Musk's Politics Leave Massachusetts Tesla Owners Looking To Sell

CBS Boston

Updated on: February 25, 2025

With direct access to the Oval Office, Elon Musk is shaping U.S. politics, but his company, Tesla, may be paying the price. Many Massachusetts residents say they're unlikely to buy another Tesla.

"I'm not going to go out and buy another Tesla, probably, because I don't really want to contribute ethically to that man," said Hank Hutchenson who has owned a Tesla since 2019 but feels angry and disillusioned by Musk's shift in politics and plans to sell his car. "He has made so much popularity off of being from Tesla and Space X and exploration progress... I do think that it is hypocritical for him to have flipped so hard."

Hutchenson feels Musk transitioned from promising to protect the environment to aligning himself with those who, he says, don't.

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