock to make a quick buck. It’s all a bunch of crap.

 

[McLaren]

They’ve already got 200,000 juniper orders in China after FSD went viral there.

People boycotting Tesla are full of ****. They have the best product on the market and still have the highest margins of anyone. They’re gonna be fine.

People who are mad at Doge should take their anger out on the people that spent other peoples money, not at Elon for literally volunteering to find waste and abuse (and not being told no). Everyone’s just shorting the stock to make a quick buck. It’s all a bunch of crap.

I didn't realize Cybersecurity, National Parks, USAid, ATC, & other beneficial forms of government were "waste & abuse" whilst lying about how much is actually saved is nothing to be mad at him for.

Rubio wasn’t the only one who got into it with the DOGE czar. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy also got heated over Musk’s efforts to shrink the federal workforce, and accused him of trying to fire air traffic controllers. His accusation comes amid a national shortage of the highly essential workers, and following several high-profile plane crashes.

Marco Rubio Finally Loses It at Elon Musk in Trump Cabinet Meeting

The two advisers got into a heated argument over DOGE-backed firings.

newrepublic.com

Suck his boot harder.

 

[Tornado]

They’ve already got 200,000 juniper orders in China after FSD went viral there.

People boycotting Tesla are full of ****. They have the best product on the market and still have the highest margins of anyone. They’re gonna be fine.

People who are mad at Doge should take their anger out on the people that spent other peoples money, not at Elon for literally volunteering to find waste and abuse (and not being told no). Everyone’s just shorting the stock to make a quick buck. It’s all a bunch of crap.

This is like someone wearing an Omnis suit

 

[Omnis]

This is like someone wearing an Omnis suit

Why? "More cuts, more better" aligns pretty well with my attitudes about government, historically. I would feel the same way if it were Bill Ackman or someone else in there making recommendations instead. Gotta hand it to Elon for not giving a flying F about what people think about him, even if it's negatively affecting his public business (Something I'm very not happy about, to be clear.). I suppose his play could be to drive down the stock price as much as possible to either buy more shares or take it private like his other companies. People have done crazier things.

I guess you could look at it another way, like a vote of confidence that the company will be just fine even if he goes completely persona non grata to half the population.

 

[McLaren]

Why? "More cuts, more better" aligns pretty well with my attitudes about government, historically. I would feel the same way if it were Bill Ackman or someone else in there making recommendations instead. Gotta hand it to Elon for not giving a flying F about what people think about him, even if it's negatively affecting his public business (Something I'm very not happy about, to be clear.). I suppose his play could be to drive down the stock price as much as possible to either buy more shares or take it private like his other companies. People have done crazier things.

I guess you could look at it another way, like a vote of confidence that the company will be just fine even if he goes completely persona non grata to half the population.

Lmao, he absolutely cares what people think about him.

This man was paying people to play video games for him just so he could go on Twitter & Joe Rogan to boast about how he's a Top 10 Diablo/POE II player in the world for no other reason than to look cool to the gaming community. It is the same reason he offered to help with the cave rescue, astronauts, & world hunger; he wants people to like him & think he's this super cool guy.

 

[Meythia]

to boast about how he's a Top 10 Diablo/POE II player in the world

And he actually is so bad at it that it doesnt take a world level player to see his fraud.
It only requires a single day of interest in playing the game from any previously completly uninformed person to see how stupid he is.

 

[Aphelion]

Gotta hand it to Elon for not giving a flying F about what people think about him, even if it's negatively affecting his public business (Something I'm very not happy about, to be clear.).

I actually think the thing that make Elon Musk so embarrassing to watch is precisely because he so transparently just wants to be one of the cool kids. You don't buy a social media company and become its public facing dictator because you don't care what people think of you.

 

[Omnis]

Actually, yeah, when you put it that way, you guys are totally right. Haha. Such a weird dude.

Maybe he thought Kanye was actually cool and followed him off the deep end

 

[Tornado]

I actually think the thing that make Elon Musk so embarrassing to watch is precisely because he so transparently just wants to be one of the cool kids.

"If someone is going to try and blackmail me with advertising? Blackmail me with money? Go 🤬 yourself. : D"

> mugs to the audience and repeats himself because he didn't get the laughs he expected and assumed they just didn't hear him

> later sues several companies for not advertising on Twitter

 

[McLaren]

They’ve already got 200,000 juniper orders in China after FSD went viral there.

So, the issue here coming back to this, is that many of the orders are refundable which now means very little until the actual vehicles are in customer hands. Remember, the Cybertruck reportedly hit 1,000,000 pre-orders, but they were all refundable & it's obvious 1,000,000 of them have not been produced. More and more photos come out of them just sitting in lots.

Saying they'll be fine is a stretch when they're losing significant numbers in multiple markets. Shareholders will take note of this.

• Tesla sales in Germany plunged by 59.5% in January 2025 and 76.3% in February.
• In Australia, the EV maker’s deliveries dropped 65.5% in the first two months of 2025.
• Tesla’s February 2025 sales in China fell 49.16%, signaling a market share decline.

Tesla Sales Fall Off A Cliff Globally, Including Germany, Australia, And China | Carscoops

German sales were down by a massive 76.3% last month, with Australia posting a similar 71.9% decline

www.carscoops.com

Claiming they have the best product on the market is also just not true. Tesla has had build quality issues for years, the Cybertruck ignored actual engineering concerns in favor of what Elon wanted, & the Chinese EV market is probably the strongest at the moment due to heavy competition amongst them & they seem to have reputable build quality/value according to those who deal with them. It's been interesting to read that Chinese-built Teslas are apparently even better products than American-made Teslas b/c the market is so fierce that they can't afford to throw out cars suffering from issues like panel & paint imperfections, b/c they're just churned out here.

 

[05XR8]

Just saw this. Actually, my daughter made me aware of it during her car spotting on the way home from school. I haven’t seen rebadges yet.

Why Tesla owners are rebadging their cars

Tesla owners have been stripping the badges off their cars and replacing them with different brands, but why? Photos: Reddit Tesla owners have been

www.drive.com.au

 

[Aphelion]

Actually, yeah, when you put it that way, you guys are totally right. Haha. Such a weird dude.

Maybe he thought Kanye was actually cool and followed him off the deep end

I think both of them have realised that being loud, obnoxious and controversial gets you lots of attention, and they both crave it. Just like how social media algorithms are designed to increase "engagement metrics" by promoting content that makes people angry.

I also get what you mean; they certainly posture as if they don't care what you think of them, I'm just not buying it for a second