{"id":17873,"date":"2025-02-25T17:37:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T16:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/25\/i-felt-nothing-but-disgust-tesla-owners-vent-their-anger-at-elon-musk\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T17:37:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T16:37:29","slug":"i-felt-nothing-but-disgust-tesla-owners-vent-their-anger-at-elon-musk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/25\/i-felt-nothing-but-disgust-tesla-owners-vent-their-anger-at-elon-musk\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I felt nothing but disgust\u2019: Tesla owners vent their anger at Elon Musk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The tycoon\u2019s links with Donald Trump and Germany\u2019s far-right AfD have slammed the brakes on sales and put the car\u2019s owners in a spin<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/feb\/25\/tesla-sales-europe-elon-musk-donald-trump-afd\">Tesla sales almost halve in Europe over Musk\u2019s ties to Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When Mike Schwede first sat in a Tesla Roadster 15 years ago, he felt like it was a glimpse into the future. By 2016, he was the proud owner of a Tesla, revelling in the thumbs up he would get from other drivers as he whizzed along Europe\u2019s highways in the electric vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>But of late the sheen of owning a Tesla has begun to wear off. For years the brand has been synonymous with Elon Musk and his stance against the climate crisis. Recently, Schwede watched aghast as the Tesla CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/12\/elon-musk-america-pac-donald-trump-campaign\">poured hundreds of millions<\/a> into backing Donald Trump as he made promises to ramp up domestic oil and gas production.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2025\/feb\/25\/i-felt-nothing-but-disgust-tesla-owners-vent-their-anger-at-elon-musk\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/858bd170f2b03d955d7b9822c9f975ccff520c42\/0_116_3493_2096\/master\/3493.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=fdd4da89af7868ba055c3ef0c75e9167\" title=\"\u2018I felt nothing but disgust\u2019: Tesla owners vent their anger at Elon Musk\" \/>The tycoon\u2019s links with Donald Trump and Germany\u2019s far-right AfD have slammed the brakes on sales and put the car\u2019s owners in a spin<br \/>\nTesla sales almost halve in Europe over Musk\u2019s ties to Trump<\/p>\n<p>When Mike Schwede first sat in a Tesla Roadster 15 years ago, he felt like it was a glimpse into the future. By 2016, he was the proud owner of a Tesla, revelling in the thumbs up he would get from other drivers as he whizzed along Europe\u2019s highways in the electric vehicle.<br \/>\nBut of late the sheen of owning a Tesla has begun to wear off. For years the brand has been synonymous with Elon Musk and his stance against the climate crisis. Recently, Schwede watched aghast as the Tesla CEO poured hundreds of millions into backing Donald Trump as he made promises to ramp up domestic oil and gas production. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tycoon\u2019s links with Donald Trump and Germany\u2019s far-right AfD have slammed the brakes on sales and put the car\u2019s owners in a spin Tesla sales almost halve in Europe over Musk\u2019s ties to Trump When Mike Schwede first sat in a Tesla Roadster 15 years ago, he felt like it was a glimpse into &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/25\/i-felt-nothing-but-disgust-tesla-owners-vent-their-anger-at-elon-musk\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018I felt nothing but disgust\u2019: Tesla owners vent their anger at Elon Musk<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":17874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17873"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}