Apparently, Elon is upset that people have started calling Teslas swasticars.

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26. Automotive history is littered with so called visionaries - unlikely Musk will break this through line in history.

"One in four automotive consumers today say, “They won’t ever buy a Tesla because of Elon Musk.” They come in a flash and then slowly fade away. In 1909, Ransom E. Olds had it going on. He had sold 10,000 of his curved dash Oldsmobiles and was the number one car company in America. He then sold out to Billy Durant and later made a fortune building R.E.O. speed wagons. (trucks) They come, and they go, LaSalle, Hudson, Nash, Packard, Tucker, DeLorean and Desoto. Tell em Groucho sent you! Or Ask the man who owns one!

Elon’s most likely headed for two in five consumers before long, then headed out the door. The board would like to take this opportunity to suggest you take a long, long, very private vacation. Where you say nothing to anyone about anything for a very long, long time. Or the board will be forced to take immediate legal action against you. YOUR mouth is costing US money! YOUR mouth is damaging OUR interests! We spend millions of dollars each year trying to entice customers and your antics alienate them from us. It’s like a Ronald McDonald standing in front of the restaurant flipping people off in the drive thru.

Chances are, if consumers feel that way today. They will feel that way in the next five or ten years. Chances are, even if dear Elon were pushing up daises today, they would never ever buy a Tesla. Chances are, they will raise their children to not buy Teslas. Invite everyone to your pool party and then piss in the pool. Elon think’s he is inviolate because of his wealth. Billy Durant founded General Motors made what it was. Got pushed out and impoverished by bankers and ended up running a bowling alley. “They can’t do that to me!”

Tesla Motors got a head start in the electric car market and did well. The name became synonymous with electric vehicles. Now, all the manufactures offer electric vehicles. Tesla is no longer unique or special in the market anymore. That curved dash Olds was a nice car in 1909. The Model T left the Olds in the dust by 1914 with the best feature ever developed. The Ford was cheap and getting cheaper."

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