Elon and the Tesla backlash

MAR 28, 202523 MIN
Front Burner

Elon and the Tesla backlash

MAR 28, 202523 MIN

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<p>Across the world an anti-Tesla campaign has been growing since Elon Musk began his work dismantling U.S. government institutions, and meddling in other country’s democracies.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>The protests, dubbed “Trash Tesla,” are seeing regular folks and former customers selling their cars, dumping stock and picketing dealerships. Others are torching Tesla vehicles.</p><p><br></p><p>As a result the U.S. attorney general says they’re looking into the incidents as potential domestic terrorism.</p><p><br></p><p>Today on the show, Wired writer Carlton Reid is joining us to talk about his reporting on the Tesla backlash.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>For transcripts of Front Burner, please visit:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts</a></p>