'Auto Trends' Revisits Tesla's Bumpy Racial History With Its Black Workforce (Two Shows)

In 2021, Tesla was winning the electric car race in terms of sales and record setting stock prices. Almost four years later, Tesla has been on a rollercoaster ride. While Tesla is still number one in the U.S. electric car market, both sales and stocks have tumbled. Some of the sales fallout is attributed to more electric vehicle competition in the market, while the lion's share of the luxury brand's ills have been driven by CEO's Elon Musk's new role as what many see as co-President of the United States of America. 

'The Daily Show' Creates A Car Ad w/Trump Pimping Out The Troubled Tesla Brand From The White House Grounds (See Video)

These days we find most of the messaging from the White House to be quite unsettling. While Trump is making plans to rescind incentives Biden put in place to stimulate EV sales, manufacturing and the like in the U.S., its ironic that he was literally on the White House grounds earlier this week promoting Tesla. How hypocritical? Take a moment to view this comical car ad created by The Daily Show. Yes, this is America! Just wondering, how does the rest of the automotive industry feel about Trump showing favoritism.

By the way, there are other EV alternatives to consider that rank high on JD Power latest quality study. Those EVs are manufactured by BMW, Hyundai and Kia.  

Also check out our commentary on "What a 25% Tariff Will Mean For Car Buyers."

What A 25 Percent Tariff Would Mean On A Car Purchase

 

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Earlier this week Trump delayed placing a tariff on vehicles and/or parts being sourced from our allies: Canada and Mexico. As the President of Ford Motor Company, Jim Farley, stated last month, any tariffs will be passed along to the consumer. And Farley echos the sentiments of most automakers. Essentially tariffs are an added tax.

The above image represents the Monroney Sticker of a 2025 GMC Sierra 1500 truck. The highly contented truck, which is manufactured in Mexico, is being imported to the United States.  

'Auto Trends' Discusses How The Trump Presidency Will Impact The Auto Industry

Tesla Vehicles (Photo Credit: Tesla)

As a result of the November 6, 2024, Presidential election results, Auto Trends with JeffCars.com, the only syndicated multicultural automotive program in North America, will take a look ahead as to how the auto industry and car buyers will be impacted.

Its Shop Time Mondays: Tesla Is Recalling Approximately 595,000 Electric Vehicles

Pedestrian Warning Sound May Be Obscured/FMVSS 141

Pedestrians may be unaware of an approaching vehicle if the PWS sounds are obscured, increasing the risk of a crash.

NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V235000

Manufacturer Tesla, Inc.

Components ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE

Potential Number of Units Affected 594,717

SiriusXM’s ‘Auto Trends’ Talks To The Attorney And Client Whom Were Awarded A $137 Million Discrimination Judgement Against Tesla (Two Shows)

 

While Tesla is winning the electric luxury car race in terms of sales and record setting stock prices, making it the most valuable automotive company in the world, they’re bringing up the rear with regard to race relations with the Black community.

According to the latest industry data, Black car buyers account for 4 percent of Tesla’s annual new vehicle sales. Black workers and managers, account for 10 percent and 4 percent, respectively, of the company’s workforce. Moreover, up until 2019, Linda Johnson Rice, whose father founded Ebony Magazine, was the first and only African American to serve on the automaker’s board, until she and two others opted not to stay on as directors.

Elon Musk's Answer To Today's Traffic Woes

Here's pioneer Elon Musk's answer to today's traffic woes.