Have Elon’s antics affected Tesla sales in the real world?
Obviously lots of hate for him online. Just curious if there are any analysis that indicate whether this is affecting Tesla sales more broadly?
Tesla market share in the United States is about half the EV’s sold now, and has been declining as other automakers produce decent cars with good range, which also do the other ‘car things’ well.
But that was happening way before everyone’s opinions changed about Musk, and seems to be mostly in line with what one would expect with greater competition the market.
The people with the bumper stickers, I imagine are also people who are fairly politically motivated, who were early adaptors of EV’s, etc. I’m not sure we can read too much into that, because it’s tiny minority, and as EV’s become more mainstream, that will not be the median buyer.
There will be buyers who are alienated, and those who are attracted, by his political activity. Does this have a discernable net effect outside the expected trendline of market forces at work?