Tesla sales in Québec plunged 85% in the first quarter, mirroring sharp declines seen in Europe.
Canada has frozen $43 million in Tesla EV rebates due to Trump’s tariffs and fraud concerns.
Musk’s DOGE work sparked backlash, boycotts, and dealership vandalism across the US and Europe.
I live in Toronto and it’s Tesla land over here. I see those things everywhere. I wish I could say this was because of the electric car thing, but I see those hideous cyber trucks almost daily, so there’s lots of Elon fuck boys here.
I think you need to wait a generation of car buying before really coming to any conclusions.
I bought a Model Y when they first came out and still drive it, but I’m 99% sure I’ll be “one and done” with Tesla once it’s time for me to buy my next car. There are some features of my Tesla that I like, but plenty I dislike as well. I don’t agree with Elons ideas of minimizing controls, relying on vision for all automation, etc. The idea of windshield wiper controls being a couple levels deep in touchscreen menus is a terrible idea.
The only way I’d buy a second Tesla a few years down the line is if they gave up on the minimalist/touchscreen route and started reintroducing physical controls for most functions. But it’s a safe bet Elon will never allow that as long as he’s running things.
When I do finally decide to replace my Tesla a few years from now there will be significantly more EV options out there. And with the J3400 connector now an open standard and Tesla SuperChargers supporting non -Tesla EV’s, there’s even less incentive to stay with a Tesla EV.
I don’t judge Tesla drivers, most are liberal people who got fooled. But cyber trucks are a whole different thing, Elon was very clearly a far right bigot by the time the cyber truck was released
I live in Toronto and, while I see Tesla cars often, I’ve never seen a cyber truck in person.
I never s aw one until about a month ago, now I’ve seen maybe… 7? Including two driving together and one was either vandalized or… Uhh… It was artistic.
I moved out of Toronto 4 years ago. Just came here for the weekend and I saw 5 cybertrucks in one day.
I live closer to Mississauga/etobicoke so that might have something to do with it. Car bros/dbags populate the west end
I spotted one of those fuckers parked outside Trinity Bellwoods yesterday. Shame since I was having a good day til then.
Markham. I saw two at the same intersection.
There’s one that lives around Sherborne and Richmond as well 😁
There’s one in Cornell around where I live. I “booed” it and my friend hit me. I was like, “they bought that truck to get attention, it just so happens it’s negative”
This is the way
There’s way too many swasticars here, but it’s still like one third of what I used to see in NYC. One time one of those fuckers blocked a major intersection to shoot off illegal fireworks.