I’m actually more worried he ends up tanking Tesla by making himself a political lightning rod. Car and tech aficionados will still buy his cars, but “affluent liberals who are sort of concerned about climate change” is a pretty major electric car buying demographic, and no matter how much of a right wing cultural figure he becomes, cons…
I’m actually more worried he ends up tanking Tesla by making himself a political lightning rod. Car and tech aficionados will still buy his cars, but “affluent liberals who are sort of concerned about climate change” is a pretty major electric car buying demographic, and no matter how much of a right wing cultural figure he becomes, conservatives are still not going to pay a premium for an electric car.
At the very least he should remember the words from the great businessman Michael Jordan that “Republicans buy sneakers too” (something I wish more people on both sides of the aisle were aware of) and remember that the same thing holds true of Democrats and cars.
I’m actually more worried he ends up tanking Tesla by making himself a political lightning rod. Car and tech aficionados will still buy his cars, but “affluent liberals who are sort of concerned about climate change” is a pretty major electric car buying demographic, and no matter how much of a right wing cultural figure he becomes, conservatives are still not going to pay a premium for an electric car.
At the very least he should remember the words from the great businessman Michael Jordan that “Republicans buy sneakers too” (something I wish more people on both sides of the aisle were aware of) and remember that the same thing holds true of Democrats and cars.