Tesla’s reputation is in free fall. According to the study of the Intelligence Report of Electric Vehicles, transmitted by Arstechnica, Americans have less and less confidence in Elon Musk’s brand. She gets the lowest confidence score among all the large manufacturers of electric vehicles.
In detail, only a quarter of respondents still have a very positive or rather positive opinion of Tesla. Thus he obtained a score of -13 in terms of positive opinion. A figure that has almost doubled in the space of a few months. As a comparison, the manufacturer had a perception of -7 in April. On the contrary, 39% have a fairly negative or very negative opinion of the company.
A desire to ban robotaxi
Worse, Tesla is the less well received car manufacturer, especially between those over 65 and the people who earn less than $ 75,000 a year. Almost half of the respondents distrust the brand. Tesla gets a trusted score of -8, far behind its competitors.
A long time ago presented as one of the most promising companies in the automotive world, Tesla has been going through a difficult period for a few months. It should be said that Elon Musk is the prejudice of the brand. Among his very marked political commitment in favor of Donald Trump, the constant dissemination of false information and his support is shown to controversial personalities or parts, such as AFD in Germany, the billionaire has cooled several investors and clients. Result, sales are in free fall. The manufacturer has announced that global sales decrease from 13.5% from April to June, with 384,122 vehicles delivered during the period.
And the Robotaxi manifestations did not help the brand recover. Since June 22, several autonomous vehicles have been in circulation in Austin, Texas. But not everything went as planned. Several vehicles have turned back, to stop emergency or even to take dangerous turns or all speed. So much so that US authorities have opened an investigation. The ten fatal accidents that involve Tesla have not helped to reassure consumers.
According to the Electric Vehicle Intelligence Report, Tesla obtains the lowest perceived security note of all large electric vehicles, with only 52% of people judging cars of the Safe Company. More than half of respondents believe that robotaxis should be prohibited and that completely autonomous technology of Tesla should be illegal.
Source: BFM TV
