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The Model Y will be a test of Tesla's popularity
Tesla announced at the end of February that it was finally ready to make and sell the long-awaited $35,000 Model 3, an affordable electric car that was part of Musk's original "master plan" for the company, published in 2006. Closing most of the company's stores and switching to a completely online sales model was how Musk was able to finally achieve this goal, and it also allowed Tesla to lower the price on its other cars.
Normally, that might be seen as a good thing. But many customers who purchased Teslas before the price drops felt jilted. One of the most vocal critics was comedian Chris Titus, who complained to his 125,000 Twitter followers on March 2nd about how his wife bought a Tesla two days before the prices dropped. "@elonmusk lost a loyal customer," Titus wrote. "[T]he people that supported you, praised you and cared about you [sic] dream got boned."
Anger about the price cuts bubbled up in China, too, which is the world's largest market for electric cars. After Tesla cut prices on all of its models there, a number of owners protested at the company's store in the Hunan province capital city of Changsha. The upset owners wrapped the store in a banner that apparently translated to "don't buy now, buy tomorrow at a discount."
[...] [There] is some data backing up the apparent change in sentiment around Tesla. In an Axios-Harris poll of 18,228 adults conducted between November and January, Tesla's ranking slid across a number of categories. It dropped from being the 14th most trusted company out of 100 to 46th. The company's "character" ranking fell from 7th to 57th, and its "ethics" ranking slid from 5th to 56th.
See also: Did Ford just tease an electric Mustang as Tesla debuts Model Y?
Tesla's Model Y sales goals 'aggressive,' analyst says
(Score: 2, Funny) by koick on Saturday March 16 2019, @04:52AM (9 children)
*Rolls eyes*, this time and most every time I see a post by this person...
(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Saturday March 16 2019, @05:26AM (1 child)
You think I'm "lame." Politically correct way to say, crippled. You don't want me to remind you of our National Nightmare -- Hillary Clinton. You don't like that and I think you don't like me. O.K. But, at least I had somethings to say about Tesla, about the Tesla warranty. Anomalous says, "oh, you'll be lucky to get 3 years on that warranty, they're going under!" When, for a lot of stuff, it's only a 4 year warranty anyway. And they're doing electric. Which our Environmentals love. They hate Coal, but they love electric. But so much of our electric -- especially at night -- comes from Coal. These are things that, maybe you knew. Maybe you didn't know. If you knew, you could have tweeted them. If you didn't know, well, you learned them from my Tweet. What if I hadn't tweeted? Possibly you would never know. Because it looks like you don't care so much about the story or about the tweet by Anomalous. Or you would have tweeted something about that. Instead of just hating on me because I used to have Bone Spurs. Because I was "lame" but I'm now very rich. And you can create the type of Social Media you supposedly want. My daughter said something very special. So smart & inspiring. She said "be the Change you wish to see in the World." Do it!!!
(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Saturday March 16 2019, @06:39AM
(cont) Another Smart Quote. "80% of life is showing up." Woody Allen saying, in a way, almost the same thing Ivanka said. I show up. And when I can't, my staff fill in for me. Maybe you don't have a Social Media manager, maybe you don't have lawyers that are good with Social Media. But, what about doing it yourself? I see very very few tweets from you, very very few Subs from you (that get Approved). If I was giving out the Participation Trophies -- sorry, none for you!
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Saturday March 16 2019, @05:26AM (4 children)
He's a method actor, and a rather good one too; he sounds like the Trump of 10 years ago, before all the obvious cerebrovascular damage happened. I still think he's useless and annoying as fuck, but I have to give him credit for really doing his homework.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Saturday March 16 2019, @05:43AM
Possibly the "nicest" thing you've said about Donald J. Trump, Azuki Hazuma. Is it the new, and MUCH better paying job, is it the magnificent Tax Refund you're getting because of me -- or is it my sexy body? Getting many compliments on that one!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 16 2019, @06:12AM (2 children)
That is giving too much credit to first-person fan fiction.
Did you just assume their gender?
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Saturday March 16 2019, @06:02PM (1 child)
I did indeed. Women don't do stupid shit like this. Suck it up, troll :)
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 16 2019, @07:45PM
>> Women don't do stupid shit like this
Even if that presumptuously broad generalization was assumed to be true:
(Score: 2) by Nuke on Saturday March 16 2019, @11:03AM
koick wrote :
Whooosh
(Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday March 16 2019, @03:38PM
Hi, I'm barely tolerating this as much as I can. What more do you want?