You don’t have to “sign up”. You can just scroll down a bit to the “Find A Protest Now” button, or click the direct link I provided above.
ETA, you don’t even need a clever sign to hold up. Just being present is good enough.
Sick! There is one less than 10 minutes away from me on Saturday!!! Im happy about this.
I wonder how many people are shorting Tesla 🤔
I thought about buying options on TSLA when Musk become president and really regret not doing so.
It’s never too late:
https://g.co/finance/TSLQ:NASDAQ
You don’t need to buy options. Someone did all that and made an ETF out of it for you.
Look at the stock today, its in free fall. Never too late to have a crack!
Who is buying the Teslas that people are supposed to sell?
This website claims for they will.
People who don’t mind being lumped in with Nazis. Teslas might be sold by owners at a loss, but besides the CyberStuck the other models sell used.
For example where I live in Canada the district has never voted anything but conservative for decades. Nobody is harassing Tesla owners here, different story if they drive 25 kilometers down the highway into the city.
No one. Which is why we shouldn’t bother existing Tesla owners.
But they should still put their cars up for sale. Flood the market.
Does my diesel pickup truck count as protest against Tesla?
No, just a protest against saving money.
People don’t seem to understand. It’s not a protest against electric cars. It’s a protest against the oligarchy.
Don’t forget. Hitler loved Henry Ford.
definitely. We go after Tesla because of what it’s billionaire owner stands for.
I don’t feel like that’s the case. The cheapest used pickup available right now costs 3x as much as I paid for mine. The price difference pays my fuel for 10 years.
TBH Teslas have always been status symbols for the uber wealthy.
If they were a true “people’s car,” they’d be plug in hybrids with a tiny gas generator… and like half the price, with less emissions from production.
What I like most about electric cars is that there’s so much less moving parts that break and need to be replaced. With a hybrid this isn’t really the case. I wouldn’t mind getting an electric pickup but they’re just way out of my price range and I don’t quite feel like getting one that’s all new and shiny because I use mine for work and it’ll eventually get all banged up anyway. Also, really difficult to find one with just two seats and a long bed.
Hybrids can be simple too.
The problem with EVs is that the battery is massive, expensive, and suffers from the the tyranny of the rocket equation: The more battery you have, the more battery you need to haul that battery around, and so on.
Hence, pure EVs are extremely heavy and expensive.
Stick in a self contained generator, just a few horsepower like a backup generator you’d find at Lowe’s, and it short circuits this equation. You can have a really small, lightweight battery on a lightweight frame because a four horsepower range extender weighs practically nothing, and is ridiculously fuel efficient from being so small and constant RPM.
That’s what a plug in hybrid is. All electric, with a backup generator in the boot and like 1000lb lighter.
This is very distinct from true hybrid ICE vehicles like the Prius, which is a frankly a stupid way to engineer it these days. The only reason they do is because it uses existing ICE manufacturing, as it’s mostly an ICE car with a transmission and everything.
And why doesn’t anyone make those? Well, in the US, they aren’t “premium” because they’re tainted by gas. If you have the manufacturing set up for EVs, mind as well make super expensive luxury cars that sell for higher margins. This is wha Tesla has always done.
This is not how all plug in hybrids work. This is a specific type of hybrid usually called in-series. The engine is not connected to the powertrain and it only supplies energy to the battery or motors
The biggest “issue” is that now you have a generator in your car making a constant noise that is not “attractive” or feels “luxurious” which unfortunately the people with money to adopt new technologies look for
Ram is releasing one soon https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a45734742/2025-ram-1500-ramcharger-revealed/
BYD and Nissan have similar technologies, but it is not widely adopted yet
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Take down tesla why exactly? How exactly does that help?
Tesla is sort of a public-facing proxy for Musk’s wealth, and is becoming a lightning rod.
It’s not so much about practicality, but desperation and an opportunity to send a message.
Elongated Muskrat is currently sabotaging democracy. This is one of the few ways we can deliver consequences for his actions.
Isn’t boycotting Tesla illegal?
Edit: no one here keeps up with the news haha
LOL, wut? Where on earth did you get that idea? It’ll be illegal if the fascists get their way and take over, but we’re not there yet. This is one way we can help to stop that from happening.
It’s something trump said.
Ah ha. Thanks. That definitely needed a /s in this context.
Haha so rather than check out what your president says you just flame whoever informs you. Thanks for this 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
There was nothing about your comment indicating it was something Trump said. He says a thousand dumbass things every day. Nobody can keep track of it all. You shouldn’t expect everyone to have had all the same experiences you’ve had. A comment like that really requires a /s to signal that you’re not being serious.
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It’s genuinely not my problem if you aren’t able to discern reality from sarcasm. Take personal responsibility for your own mistakes. Telling other people off because you made a mistake just makes you look silly. I hope the rest of your day is as pleasant as you are.
I hope the rest of your day is as pleasant as you are.
See, that doesn’t need a /s. Sometimes sarcasm is obvious in written form. Sometimes it’s not.
I would assume that changing the law is the course of action to prevent unauthorized access to critical systems.
You have a legalised form of corruption that has been crippling your justice systems for a while now that must be your primary concern.
You are thinking far to linearly. Think of this as a guerilla tactics to take advantage of media focus and what would happen if Musk crashed out.
I see some feelings were hurt from myself stating the obvious. Your whole governing system is rotten because the initial constitution is now 200 years old almost which renders it too broad to cover modern methods of corruption. You are still choosing between two thiefs to pick the lesser thief from the high table.
We obviously know it’s broken. The far right has control of every branch of the government, tell us how new laws are passed when there are no checks and balances?
And yes, before its stated, i know a lot of blame is on the left who didn’t codify shit when they had the chance, that’s the past, that doesn’t help us now.
Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good enough.
Not all of us have the means to overthrow a government. We do have the means to make buying a Tesla as embarrassing and as difficult as possible.
If you want to help fund a government overthrow, I suggest that you work with the embassy for your country in the US to help make that change.
My own country is even more rotten than yours but I will not keep attacking the symptoms instead of fighting the virus!
I would be delusional otherwise!
Feel free to organize your own superior plan. I look forward to contributing to whatever effective measures you have in mind.
Clearly you have better ideas of what we can do. That’s awesome! Get out there and start organizing people to implement your superior plan! 💪
Musk borrows against Tesla all the time. Billionaires don’t generally have a ton of liquid cash, they need to take out loans and put up collateral.
Lets assume you managed to somehow bankrupt tesla. You effectively managed to stop one billionaire from using one of his many companies as a fast ATM. This does not solve the problem (billionaires affecting your governing system) in my perspective but merely mitigates a temporary symptom.
Clearly you have better ideas of what we can do. That’s awesome! Get out there and start organizing people to implement your superior plan! 💪
I had a genuine question as to how that did actually fix the issue and all the replies are referring about tangentially mitigating a symotom.
You’re still not talking about your better idea. We’re all ears. Don’t hold back. What do you think we should do instead?
Step 1 : Make lobbying illegal. This you can achieve by form of petition to present the bill. Regular peaceful protests would put pressure on the approval body to pass it.
Step 2 : Introduce/Reintroduce and put power to referendums. Without a valid route to voice your vote it’s all in the wind. Methods to achieve the stand the same as before.
Step 3 : Choose your elected from your own and change your election system to a preferential one rather than a binary. This would be much easier once the first two are complete.
I am no billionaire nor a lawyer to present you any other assistance. I was not going to buy a tesla anyway because as an engineer they don’t make much logical sense to me.
Have I done this for my own country? Not yet. Why? Because my own are too busy listening to propaganda to see the glaring problems.
Ah yes! Get idea! Just completely change the system! Why didn’t WE think of that!
Good show! I’ll call everyone today and tell them that these protests are completely stupid and we have a better idea now
These are not things individuals can do this weekend. These all require the actions of the politicians that are owned by the billionaires that don’t want these changes. What are your great ideas that individual citizens can implement right now?
His other companies aren’t valued as highly.
The only one that seems to make money is SpaceX, and that one isn’t public so we don’t actually know if it makes money or it’s as shitty as all his other companies.
Without Tesla he’ll have real trouble getting loans… or Trump will give him a bailout, obviously, but it would still be useful if more people saw that he’s not self-made and relies on free money from the government.
You really missed my point by a long shot didn’t you?
Maybe you missed mine.
Musk is the First Buddy and the “richest” man on Earth. Trump basically has him running the government with his doggy department.
If Tesla goes down, he might go down with it. Trump would drop him in an instant - “sorry honey, you’re no longer HOT!” That doesn’t abolish all billionaires, obviously, but it solves an acutely troublesome one.
Godspeed to you my friend!
