The disapproval of Elon Musk is the top reason Tesla Model 3 owners are selling their electric vehicles and going for another brand, according to a new survey of 5,000 Model 3 owners.

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      I think the Ford electric truck is selling like crazy to that demographic; if you really need low end torque suddenly an electric motor is tolerable.

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        Lmao my dad never shuts the fuck up about electric cars now he wants an electric car because Elon became a right wing god.

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          I don’t actually think this…but imagine if Elon is just pulling a super long con on the right.

          Again, he isn’t…but that would be pretty cool in an alternate universe.

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        They’re not selling here. There’s a huge off-roading community here and nobody wants to risk getting stuck 300km into a logging trail.

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          Lol, yeah. Everyone I talk to about my car instantly becomes a weekend road tripper, like they are constantly going on thousand mile road trips to the middle of nowhere where there aren’t any charging stations.

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          In theory, with a stack of solar panels an EV could take you even farther into the wilderness, The Martian style.

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          Well people using their trucks to that extreme are always going to choose reliability over performance

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      I think the demographic may not be the correct financially. Though that might be more funny, a bunch of people buying out of spite and then defaulting.

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      Elon musk didn’t really think about how people who buy electric cars and the anti-woke is two non-connected circles on a Venn diagram.

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      Don’t discount Elmo Lusk’s cleverness like that, he’ll surely implement, alone with his little capable hands, an aerosol-spraying system to lure in his new clientele; prolly named Make Ozone Holed Again or something. Free canister every month for Xwitter Premium subscribers!