Politics Today News Tesla Has A Problem — And It’s Not Just Elon Musk’s Politics

Tesla Is Now The World’s Most Avoided EV Brand And It’s Probably Musk’s Fault

Of those who said they avoid specific brands, 41 percent named Tesla, a stunning figure for a company that essentially invented the modern mass-market EV segment. China was called out as a country of ... Read More

Study finds 41% of EV drivers would avoid Tesla over politics

More than 40% of electric car drivers worldwide would avoid owning a Tesla, the brand run by controversial billionaire Elon Musk, for political reasons, according to a recent survey. Read More

Elon Musk's Tesla backlash: 41% of EV drivers cite politics for avoiding brand; survey reveals highest resistance in US and Germany

Political leanings are influencing electric vehicle purchases globally, with over 40% of EV drivers considering avoiding Tesla due to its founder's controversial stances. A survey reveals a ... Read More

Elon Musk’s politics cost Tesla over 1 million sales in US alone, new study claims

We’ve been talking about the impact of Elon Musk’s venture into politics on the Tesla brand for years, but now a new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is putting some ... Read More

New Research Says Elon Musk’s Politics Cost Tesla Billions in Sales

Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s recent politics have cost the company millions of car sales, according to an October report published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. If not for the “Musk partisan ... Read More

Elon Musk's "polarizing and partisan actions" hurt Tesla sales, Yale study finds

Elon Musk is widely recognized as an electric car pioneer. Yet the Tesla CEO has also single-handedly chilled the automaker's sales, according to a recent study by researchers at Yale University. Read More

Tesla CEO Musk's partisan politics cost automaker over 1 million EV sales, report shows

Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s polarizing political actions since acquiring Twitter, which he rebranded as X, in 2022 dramatically hurt the automaker’s U.S. sales, underscoring how deeply its fortunes are ... Read More

Elon Musk’s politics cost his firm Tesla more than one million EV sales, report reveals

Elon Musk’s polarizing political actions since acquiring Twitter, later rebranded X, in 2022 dramatically hurt the automaker’s U.S. sales, underscoring how deeply its fortunes are intertwined with the ... Read More

Tesla May Have Sold a Million Fewer Cars Because of Elon Musk’s Toxic Politics

Elon Musk‘s highly visible involvement in American politics over the past few years — culminating in several months serving as a key adviser to President Donald Trump — have come at a cost for Tesla. Read More

Elon Musk's Polarizing Actions Had A Dramatic Effect On Tesla Sales

In a new working research paper released by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), a group of researchers shared their findings, saying that Musk's right-wing political activities impacted ... Read More

Tesla just bet $1 trillion on Elon Musk’s next decade

After approving Elon Musk's pay package, the company that built the EV era is betting it can build the next one — with robots, data, and belief ... Read More