The movement to take down Tesla

Decoder with Nilay Patel

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? | Verge
• Elon Musk Has Become Too Toxic for YouTube | New York Magazine
• ‘Tesla Takedown’ wants to hit Elon Musk where it hurts | Verge
• The Tesla protests are getting bigger — and rowdier | Verge
• ‘Tesla Takedown’ protesters planning ‘biggest day of action’ | Verge
• Tesla registrations — and public opinion — are in a free fall | Verge
• Multiple Teslas set on fire in Las Vegas and Kansas City | Verge
• Mark Rober’s Tesla video was more than a little weird | Verge
• Tesla sales fell year-over-year for the first time | Verge
• The cybertruck isn’t all it’s cracked up to be | Verge
• Tesla autopilot, FSD linked to hundreds of crashes, dozens of deaths | Verge
• Tesla crash victims’ families worried about Musk influence on investigations | Verge

Credits:

Decoder is a production of The Verge and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Our producers are Kate Cox and Nick Statt. Our editor is Ursa Wright.

The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder.

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