Toxic Tesla

[Cristiano]

 

[detrius]

The Guardian (@theguardian.com)

Tesla backer says Musk must reduce Trump work, as 46,000 Cybertrucks recalled https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/20/tesla-musk-trump-work-cybertruck-recall-dan-ives-protests?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu

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This number also includes all the unsold cybertrucks that are slowly rusting away at Tesla dealerships.

The actual number of cybertrucks sold sits somewhere between 38,000 and 40,000 vehicles.

Ford sells up to twice as many F150s in a single month.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Up to now, in the UK we have the phrase "doing a Ratner" to describe a CEO trashing his company's brand.

Although widely regarded as "tacky", the shops and their wares were nevertheless extremely popular with the public, until Ratner made a speech addressing a conference of the Institute of Directors at the Royal Albert Hall on 23 April 1991. During the speech, he commented:

We also do cut-glass sherry decanters complete with six glasses on a silver-plated tray that your butler can serve you drinks on, all for £4.95. People say, "How can you sell this for such a low price?", I say, "because it's total crap."

He compounded this by going on to remark that one of the sets of earrings was "cheaper than a prawn sandwich from Marks and Spencer's, but I have to say the sandwich will probably last longer than the earrings". Ratner made a guest appearance on TV chat show Wogan the day after his speech, where he apologised and explained his joking remark that some of his company's products were "total crap".

Ratner's comments have become textbook examples of why CEOs should choose their words carefully. In the furore that ensued, customers stayed away from Ratner shops. After the speech, the value of the Ratner group plummeted by around £500 million, which very nearly resulted in the group's collapse.[8] Ratner hired a chairman in an attempt to stabilise the situation, and was dismissed by the new company chairman in November 1992. The group changed its name to Signet Group in September 1993.

Looks like that needs updating.

 

[Free]

Private Eye Magazine (@privateeyenews.bsky.social)

Tesla showroom From the new Private Eye, out now.

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[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Free]

 

[Free]

Tesla 'armageddon,' a 'legion' of Optimus robots, and no mention of DOGE: 5 takeaways from Elon Musk's surprise all-hands

"So what I am saying is, 'Hang on to your stock,'" Musk told employees in the Texas Gigafactory.

www.businessinsider.com

In a surprise all-hands meeting with Tesla staffers Thursday night, he said employees should "hang on to your stock" despite it losing roughly half its value since December.

Musk spent the first half of the hourlong meeting giving updates on Tesla's safety record, its delivery figures, and the company's work on autonomous driving and robotics. The rest of the session was open to employees to ask questions.

The meeting, which was held on short notice at Tesla's Texas Gigafactory, was livestreamed on X. It was scheduled to start at 9:30 p.m. ET, but the livestream cut out abruptly, sparking confusion among some employees. Tesla then started a new livestream, which displayed a loading screen until the meeting kicked off at 9:58 p.m. ET.

Sounds like a great meeting, with Musk performing admirably, answering everyone's questions directly and to their satisfaction.


*cough*

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Looks like this thread may soon be of interest to the FBI

The FBI Is Investigating Attacks on Tesla as ‘Domestic Terrorism.’ Here’s Why That Matters

The domestic terrorism designation could give law enforcement sweeping authority to surveil people protesting against Elon Musk’s role in the US federal government, civil liberties experts warn.

www.wired.com

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And Trump has plans for protestors

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[Casey Pelous]

No fascism to see here, no sir.

 

[Free]

I AM NOT RECOMMENDING TESLA OWNERS COMMIT INSURANCE FRAUD. I AM JUST POSTING THIS BECAUSE I THINK THE GIRL IN THE PICTURE IS ADORABLE.

 

[Beebo Brink]

I AM NOT RECOMMENDING TESLA OWNERS COMMIT INSURANCE FRAUD. I AM JUST POSTING THIS BECAUSE I THINK THE GIRL IN THE PICTURE IS ADORABLE.

That image has been disappeared. Maybe you can find it in El Salvador?

 

[Free]

That image has been disappeared. Maybe you can find it in El Salvador?

THE IMAGE IS NOT A VENEZUALAN IMMIGRANT YEARNING TO BREATHE FREE, so I found a replacement and edited the post.

 

[Cristiano]

 

[Cristiano]

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Looks like this thread may soon be of interest to the FBI

The FBI Is Investigating Attacks on Tesla as ‘Domestic Terrorism.’ Here’s Why That Matters

The domestic terrorism designation could give law enforcement sweeping authority to surveil people protesting against Elon Musk’s role in the US federal government, civil liberties experts warn.

www.wired.com

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And Trump has plans for protestors

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Hermann Göring once said: "Wer Jude ist bestimme ich." In other words: I do decide who is a jew.

So Trump is walking down that path now... quite fitting for a neo fascist.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Open Guardian article

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[Essence Lumin]

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Lol, the one time that you sent me a warning, back in SLU days, was saying basically the same thing as this but about someone else. You said you had enough troubles and it wasn't funny.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

The Cybertruck as metaphor

What one car says about the state we're in

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and a note from Jeremy Clarkson

Seventeen years after that nice Mr Musk sued me, victory is mine

Jeremy Clarkson: The Tesla boss is so touchy he filed a lawsuit when I gave him a bad review. So how will he cope now that the eco hippies who used to idolise him have turned on his cars?

www.thetimes.com

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Clarkson's original review of a Tesla

Jeremy Clarkson reviews the Tesla Roadster: What bright spark thought of this?

Mostly, the world's car makers realise that I'm a harmless piece of navel fluff whose opinions make absolutely no difference to their hopes and dreams. But occasionally, threatening noises are made if

www.thetimes.com

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[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Ahhh, Clarkson, a knob. But a very funny knob and quite funny article. Especially of note, Clarkson may be an ego maniac but with this passage he demonstrates he is not a malignant narcissist lacking in self control.

I should really have sued him back, but I feared he’d call me a paedo, so instead I just waited on the river bank for his body to float past. And now it has.

I don't know why but the title 'Attenborough of Automotive' just came to mind. I just hope no one gives this twat an OBE.