There have been a number of attacks targeting Tesla vehicles and dealerships in the last few weeks.

President Donald Trump has suggested sending people who are attacking Tesla to prisons in El Salvador if they are convicted of crimes, as a number of the automaker’s vehicles and showrooms have been targeted by reported arson and other violence.

Trump’s comments appear to be referencing a deal his administration made with El Salvador to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members from the U.S. to serve out their jail time. Rights groups have criticized the deal, citing harsh conditions in Salvadoran prisons.

  • foggy@lemmy.world
    38·
    1 day ago

    Who is this messaging for?!

    Ok, you heard your lord and Savior, MAGA. Now go buy those EVs you hate so much.

    Tesla is circling a drain. I literally cannot see a path for them to exist as a company in 5 years. They’re in too deep with someone wildly unpopular across the board.

    • alvvayson@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      17·
      1 day ago

      People don’t realize how fucked Tesla is.

      If protestors burn just 0.1% of Tesla cars on the road every year, then that means insurance companies will need to charge an additional $200-$500 per year to insure a Tesla compared to a similar car of any other brand.

      If they burn 1%, then it’s more like $2000 per year in extra insurance costs.

      They will become uninsurable.

    • Omega@lemmy.world
      8·
      1 day ago

      Business/tech conservatives fucking love them. And a lot of apathetic Americans (which is most) literally do not care about any of the Elon stuff. They just see an EV car.

      Now, the only market for Cybertrucks are the douchiest rich tools. There’s other cooler EV trucks if they didn’t want to buy a drivable billboard.

      …Actually, the only people who SHOULD want it are people with a business because it actually works pretty well as a drivable billboard.

      • hddsx@lemmy.ca
        3·
        3 hours ago

        Even without the Nazi in charge, Tesla has poor quality control. They wanted to put the biggest monitor ever in a vehicle so they chose non-automotive grade that yellows. They designed a trunk that leaks water because it never rains or something. They designed doors such that if you slam the door hard, the door card falls off. They designed a pedal and trim such that the pedal could get stuck under trim and cause unintentional acceleration. They designed a truck using an aluminum frame instead of steel. Oh and then they chose a grade of stainless steel that has more issues than the delorean. Oh, and they took out lidar sensors and somehow still think they’ll achieve level 5 self driving. Anything safety critical needs a redundancy.