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Re:Elon Musk reopening Tesla factory despite Alameda County ... by seanonymous on Monday May 11, 2020 @07:03PM (#23148283)
This is a brilliant move on Musk's part to ingratiate himself with the Dodge Ram crowd and sell more Cybertrucks in the red states. Well played, sir. Well played.
Re:Elon Musk reopening Tesla factory despite Alameda County ... by GaryNumanVevo on Monday May 11, 2020 @10:42PM (#23150039)
I don't know how far Cybertruck is going to penetrate the truck market. 73% of truck owners literally have only owned the same make and model just upgraded from year to year.
Re:Elon Musk reopening Tesla factory despite Alameda County ... by fludlight on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @01:34AM (#23150849)
Wow, that's cigarette level brand loyalty.
Re:Elon Musk reopening Tesla factory despite Alameda County ... by fasteddie31003 on Monday May 11, 2020 @07:31PM (#23148627)
I was planning on buying the Cybertruck to replace my Tacoma but was forced to buy a new truck after the Tacoma was totaled. I got a diesel Ram 2500. Now I don't see any advantage of the Cybertruck over a diesel, however it does have an advantage over gasoline.
Re:Elon Musk reopening Tesla factory despite Alameda County ... by typon on Monday May 11, 2020 @07:59PM (#23148947)
Pretty much the only reasonable explanation here. His twitter mentions are full of conservative types showering praise at him. I think its brilliantly cynical
Re:Elon Musk reopening Tesla factory despite Alameda County ... by DeonPenny on Monday May 11, 2020 @10:42PM (#23150043)
Hes a classical liberal not one of the SQJ liberal so he's saying things a Joe Rogan or Jon Stewart would say. Both of which have be said to be conservative but arent
Re:Elon Musk reopening Tesla factory despite Alameda County ... by nickik on Monday May 11, 2020 @08:24PM (#23149170)
He has literally always been basically a libertarian.

California Socialist seem to have overlooked that because he wanted to produce electric cars.

Now he is in the category of 'Evil Greedy Capitalist Robbor Barron Exploiter' for them.

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Re:Elon Musk reopening Tesla factory despite Alameda County ... by amiga_500 on Monday May 11, 2020 @08:10PM (#23149045)
Cars are very, very often sold using sex or sexually appealing stereotypes. Hardly anyone in most cities had a truck like this. Now loads of people do, because they were told by advertising people that it would be a good idea. It was not the purchasers idea to create this car.

And all at a time of pollution as a huge problem.

Re:Elon Musk reopening Tesla factory despite Alameda County ... by c0nducktr on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @03:11AM (#23151288)
Everyone wants to believe they're somehow above the influence of advertising, while a large percentage still earn their income working for ad companies.

To them: If advertising doesn't work, what's your company selling? A lie?

Re:Elon Musk reopening Tesla factory despite Alameda County ... by amiga_500 on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @09:27AM (#23153723)
Yes. I suspect that flagged poster had recently bought a truck to plug some gap in his masculine confidence!

The truck thing is nuts. They are so big now that you cannot see an eight year old child for several metres from the grill, because the front is taller than a child. They are more polluting. Noisier. Really they are, for society, most unwelcome.

And yet they ran adverts that said people should buy them. And they did. And they paid a premium over and above what many people save in a year.

Re:Elon Musk reopening Tesla factory despite Alameda County ... by throwaway391003 on Friday May 15, 2020 @11:49AM (#23193572)
It's sad you think humans are just drones only influenced by ads

Trucks are more powerful than cars, more power equals more freedom and independence

If society came to an absolute abrupt stop and everything we take for granted today no longer was available (I'm talking worse than this quarantine) a truck would be useful in many ways a car couldn't be

Re:Elon Musk reopening Tesla factory despite Alameda County ... by nickik on Monday May 11, 2020 @08:26PM (#23149185)
This is some of the most arrogant statment I have ever read in my life. The superiority complex is off the charts.

And I live near France.

Re:Elon Musk reopening Tesla factory despite Alameda County ... by w3mmpp on Monday May 11, 2020 @11:10PM (#23150208)
> And I live near France.

Funny but a bit easy, no? :)

Re:Elon Musk reopening Tesla factory despite Alameda County ... by crispyporkbites on Monday May 11, 2020 @07:33PM (#23148662)
Own the libs by buying an electric truck! It doesn’t make sense but neither does trump being potus so I guess this is the world we live in