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Pissing off your primary customer base probably isn't smart. I don't see MAGA buying electric cars. In foreign markets BYD is a better value. He did become the
by magic_man 2y ago
Pissing off your primary customer base probably isn't smart. I don't see MAGA buying electric cars. In foreign markets BYD is a better value.
He did become the world's richest man and he bought himself and election so I wouldn't under estimate him.
- readthenotes1 2y ago"I don't see MAGA buying electric cars" The most vehement Trump supporters I know have been Musk fans since the time he supported Babylon Bee when they were kicked off Twitter. They believe that the Climate Change stuff is all a big con to get government money, of course. And those MAGA now have Tesla's and Starlink because.
- bdangubic 2y agoThe most vehement Trump supporters are not the type of demographic that will make enough purchases of Teslas and Starlink to make any difference overall to the company...
- iamtheworstdev 2y ago> And those MAGA now have Tesla's and Starlink because. no they don't. and the sales numbers prove it.
- readthenotes1 2y agoUm. Yes they do. The ones I was talking about.
- davkan 2y agoNobody is buying Starlink as a political statement.
- abenga 2y agoStarlink would probably continue to sell because there are no reasonably priced alternatives where it make sense (in the boonies).
- ben_w 2y agoI'm 90% sure China will be ready, able, and willing to sell a reasonably priced alternative to Americans by the time of the next US presidential election. And the remaining 10% includes not just that they can't industrial-espionage their way to copying both product and launch vehicle, but also all the combined odds of "WW3" and "the US no longer exists" and the other less dramatic things that may stand in the way.
- davkan 2y agoYes, I will continue to subscribe to Starlink because the alternative is 30/1 dsl. I disliked Elon back when I started anyway.
- EasyMark 2y agoThe only thing I see MAGAs buying a few of are the Teslas, most wouldn't get caught dead in a Model 3 or Y
- EasyMark 2y agoTesla cybertrucks* dropped a word
- kristopolous 2y agothese people do exist, 404media reported on them. We're talking a small small group here. Not enough to keep a car company afloat.
- aprilthird2021 2y agoI personally think he and Tesla can weather this current decline in sales and make it to a world where most people have an electric car. At that point, most MAGA types around the world might just choose a Tesla over cheaper better alternatives for the status, same way many American men buy pavement princess pickup trucks over cheaper, higher utility alternatives. I don't like him. But I could see this happening
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- whizzter 2y agoIF the Maga types would be buying electric cars it'd probably be a Dodge with horns or something alike. Sleek/futuristic was never their thing to begin with.