Nearly one-third of Tesla owners in the Netherlands are considering selling their vehicles due to controversies surrounding Elon Musk, according to a new survey by EenVandaag. The study, which included over 26,000 panel members, fou

Summary

A survey in the Netherlands revealed that 31% of Tesla owners are considering selling their cars due to Elon Musk’s controversial actions, including his involvement in politics and handling of misinformation on X (formerly Twitter).

About 40% feel embarrassed to own a Tesla, though 51% say Musk’s behavior doesn’t affect their view of the car.

Musk’s leadership of X has also driven users away, with 46% leaving or considering leaving the platform.

Parallel criticism of Mark Zuckerberg for removing fact-checking has fueled similar debates over tech leadership and misinformation.

  • @[email protected]English
    69•2 months ago

    I, personally, will never buy a Tesla. I would consider buying an EV, but never a Tesla.

    • ThePowerOfGeekEnglish
      8•2 months ago

      I’m kind of surprised more people aren’t unhappy with their Tesla’s because of the poor build quality. I know they go through patches where the build quality improves and is okay. But there have been so many recalls and problems in general with Teslas. Even aside from Musk being a toxic, loud piece of shit, his company’s cars are overall just not worth the trouble. And that’s not even bringing up the fact that the cyber truck looks like it was designed by a 6 year old on a 386 PC’s CAD program.

    • @[email protected]English
      4•2 months ago

      Same. Historically they’re not even good EVs.

      It sounds like there’s even alternatives to Starlink if you can deal with low bandwidth.

      • @[email protected]English
        1•2 months ago

        They’re fast, and have good range, but everything else about the car sucks ass. So basically the EV Hellcat.

        • @[email protected]English
          2•2 months ago

          Reliability has been one big problem I’ve heard about, which is pretty bad when you’re product is basically a big battery with few moving parts. TBF in the latest numbers Rivian is basically doing the same thing.

          I’d be looking at the established car companies, because they’re basically worked out a lot of kinks already.

        • @[email protected]English
          1•2 months ago

          Any high tech car is a giant red flag. Personally I’d expect any modern car made in America to be worse for sharing information with insurance companies, etc.