welcome
torontosun

torontosun

Technology

Technology

Musk’s embrace of right-wing politics risks turning off car buyers and sinking Tesla’s stock

torontosun
Summary
Nutrition label

72% Informative

Tesla sales plunged 45% in Europe in January , according to research firm Jato Dynamics .

That comes after a report of falling sales in California , its biggest U.S. market, and the first annual drop globally for the company last year .

Analysts say it's too early to say for sure how much damage Musk is causing to Tesla because so many other factors could explain its current troubles.

Tesla investor Ross Gerber says Musk has somehow managed to marry the world’s best product with the worst marketing.

“People want to buy stuff that makes them feel good, you don’t want politics involved,” Gerber said.

One Tesla owner, Harry Chathli , is unmoved by the backlash, saying he has no intention of getting rid of his Tesla S ..

VR Score

70

Informative language

65

Neutral language

56

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

46

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

External references

8

https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url= https%3A//torontosun.com/news/world/musks-embrace-of-right-wing-politics-risks-turning-off-car-buyers-and-sinking-teslas-stock&text=Musk%E2%80%99s%20embrace%20of%20right-wing%20politics%20risks%20turning%20off%20car%20buyers%20and%20sinking%20Tesla%E2%80%99s%20stock&via=https://www.reddit.com/submit?kind=link&url=https%3A//torontosun.com/news/world/musks-embrace-of-right-wing-politics-risks-turning-off-car-buyers-and-sinking-teslas-stock&title=Musk%E2%80%99s%20embrace%20of%20right-wing%20politics%20risks%20turning%20off%20car%20buyers%20and%20sinking%20Tesla%E2%80%99s%20stockhttps://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https://torontosun.com/news/world/musks-embrace-of-right-wing-politics-risks-turning-off-car-buyers-and-sinking-teslas-stockhttps://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A//torontosun.com/news/world/musks-embrace-of-right-wing-politics-risks-turning-off-car-buyers-and-sinking-teslas-stock&text=Musk%E2%80%99s%20embrace%20of%20right-wing%20politics%20risks%20turning%20off%20car%20buyers%20and%20sinking%20Tesla%E2%80%99s%20stock&via=https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://torontosun.com/news/world/musks-embrace-of-right-wing-politics-risks-turning-off-car-buyers-and-sinking-teslas-stock&media=https://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/torontosun/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/elon-musk.jpg?quality=100&strip=allhttps://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url= https%3A//torontosun.com/news/world/musks-embrace-of-right-wing-politics-risks-turning-off-car-buyers-and-sinking-teslas-stockhttps://www.tumblr.com/widgets/share/tool?canonicalUrl=https://torontosun.com/news/world/musks-embrace-of-right-wing-politics-risks-turning-off-car-buyers-and-sinking-teslas-stock&title=Musk%E2%80%99s%20embrace%20of%20right-wing%20politics%20risks%20turning%20off%20car%20buyers%20and%20sinking%20Tesla%E2%80%99s%20stockhttps://www.reddit.com/submit?kind=link&url=https%3A//torontosun.com/news/world/musks-embrace-of-right-wing-politics-risks-turning-off-car-buyers-and-sinking-teslas-stock&title=

Affiliate links

no affiliate links