It’s sleek and cool and can be driven at 60 mph. But the more Twitter’s new owner opens his mouth, the more embarrassing it is to drive one
Ever since Elon Musk took over Twitter, I’ve been reading about how droves of celebrities are fleeing the social media site. Whoopi Goldberg, Shonda Rhimes, Tea Leoni, Sara Bareilles, Toni Braxton, Gigi Hadid, Ken Olin — they’ve all announced (on Twitter, where else?) They are leaving their accounts.
I salute these celebs for decamping from the platform — I’m 100% in favor of the Twitter exodus. In just his first week as owner, Musk fired half his staff, retweeted a despicable conspiracy theory about Nancy Pelosi’s husband, invited a mentally ill rap singer back onto the site to spread antisemitic bile, kicked comedian Kathy Griffin off after she had the audacity to poke fun at him and decided to charge people $8 to have a little blue check mark next to their names.
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Still, if Hollywood really wants to get the richest man in the world’s attention, if Whoopi and Shonda and Gigi truly want to hit him where it hurts, it’s going to take a lot more than quitting Twitter. They’re going to have to give up their rides.
Tesla is currently the number one selling vehicle in California. California’s No.1 selling vehicle, Tesla.
To be honest, I have no idea if any of the above-mentioned celebs actually own a Tesla, but it’s a pretty safe bet considering the electric car is currently California’s No. California’s No. 1-selling carModel Ss, Xs, Ys and Ys clog Los Angeles’ parking lots at Whole Foods in Erewhon. It’s easy to see why it’s so popular; it’s a super-sleek automobile that’s fun to drive, packed with cutting-edge tech and — best of all — lets drivers smile smugly as they zoom past filling stations peddling $6-a-gallon gas.
But, of course, Tesla’s most advanced feature is that it can virtue-signal at 60 miles per hour. It is unclear whether it is truly the planet-saving miracle device its owners believe it to be. remains debatable — some reports suggest that the huge amounts of carbon released in manufacturing its lithium batteries means you’d have to drive a Tesla for three to seven years before breaking even, carbon-wise, with an internal combustion engine — but never mind. The point is that Tesla is synonymous with high-end blue-state ideallism. A totem on tires proclaiming to the world the Tesla driver is not only wealthy but also cares deeply about Mother Earth.
Musk purchased Twitter and began tweeting Trumpy messages on how to vote Republican — as he himself started doing after he moved from California to Texas last year — and now his electric-powered symbol is starting to seem a lot less status-y. In fact, the Tesla is starting to look more like an MAGA cap with headlights.
The Tesla Cybertruck’s windows turn out to be less shatterproof than advertised
Musk’s Twitter dumpster fire has already caused serious damage to Tesla. Its stock has It has lost more than half of its valueIt fell from $400 per share in January, to less than $200 now. Considering how much Musk extended himself in order to scrape together the $44 billion to buy Twitter — selling $19 billion of his own personal Tesla stock (including Just this week, $3.95 Billion) and saddling Twitter with $13 billion in debt, putting it on the hook for a billion dollars a year in interest payments alone — a drop in car sales is the last thing Musk needs at the moment. Yet, he is turning off his best customers by tweeting more.
“Elon Musk is lighting the social cachet of owning a Tesla on fire,” tweeted University College London professor Brian Klaas (who obviously hasn’t yet got around to canceling his Twitter account). “A lot of people are going to start feeling more sheepish driving around in one given his conduct.”
Kevin Stone, University of Southern California professor, shared the sentiment on Twitter. “Here in CA, I’ve lost track of the number of Tesla owners who say they’ll never own another Tesla,”He wrote that Musk could be a possibility. “bringing in conservatives into Tesla ownership, so it might be a wash.”
Professor Stone might be right. If Musk keeps on tweeting Trumpy balderdash, pretty soon MAGA Americans may start trading in their gas-guzzling F-150s for the Tesla pickup — if, that is, the boxy-looking Cybertruck ever makes it onto the road (it’s been delayed multiple times since it was unveiled three years ago with a disastrous — and hilarious — press event during which Musk watched in embarrassment as one of his designers accidentally shattered the truck’s window with a metal ballWhile trying to prove that the glass is unbreakable
I don’t know if Musk is still making the Tesla Electric Limo introduced in 2015Not only that, but he may even sell one to an ex president currently living in a Florida country-club. Particularly if the vehicle can self-drive to Washington during insurrections.
Trump in a Tesla That’s the day Hollywood will definitely unplug.
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