{"id":16512,"date":"2025-02-14T10:12:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T10:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/14\/canadian-man-sells-both-teslas-cancels-cybertruck-order-to-boycott-elon-musk\/"},"modified":"2025-02-14T10:12:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T10:12:20","slug":"canadian-man-sells-both-teslas-cancels-cybertruck-order-to-boycott-elon-musk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/14\/canadian-man-sells-both-teslas-cancels-cybertruck-order-to-boycott-elon-musk\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian man sells both Teslas, cancels Cybertruck order to boycott Elon Musk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A Quebec man says he is selling his two Teslas and cancelling his Cybertruck order because he now refuses to support Elon Musk.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Alain Roy says Musk\u2019s U.S. inauguration day salute was the straw that broke the camel\u2019s back.<\/p>\n<p>Musk, the world\u2019s richest man and <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/tesla\">Tesla<\/a> founder, has become a polarizing figure in recent months since aligning himself U.S. President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>While Roy says he \u201cabsolutely loves\u201d his two Tesla Model Y cars and all the tech features they offer, the South Shore resident told Global News he can\u2019t stand driving it anymore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s Musk I don\u2019t like,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Both Roy and his wife each drive a Tesla vehicle, and he was halfway through ordering a third \u2014 this time, the Cybertruck.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It was Musk\u2019s now infamous inauguration day gesture, that many described as what looked like a Nazi salute, that ended Roy\u2019s love affair with the Tesla company.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h3>Get daily National news<\/h3>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThat sign was too much for me. I immediately cancelled my Cybertruck order and both my Teslas are up for sale right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy said he had begun to grow uneasy when Musk took on the role as head of the Trump administration\u2019s department of of government efficiency (DOGE). Before that, he had been an Musk fan for years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Canada<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The latest business reports show Tesla sales have have been slumping in Europe, the U.K and Australia, indicating that Roy is part of a wider trend to boycott the brand amid Musk\u2019s entrance into U.S. politics.<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11017282\/donald-trump-tariffs-reciprocal-announcement\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Trump-reciprocal-tariffs.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Donald Trump announces sweeping global reciprocal tariffs\" data-title=\"\">Donald Trump announces sweeping global reciprocal tariffs<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11015584\/alberta-premier-defends-her-government-amid-corruption-allegations\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/smith-in-wshington-1_1.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Alberta premier defends her government amid corruption allegations\" data-title=\"\">Alberta premier defends her government amid corruption allegations<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>However, Gad Elmoznino of the Quebec Tesla club argues that the company has thousands of brilliant employees, not just Musk, and says he won\u2019t deprive himself of one of the electric cars because of the CEO\u2019s views.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve seen him do crazy things before that I was not comfortable with. But it really comes down to the product,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He told Global News he thinks the anti-Tesla trend was accelerated by bumper stickers reading, \u201cI bought this before Elon went crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s face it, me not buying a Tesla tomorrow in no way is going to affect Musk personally and no way going to change his behaviour.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Global News has reached out to Tesla for comment.<\/p>\n<p><em>For the full story, watch the video above.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11018242\/canadian-man-sells-teslas-boycott-elon-musk\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Quebec man says he is selling his two Teslas and cancelling his Cybertruck order because he now refuses to support Elon Musk. 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