• @cocolowlander@feddit.nl
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    623 months ago

    For its part, Tesla has been trying to boost its image with the help of President Trump. On Monday, the president took to the South Lawn of the White House to promote Tesla’s cars, apparently buying one despite having campaigned on an explicitly anti-electric vehicle platform.

    Somehow, I don’t think MAGA cult will buy electric vehicles in quantities needed to offset even a fraction of people who used to buy Tesla.

    • @tburkhol@lemmy.world
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      353 months ago

      Imagine the CEO of Browning or American Rifles helping Joe Biden pick out a new gun from a display in the state dining room.

      • @LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        163 months ago

        The difference is Biden is a gun owner. So at least it would be buying a product he actually has. There has been incidents referencing him and his wife having at least a shotgun (so 2+ guns)

        With Trump hating on electric cars like he had for so long, and not knowing how to drive, it’s a bit different.

    • @juergen@feddit.orgOP
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      123 months ago

      which is great, because it will increase the chance that tesla will go down and with that elon musk.

    • @Uniquitous@lemmy.one
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      123 months ago

      Half of them are broke as fuck and the other half are heavily invested in oil company stocks. Elon made a poor choice of allegiance.

    • @dick_fineman@discuss.online
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      93 months ago

      Well if they make a Cybertruck 2 that’s lifted and looks like the Dildozer, they might have a new market. It’ll get 50 miles per-charge, but it’ll intimidate their neighbor’s kid, so it’s worth the $380,000 price tag (financed, of course).

    • @chakan2@lemmy.world
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      33 months ago

      Eh…put a lift kit, USA flag wrap, and a smoke machine on the cyber truck and they’d double sales.

    • Queen HawlSera
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      23 months ago

      I don’t think the MAGA Cult can even AFFORD electric vehicles, I mean, shit I know I can’t.