1 hour ago A president touting Musk’s cars from the White House shows this: the Tesla boycott really irks him | Gaby Hinsliiff

Trump has met a force he cannot control: people’s ability to parade their anger and distaste through consumer choiceWhat do you buy the richest man in the world? The answer, obviously, is the one thing that usually can’t be had for love nor money, and that’s pimping out the presidential office for advertising purposes.Posing with Elon Musk beside a scarlet Tesla parked on the White House driveway, Donald Trump announced that he was buying one of his friend’s cars despite not being allowed to drive for security reasons because: “I just want people to know that you can’t be penalised for being a patriot.” The billionaire currently chainsawing his way through so many ordinary federal workers’ jobs had, he said indignantly, been unfairly treated by people who inexplicably now seem to have turned against his cars.Gaby Hinsliff is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Elon Musk's Tesla sends bombshell letter to Trump admin warning about tariffs as stock price plummets

Elon Musk-owned Tesla has sent an unsigned letter to Donald Trump 's top trade representative warning that the company could be harmed by the president's tariff war.

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8 h. ago Republicans get behind effort to make hating Elon Musk domestic terrorism

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene and her colleagues appear to be stepping up the pressure on the FBI and the Attorney General to investigate instances of Tesla vandalism as acts of domestic terrorism, which Donald Trump has championed.

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8 h. ago More shots fired at Oregon Tesla dealership in ongoing vandalism since Musk began advising Trump

Police in Oregon say gunshots were fired at a Tesla dealership for the second time in a week

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14 h. ago Ben Jennings on Elon Musk and the backlash against Tesla – cartoon

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14 h. ago Just Stop Oil target Elon Musk by pouring orange gunge over Tesla robot

Just Stop Oil protesters poured orange powdered paint over a robot at a Tesla shop in west London, the Metropolitan Police said.

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20 h. ago Dumfries and Galloway town's resilience put to the test with mock emergency car crash

The scenario took place on Throughgate on Dalry, with a driver, passenger and pedestrian being 'injured'.

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20 h. ago What is the Tesla Cybertruck? President Trump buys car to back right

The Tesla boss has been backed by President Trump, who has also bought a new car to thank him for being a ‘patriot’

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21 h. ago The world’s richest tech bosses have lost £168bn this year so far

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has seen his net worth drop by almost the same value as the rest put together

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21 h. ago Elon Musk responds to The Daily Show’s mocking of Trump’s Tesla purchase

‘Thanks for helping sell Teslas!,’ the EV company owner says

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22 h. ago Elon Musk targeted me over Tesla protests. That proves our movement is working

I’ve always believed the people are powerful. Now we know the world’s richest man does tooOn Saturday morning, I woke up to a nightmare of notifications. On Sunday, it got worse. Elon Musk had tweeted and amplified inflammatory lies about me and Tesla Takedown, a growing national grassroots movement peacefully protesting at Tesla showrooms that I’m proudly a part of. Musk tweeted: “Costa is committing crimes.”As a longtime local activist and organizer in Seattle, I’m accustomed to some conflict with powerful forces. The intention of the Tesla Takedown movement is to make a strong public stand against the tech oligarchy behind the Trump administration’s cruel and illegal actions, and to encourage Americans to sell their Teslas and dump the company’s stock. Protests like these – peaceful, locally organized, and spreading across the world – are at the heart of free speech in a democracy and a cornerstone of US political traditions. So it’s telling that the response from so-called “free...

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Brieonna Cassell was somehow found conscious and able to speak despite having been stuck in the car wreckage for nearly one week following the crash in Brook, Indiana

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36 h. ago From ‘hoax’ to ‘incredible,’ Trump flips stance on EVs after Elon Musk endorsed him and donated millions

Trump’s love for Tesla comes after years of bashing EVs and feuding with Musk himself

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Comments from Wall Street bosses come as president’s import tariffs fuel US recession fears

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38 h. ago Blackstone and Goldman CEOs back Trump as tariffs fuel US recession fears

Wall Street bosses praise president for engaging with business leaders and moving to reduce regulation

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41 h. ago Just Stop Oil protesters arrested after pouring paint over Tesla robot

Retired teacher Catherine Rennie Nash, 74, and former tax adviser Nigel Fleming, 63, are being questioned by police.

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43 h. ago Just Stop Oil activists pour orange liquid over robot at Elon Musk's Tesla store in London

Two protesters appeared to be arrested in footage shared by Just Stop Oil

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43 h. ago Hours after Trump promises to buy a Tesla, reports of Elon Musk’s plans to donate $100M to MAGA super PACs emerge

Trump says that the world’s richest man is being treated ‘very unfairly’ amid Tesla’s sales and share price slump

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Shares in the Madrid-listed fashion giant tumbled to a seven-month low on Wednesday.

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46 h. ago Two ways Trump’s efforts to help Tesla could hurt it instead

Experts have weighed in on the unusual presidential endorsement of a private company

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