Comment by silverquiet

To a first approximation, if you express a strong opinion about politics (particularly in these times), no matter which side you align with, you're going to alienate about half your customers, so it's always seemed like bad business sense to do so. That said, electric cars themselves are not strictly politically neutral these days; they've (rather sadly if you ask me) become associated with political identity, and Musk has aligned himself in the stupidest way with the political tribe that sees them as antithetical to its values. I believe this was more tenable when Teslas were seen as more luxury cars than green cars, but the proliferation of cheaper Model 3s seems to have brought them down to Earth.

Also, although I would never own one, I truly enjoy seeing Cybertrucks out in the world; they're so novel and iconoclastic and have character that so lacks in modern mass-manufactured vehicles, but it looks like they might also be a sucking wound on the company.