When I tell strangers my job is to review cars for a living, the most common response is “What do you think of Tesla?” For well over a decade, Tesla has been the strange and novel outsider that caught the attention of the non-automotive world. Where “legacy” automakers were staid and dull, Tesla was tech-first and exciting. Its EVs set the bar during the 2010s for all other automakers, both in function and in screen-first form.
As CEO and largest single shareholder Elon Musk and his DOGE project have moved towards becoming a de facto fourth branch of the right-wing Trump administration; however, enthusiasm has cooled dramatically. Protests at Tesla dealerships have cropped up across America. Secondary market values have cratered. Calls to trade in Teslas have mounted.
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