The movement to take down Tesla

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Today we're talking about the Tesla Takedown protest movement, which has emerged as a way for people to express how deeply unhappy they are with Elon Musk installing himself as a not-so-shadow president who is tearing the federal government apart, leaving confusion and destruction in his wake. Tesla's stock price is sinking, new car registrations and down, and hype around the company is fading rapidly. There's an opportunity there for the protestors, and I asked Ed Niedermeyer on the show to help me pull it all apart. Links: Is Tesla cooked? | Verge Elon Musk Has Become Too Toxic for YouTube | New York Magazine ‘Tesla Takedown’ wants to hit Elon Musk where it hurts | Verge The Tesla protests are getting bigger — and rowdier | Verge ‘Tesla Takedown’ protesters planning ‘biggest day of action’ | Verge Tesla registrations — and public opinion — are in a free fall | Verge Multiple Teslas set on fire in Las Vegas and Kansas City | Verge Mark Rober’s Tesla video was more than a little weird | Verge Tesla sales fell year-over-year for the first time | Verge The cybertruck isn’t all it’s cracked up to be | Verge Tesla autopilot, FSD linked to hundreds of crashes, dozens of deaths | Verge Tesla crash victims’ families worried about Musk influence on investigations | Verge Credits: Decoder is a production of The Verge and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Our producers are Kate Cox and Nick Statt. Our editor is Ursa Wright. The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:32.3	Today, we're talking about the protests against Tesla, which have been branded on social media under the hashtag Tesla Takedown. Those protests are, of course, a reaction to Elon Musk,
1:37.7	who has managed to install himself as basically the not-so-shadow president and is tearing
1:42.9	the federal government apart, leaving confusion
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