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I have anecdotal evidence that at least a part of this is due to Musk's behaviour. My father is in charge of the car fleet for a large German company, and they have decided to exclude Tesla from their fleet because of Musk's recent behaviour. At the same time, they have also decided to go full electric for the entire fleet (no hybrid either).

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There's no way it's not a factor. 12 months ago I hated Musk but it would only have had a limited impact on my car choice, I'd still definitely look at Teslas as an option.

Now he's taken over a foreign government to pursue overly fascist goals, being seen in public in a new Tesla is just not something I can consider.

Doing this in Germany would be even more inconceivable.

I can't imagine this is an unusual way to feel.

Wouldn't it be anecdotal information and not evidence? I always consider those two words together as an oxymoron. I have an educated guess keeping up with European news that it's highly likely Musk's recent attempts to control German politics would be highly frowned upon by anyone not from the AfD party.

evidence is used to support a statement. Information is a more broad term. Information can be evidence, but not always. Meanwhile, almost all evidence can be categorized as information.

Most people in The Netherlands too think of Musk the same as Trump. They really, really don’t like the both of them.

> Musk's recent behaviour

For those who might not be up to date on that, parent refers to Musk's nazi salute: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/R_6dVlz6mug

I can't tell for the parent commenter but German society is more concerned about him embracing the extremist right in Germany and offering a lot support for free to them in the current campaign.

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