And the movement HAS gone International…..
Tesla Car sales ARE declining…
People ARE beginning to strike back at Elon Musk and actions….
Demonstrators gathered at more than 50 Tesla showrooms across the United States on Saturday in protest of CEO Elon Musk’s role in slashing government agencies as part of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency established by President Donald Trump.
The protests are part of “Tesla Takedown,” which, according to its website, hopes to encourage stakeholders to “sell your Teslas, dump your stock, join the picket lines.”
“Creating a vote of no confidence in him from the shareholders, that would be the ultimate goal,” Alex Winter, a Los Angeles-based actor and filmmaker who is one of the main organizers, told CNN.
The first Tesla Takedown protest was on February 15 after Winter spoke with Joan Donovan, a sociologist and professor at Boston University, who suggested a Tesla protest on Bluesky, an alternative to Musk’s X.
Musk, the world’s richest person, began leading DOGE on January 20. Musk’s role has received criticism from the start, due in part to buyout offers to federal employees alongside mass layoffs; dismantling the US Agency for International Development; and seeking access to sensitive payment systems.
The Tesla Takedown movement is also gaining traction internationally. There was a protest Friday in Barcelona, and three protests are set for this weekend in London; Lisbon, Portugal; and Reykjavik, Iceland, according to Winter.
“I am very satisfied, even with where we are now,” he said. “We provided people an easy way to protest during a very difficult time.”…
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In December, Musk became the first person to have a net worth above $400 billion. He has since lost $52 billion in net worth as shares of Tesla (TSLA) have plunged 27.6% in February.
It’s unclear whether the Tesla Takedown movement will have much of an impact on the company. Jessica Caldwell, head of insights at automotive site Edmunds, noted there hasn’t been a bump in Tesla owners appraising their used cars…
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“When you look at the other car companies, most people couldn’t name another automotive CEO and much less their opinion on politics,” Caldwell told CNN.
Tesla reported global sales of 1.79 million in 2024, compared with 1.81 million in 2023. The 1.1% drop was Tesla’s first annual decline in 12 years.
Tesla recently reported a 16% decline in sales between December and January. That was an improvement after Tesla sales dropped 24% between December 2023 and January 2024….
image…About 150 people representing Indivisible Mandarin, Beaches Activists Movement, Indivisible St. Johns County and other groups, gathered for a rally on February 26, 2025, in front of the Tesla dealership in Jacksonville, Florida.
Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union/USA Today Network
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