The CEO of SpaceX, Elon Musk, attended a meeting of the cabinet held by American president Donald Trump at the White House on March 24, 2025.
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The general public and investors have something in common these days: they do not have much love for either Tesla or the CEO Elon Musk.
Tesla’s shares have undergone a scouring sale, and the All-America CNBC economic survey reveals that more than 47% of the public has a negative vision of the company. 27% additional is positive on the electric vehicle, while 24% are neutral. This is compared to a third of the public who has a positive vision of General Motors With 51% neutral and 10% negative.
Tesla has been subject to the pressure that is feared that the controversial political activities of its founder reduce the employment of the government and to support President Donald Trump and the Republicans could alienate potential buyers. The demonstrations have emerged across the country in the offices of Tesla.
The investigation revealed that musk was a very polarizing figure. Half of the public has a negative vision of musk, against 36% who see it positively and 16% which are neutral. Among the Democrats, the net approval of Musk (less negative positive) is -82 and -49 for the self -employed. GOP respondents are +56.
The biggest problem for Tesla may be that many groups that are potential customers are much more positive about electric vehicles than on the company.
“When Tesla is the strongest, it is among the less likely to buy an EV,” said Micah Roberts, partner at Public Opinion Strategies, the republican survey for the survey.
Overall, 35% of Americans are negative on electric vehicles and 33% are positive. Men, however, are +11 in the net approval of electric vehicles but divided uniformly on Tesla. Young people aged 18 to 34 are +19 on EV but -23 on Tesla. The gap is the most austere among the Democrats, who are +20 on EV but -74 on Tesla.
Complicating the problem more: Republicans are highly positive on Tesla, but the net negative on electric vehicles.
The survey of 1,000 people nationwide was carried out from April 9 to April 13 and has a margin of error of +/- 3.1%.
