Tesla reportedly informed a Cybertruck proprietor that it’s presently not taking Cybertruck trade-ins after an proprietor tried to return his truck resulting from what he described as “anti-nazi harassment.”
We not too long ago reported that vandals have focused Tesla places with anti-nazi and fascist graffiti following Elon Musk’s meddling in politics.
However Tesla homeowners are additionally dealing with the same scenario.
We’ve got not too long ago seen examples of Tesla homeowners being focused by related efforts with folks spray portray anti-fascism messages on the autos or just throwing the center finger at Tesla homeowners.
Cybertruck homeowners appear to be getting the brunt of it, in all probability as a result of it’s the most recognizable Tesla automobile and the most recent provided by the corporate. So, folks assume that the proprietor purchased it whereas understanding of Elon Musk’s newest antics.
Kumait Jaroje, a beauty doctor based mostly in central Massachusetts, is a type of Cybertruck homeowners caught on this scenario.
He reported to social media and to native information that he and his household are being harassed due to his gold-wrapped Cybertruck:
“Now, they’re not simply waving at me, they’re not simply giving me the center finger. Any individual tried to chop me off whereas I’m driving with my youngsters and three guys got here out of the automobile and simply pointed the center finger and began screaming at me.”
Extra not too long ago, he says that somebody positioned an anti-nazi sticker on his truck:
After his spouse mentioned that she didn’t really feel secure driving the truck, Jaroje tried to commerce it in to Tesla, however he mentioned that Tesla informed him they aren’t accepting Cybertruck trade-ins:
He confirmed with the textual content message that Tesla shouldn’t be accepting Cybertruck trade-ins at this second.
We beforehand reported that Tesla is presently overwhelmed with Cybertruck stock because the truck is having demand points.
Electrek’s Take
Free speech, proper? Not likely. You can provide the center finger to all of the Cybertruck homeowners if you wish to. It’s a bit infantile, but it surely’s your proper. Nonetheless, your rights finish the place others start, and you haven’t any proper to place stickers on different folks’s property.
Additionally, reducing folks off in site visitors is obvious harmful for all highway customers no matter what you consider a silly truck. Apparently, I had the identical factor occur to me once I reviewed the Cybertruck final 12 months, but it surely was as a result of folks the place making an attempt to take footage of the truck.
I perceive the hate for Tesla proper now. Elon Musk has full management over the corporate regardless of proudly owning solely 13%, and he used his wealth from the corporate to elect Trump and get himself a really unusual place inside the authorities the place he holds unbelievable quantities of energy with little to no oversight. It’s a scary scenario that appears like the start of a straight-up oligarchy within the US.
Some Tesla homeowners are OK with that, some disagree that that is occurring, some ignore it, some hate it. You don’t know by which class each Tesla proprietor finds themselves, and altering a automobile is an enormous deal for most individuals. You possibly can’t count on everybody who disagrees with the scenario to have the ability to change the automobile.
You possibly can boycott Tesla, however harassing Tesla homeowners shouldn’t be OK in my view.
However I’m extra involved in Tesla workers saying that they don’t settle for Cybertruck trade-ins. Ridiculous. Not accepting a trade-in of your personal automobile.
