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Tesla Owners Are Desperately Trying to Disguise Their Cars


Tesla owners are 'rebadging' their cars, removing the brand emblem and replacing it with other logos out of embarrassment over Elon Musk and Trump.

They’re expressing displeasure, or at least trying to protect their cars from the vandalism that a handful of drivers have reported, by “rebadging” the electric vehicles, replacing the Tesla emblem and other identifying text with the ornaments and names of other auto manufacturers. Amazingly, even owners of the Tesla Cybertruck, a huge, angular, and unmistakable vehicle, have attempted to rebrand their steel-paneled tanks — though in their case it seems like more of a self-deprecating joke than effective camouflage. Shortly after Elon went weird on us.” In another comment, he added, “No one was vandalizing teslas before the inauguration.” Cybertrucks, whose late 2023 release coincided with a time when Musk was growing increasingly extremist and conspiracy-minded, have indeed been hit hard in this respect.

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