Today we're talking about the Tesla Takedown protest movement, which has emerged as a way for people to express how deeply unhappy they are with Elon Musk installing himself as a not-so-shadow president who is tearing the federal government apart, leaving confusion and destruction in his wake.

Tesla's stock price is sinking, new car registrations and down, and hype around the company is fading rapidly. There's an opportunity there for the protestors, and I asked Ed Niedermeyer on the show to help me pull it all apart.


Links: 


Is Tesla cooked? | The Verge


Tesla registrations — and public opinion — are in a free fall | The Verge


Multiple Teslas set on fire in Las Vegas and Kansas City | The Verge


Mark Rober’s Tesla video was more than a little weird | The Verge


Why Tesla isn’t the AI powerhouse Elon Musk says it is | Forbes


Tesla sales fell year-over-year for the first time | The Verge


The cybertruck isn’t all it’s cracked up to be | The Verge


Tesla autopilot, FSD linked to hundreds of crashes, dozens of deaths | The Verge


Tesla crash victims’ families worried about Musk influence on investigations | The Verge




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