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Prairie Gates

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11. Tesla is "pivoting" away from the electric car business because the genius Musk alienated his main audience

Reply to ificandream (Original post)

Wed Jan 28, 2026, 09:01 PM

14 hrs ago

The redneck dipshits don't want to buy electric cars, and now suburban and affluent urban people don't want to be seen in them.

Pivot?

Musk is an idiot.

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Tesla discontinues Model X and S vehicles as Elon Musk pivots to robotics [View all] ificandream 16 hrs ago OP

🤣🤣🤣 People better dump their Teslas - parts will be hard to find and pricey ! Bread and Circuses 16 hrs ago #1

Hard? Probably impossible is closer. cstanleytech 8 hrs ago #17

Not like it was 40 years ago and longer, when you could just find a car no longer running and get the parts off of it rpannier 4 hrs ago #20

So, the Model Y and CyberTrashCanOnWheels are STILL going to be made? er.. glued together? Exp 15 hrs ago #2

LOL, great name for that ugly so-called truck. mdbl 15 hrs ago #3

In case you haven't seen it. ... aggiesal 14 hrs ago #12

The Y makes sense Miguelito Loveless 26 min ago #21

In other words, people are not buying them because Musk is a deranged Trump sycophant so just stop making them. Lonestarblue 15 hrs ago #4

As do I, Miguelito Loveless 24 min ago #22

How long until their robotics are shut down as well? sakabatou 15 hrs ago #5

Within a year, Miguelito Loveless 7 min ago #23

Guessing maintenance contracts will be terminated and on-board software disabled. erronis 15 hrs ago #6

My Model S is 11 years old Zorro 15 hrs ago #7

Currently those EV's from China, can't be sold here anyway. ... aggiesal 14 hrs ago #10

He had the US market sewn up Miguelito Loveless 3 min ago #24

I suspect Muskbots aren't the real reason they're cancelling the S and X jmowreader 14 hrs ago #8

Their sales went down, when Mu$k turned out to be some South African Nazi. ... aggiesal 14 hrs ago #9

Tesla is "pivoting" away from the electric car business because the genius Musk alienated his main audience Prairie Gates 14 hrs ago #11

Pivoting away from an industry Miguelito Loveless 1 min ago #25

What they need to do is discontinue Leon. Buddyzbuddy 13 hrs ago #13

I said from when Musk exposed his true colors anyone who buys one is a sucker! IrishAfricanAmerican 13 hrs ago #14

So much for Musk's big pay package from a couple of months ago. OnlinePoker 12 hrs ago #15

I wonder how many years their current inventories will last. nt Gore1FL 12 hrs ago #16

Fewer shitty cars to build more shitty robots that nobody will buy. Brilliant. n/t flvegan 7 hrs ago #18

AI Bubble Bursts and there will go his trillion dollars rpannier 4 hrs ago #19