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That erratic behavior could also be a means to shift the target market. If Musk and thus Tesla are no longer perceived as left then people on the right are able
by glass3 4y ago
That erratic behavior could also be a means to shift the target market. If Musk and thus Tesla are no longer perceived as left then people on the right are able to buy Teslas without losing face.
- tigershark 4y agoYeah, of course coal-rolling maga hats can’t wait to buy an electric car.
- kfarr 4y ago4D chess to get red states to buy electric cars
- glass3 4y agoIf somebody wants to drive their car with coal, it has to be an electric car. Apart from nostalgic maga hats, what's a better match for an electric car than a person who can make America great again by supporting state of the art technology? The opportunity is there. The future will tell how many of Musk's recent decisions were clever.
- elihu 4y agoIt's plausible. I don't know how Musk looks from the point of view of, say, a pro-Trump Republican, but from my own biased point of view he doesn't come across as a serious businessman with conservative or libertarian leanings, but rather as someone who has, for some reason, begun making unpredictable self-destructive decisions. I think he's probably losing a lot more potential customers than he's gaining. There may be a political aspect to it, but the way I look at it is that he's an ordinary fallible human. We all know people who would make a big mess of things if they took Musk's place, but we don't usually worry about them all that much (except maybe on their behalf) because their ability to help or harm other people is limited.