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Tesla to lay off everyone working on Superchargers, new vehicles (arstechnica.com)
submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They can't because the Musk personality cult is pretty much the only thing keeping the company viable at this point. They are absolutely fucked.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I see this repeated a lot but can't see how it's possibly the case. Dude has burned so many bridges over the last few years and I can't say that I ever see anyone actually defend him personally. I think it's more that his "anti-fans" see any positive comment toward SpaceX, Tesla, Starlink, or anything else as someone defending/supporting him when that simply isn't the case.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago (2 children)

My boss, who doesn't even have a Tesla but is a nutty conservative, loves talking about Musk like he's the modern day Henry Ford.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This comment is, in a nutshell, why Tesla is fucked. Conservatives will never buy electric until after Tesla is long dead so hitching your wagon to them is suicide.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Sure, but it’s not just Elmo’s NüFascist Clownshow Bonanza that’s the problem - he also makes horrible decisions and is a truly terrible “leader”.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Those horrible decisions are a minor contributor to the mass exodus by Democrats, who are the vast majority of Tesla owners.