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Doodley

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Sat Nov 5, 2022, 09:59 PM Nov 2022

How to ruin your electric car business by Elon Musk [View all]

How to ruin your electric car business by Elon Musk

1. Before ruining your business, first build a brand that appeals to a forward-thinking customer base.

2. Spend years raising your profile and make your own name and reputation synonymous with your products.

3. Once you dominate market share, wait for other companies to ready themselves before making your move.

4. Now search for a completely different business to distract you from your core electric vehicle business.

5. Buy a business that can inflict as much damage to your brand and your reputation as possible.

6. A social media platform would be ideal to turn into a cesspool of hate that can turn off potential customers.

7. To do this, declare yourself a “free speech absolutist,” cut staff, and scrap content management standards.

8. Start a war with advertisers to publicize that you are fighting for racists, neo-Nazis, and traitors to have a voice.

9. Declare yourself a hardline political partisan to alienate the political group that is more likely to buy EVs.

10. With all this damage done, sit back and relax while rival companies like Fisker, Rivian and Lucid take your market share.

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Musk will be fine TheProle Nov 2022 #1
Tesla stock price has dropped nearly 33% since the 3 for 1 split in August and spooky3 Nov 2022 #2
SpaceX's latest valuation TheProle Nov 2022 #3
Still less than 1/4 the size of Tesla's market cap. spooky3 Nov 2022 #4
It's so insane. jimfields33 Nov 2022 #16
Of course Musk will be fine he's rich, everyone else around him will get steam rolled uponit7771 Nov 2022 #18
'm 80. My "last" car was going to be a Tesla. I figured, in a couple of years, they would have the 3Hotdogs Nov 2022 #5
I'm with you. Ready for that to be my next car. I wouldn't spend AllyCat Nov 2022 #11
Lol. His back orders are years ahead. jimfields33 Nov 2022 #17
Like I said. He doesn't give a shit. 3Hotdogs Nov 2022 #20
I doubt it. Even if they are that's probably a huge penalty. jimfields33 Nov 2022 #21
Well Done, Doodley. 'cause Cha Nov 2022 #6
If you want an expensive luxury EV don't buy Tesla DBoon Nov 2022 #7
Some other brand, not Mercedes. EQS is pretty lame! dsp3000 Nov 2022 #10
Renault is doing well here in Europe. GoneOffShore Nov 2022 #22
Employee retention CloudWatcher Nov 2022 #8
He totally destroyed his business by siding with neo Nazis and red pill turthers. Initech Nov 2022 #9
You forgot step zero.... JT45242 Nov 2022 #12
when are people going to stop buying teslas? it's time to stop funding this maniac. samsingh Nov 2022 #13
I have a Tesla and it's a remarkable car. Kablooie Nov 2022 #14
Fisker, Rivian and Lucid aren't the threat to Tesla. Hieronymus Phact Nov 2022 #15
I once thought about buying a Tesla, but not anymore. Emile Nov 2022 #19
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