“leaves the company with few excuses for its sales slowdown aside from a relatively straightforward problem: Tesla’s older lineup of vehicles is having a harder time keeping up with fresher offerings from rival EV manufacturers.
Customers who are new to EVs typically have lots of questions about battery range, charging stations and software-based features. Musk is nevertheless increasingly betting on a mostly online sales process and encouraging consumers to order Teslas without even visiting a showroom.
Tesla’s cars are, by and large, getting old. The company may have an ethos of constant changes behind the scenes, but customers mainly see vehicles that haven’t visually changed in years — being peddled by a man they increasingly want nothing to do with. It’s no surprise, then that Tesla isn’t doing so hot.
Those poor, poor dealership owners. How will they ever put food on the table in their third, fourth, or fifth homes? Do you know how much groceries cost in the Hamptons?”
Their cars suck and their CEO is a raving right wing asshole actively attacking the core demographic for whom an electric car is attractive.
If the board had outed Musk, a Tesla would likely be in our future. As such, they doubled down with him and this household will not align with his expressed politics.
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“leaves the company with few excuses for its sales slowdown aside from a relatively straightforward problem: Tesla’s older lineup of vehicles is having a harder time keeping up with fresher offerings from rival EV manufacturers.
Customers who are new to EVs typically have lots of questions about battery range, charging stations and software-based features. Musk is nevertheless increasingly betting on a mostly online sales process and encouraging consumers to order Teslas without even visiting a showroom.
Tesla’s cars are, by and large, getting old. The company may have an ethos of constant changes behind the scenes,
but customers mainly see vehicles that haven’t visually changed in years — being peddled by a man they increasingly want nothing
to do with. It’s no surprise, then that Tesla isn’t doing so hot.
Those poor, poor dealership owners. How will they ever put food on the table in their third, fourth, or fifth homes? Do you know how much groceries cost in the Hamptons?”
Their cars suck and their CEO is a raving right wing asshole actively attacking the core demographic for whom an electric car is attractive.
If the board had outed Musk, a Tesla would likely be in our future. As such, they doubled down with him and this household will not align with his expressed politics.