Oddbean

If your brand is all about luxury environmentalism then having out outspoken right wing troll of a CEO is a problem. Tesla has become fundamentally uncool amongst the people who used to be their biggest fans. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/tesla-robotaxi-warner-bros-reveal-hollywood-rejection-elon-musk-1236007945/

i was literally thinking about this today. he would do better if he could find a buyer for x/twitter and focus on his product worldwide. i think he is just going to hurt himself in the long run. i didnt read the article yet.

It does look like their market share has dropped a bit but they remain the dominant player and unlike the article the figures show volume rebounding. Are the cool kids shilling their EV beamers and mercs? https://caredge.com/guides/electric-vehicle-market-share-and-sales https://image.nostr.build/e1a276895adf2f55da638fd520238b373a430281b177f5d1643dda639f136173.jpg

You really think so? 🤔 The "early" customers were upper class tech nerd yuppie/Gen Xers no? Then the neaveau riche stunting on the middle class came in. And now upper middle class. An outspoken CEO with hot takes doesn't really change the product. Maybe the brand, yeah a bit. You're saying the liberal, upper class tech nerd Gen X class is mad at Elon and won't buy his cars no mo? I mean, by that logic shouldn't apple be bank rupt? Haha.

"Think Different" 🤔🙄 Haha. I had a prof once say that as anything, absolutely anything, gets popular and hits mass appeal, it must water down to a lower common demoninator. Not sure I agree 100%. But is curious.

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