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groundloop

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Thu Mar 20, 2025, 09:17 AM Mar 20

Tesla backer says Musk must reduce Trump work, as 46,000 Cybertrucks recalled [View all]

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Source: The Guardian

Tesla and Elon Musk are embroiled in a “brand tornado crisis moment” and the electric carmaker’s chief executive needs to cut back on his work for Donald Trump to stem the damage, one of the company’s biggest supporters has said.

The warning came as Tesla announced a recall of 46,000 Cybertrucks in the US on Thursday to fix an exterior panel that could detach while driving.

It came as protesters announced on Wednesday they were planning what they described as their biggest day of action yet against the EV maker, with 500 demonstrations expected at Tesla showrooms around the world on 29 March.

Tesla shares have lost a third of their value over the past month because of a number of investor concerns including the impact on sales from Musk’s high-profile involvement with the Trump administration, including gutting the public sector through his “department of government efficiency” (Doge).

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/20/tesla-musk-trump-work-cybertruck-recall-dan-ives-protests



How many of us mere mortals could get away with neglecting our job while doing "work" for someone else?
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I'm sure the Muskrat is able to keep two dumpster fires going at once. nt Xipe Totec Mar 20 #1
Until he falls in and gets burned IronLionZion Mar 20 #3
I predict in a few years, Tesla will be like Blockbuster - No longer exist. Decent people will not want to associate tulipsandroses Mar 20 #2
All of this aside, the cyber trucks and the tesla brand are going to fail. The Chinese EVs are light yrs ahead PortTack Mar 20 #13
And Musk's bank account will still be stuffed with money. live love laugh Mar 20 #16
His 14 kids will find a way to drain it.... Backseat Driver Mar 20 #18
This is also an actual "recall" that will get the owners attention ToxMarz Mar 20 #4
Just how many ppl own those hideous dumpsters? tavernier Mar 20 #15
Musk is vastly overextended as he flails around in a hyperactive ketamine-fueled rampage. One of these Martin68 Mar 20 #5
Deranged maniacs; so true. patphil Mar 20 #11
That lunatic psychopath said yesterday he predicts ONE MILLION... Justice matters. Mar 20 #14
Musk has been reported to be a liability in the various companies he supposedly runs Emrys Mar 20 #6
I can't imagine Musk could add anything to make Tesla better Gore1FL Mar 20 #7
Maybe if they raked their car lots for leaves, there would be fewer fires. Torchlight Mar 20 #8
Musk now has access to $trillions of US dollars per year. Irish_Dem Mar 20 #9
Probably too late. 2naSalit Mar 20 #10
Yeah...it is too late. His rep around the World is total SHIT. Quit Trump or not it's OVER. Bengus81 Mar 20 #12
And the Corvair Seinan Sensei Mar 20 #19
This is the "engineer" enigmania Mar 20 #17
AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING Omaha Steve Mar 20 #20
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