Could it be because among affluent, environmentally conscious consumers, it's no longer cool to be driving a car made by an unhinged right-wing narcissist?

Musk said on the earnings call that his concern would be, given his current shareholding, that he will have "so little influence" in the future that some major shareholder could strip away his control or make a bad decision.

Or could it be a consequence of dumping shares to fund a megalomaniacal need to own a social media platform?

Guess alienating your primary target demographic and trying to turn angry climate change denying conservatives into Tesla buyers wasn’t a genius move.

I don't think the word "Charlatan" has ever applied to anyone more aptly than Musk.

How much of it can be attributed to Elon alienating potential buyers? Every shareholder must be thinking this.

But have they figured out how to keep the wheels from falling off?

Musk is in the process of destroying Tesla.

Can we please have those cheap Chinese EVs flood the market??

Again, that ‘truck’, …The Homer.

You want me as a customer? Kick your CEO out, improve part availability for me as a long time owner after warranty ends, open up repair documentation. Oh, and stop making battery packs a monolithic block of cells and glue.

If I splurge 50k€ on something, I need to be sure that I won't lose that investment over a minor event.

Tesla stock is the most overhyped shit on the wallstreet.

It was very obvious 2024 was not going to meet the 50% goal and they've been warning us for years about it.

50% with some years over and some years under based on when we do vehicle launches is what they've been saying for quite a long time now.

The only way 2024 was ever going to be above that trend line, or even in its vicinity is if the Gen 3 platform launched, and it's been clear for over a year now this wasn't happening in 2024.

Probably like mid 2022 this was the obvious outcome for 2024.

And yet everyone is acting like the sky is falling.

The sky is falling when gen 3 comes out and it doesn't sell well at reasonable profit. If it sells with reasonable profit, everyone is going to be hospitalized with whiplash as they start spiking deliveries again and March their way to 7-10 million vehicles based off the platform (multiple vehicles in the platform)

But ya, 2024 is a dud year. It's been a dud year vehicle wise for over a year already.

I think it goes without saying that if you want to protect your domestic market, that having trade restrictions and tariffs is essential. Especially if you have higher labour and environmental standards. So I do support Tusk in that matter. I still think he's a twat though.