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> Going full alt-right MAGA is going to cut his customer base in half, at least in the US and Europe. Putting my best effort to be charitable here: he could be
by sangnoir 6y ago
> Going full alt-right MAGA is going to cut his customer base in half, at least in the US and Europe.
Putting my best effort to be charitable here: he could be opening up a whole new market that is opposed to tree-huggers, fuel efficiency and Priuses. Texas loves trucks, the Cybertruck will be henceforth known as the Freedom Cybertruck and the Texas Edition will come with a complementary "Come and take it" sticker.
"Southern Heritage" flag interior design & center console wallpaper will be a paid extra.
- dpau 6y agothis is an awesome take- musk has been playing 4d chess all along, getting hard-core conservatives to buy into renewable energy..
- testbot123 6y agoThis is a very charitable interpretation of Elon Musk's recent outbursts.
- sunstone 6y agoI think it's helpful to remember that Musk being in the media is the primary plank in Tesla's marketing effort. So being controversial and therefore being in the media is literally a part of his job. Even before covid-19 got serious Tesla had already said they were looking for a factory location "in the midwest possibly Texas". So that's not some reaction to being shut down in California. Another aspect though is that right now Tesla is building a new factory in Germany and will start very soon a new factory near Austin. Building these simultaneously will be such a severe drain on Tesla's cash flow that they can ill afford having their California factory shut down for long. In this circumstance Musk could well become hot under the collar especially if he feels Tesla has done enough to mitigate risk to Tesla employees.
- Simulacra 6y agoMurica!