indysurfer
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I don't think Elon has shifted either. I think Elon truly believes what he says on Twitter.I think because Elon is extremely popular with this group, but they are still against EVs.
FWIW, I don't think Elon has shifted right publicly to sell more cars, nor do I believe we can prove a significant impact on sales from his public shift.
Lots of people on this site constantly say Elon's politics is hurting demand. Anecdotally, I have personally experienced the opposite where conservative co-workers and acquaintances reconsider Teslas (not other EV's) because of Elon's politics (and test rides by me).
As I said earlier this week, I think there is a larger market of Conservative converts coming to Tesla than very Liberal EV adopters switching to other inferior and more expensive EV's to spite Elon.