The Americans have a better opinion about another American automotive concern – General Motors. 33 percent respondents speak about this company in a positive way, only 10 percent evaluate it negatively. respondents. For comparison – in the case of Tesla, the percentage of negative grades is 47 percent, and positive only 27 percent. In the eyes of Americans, the main culprit of Tesla's declines is Elon Musk, which is confirmed by the study. Most of its participants recognize the billionaire as a polarizing person.
Half of society has a negative opinion about it, while only 36 percent perceive it. One of the worrying aspects for Tesla is that many groups of potential customers are much better focused on electric vehicles in general than to the company.
“Tesla has the best opinion in people least inclined to buy an electric vehicle,” said Micah Roberts from Public Opinion Strategies in an interview with CNBC.
In general, 35 percent Americans negatively evaluate electric vehicles, and 33 percent positively. Men are more favorable electricians, but in terms of Tesla's assessment they are divided by practical equally. People aged 18-34 are positive about electric vehicles, but negatively to Tesla.
The biggest gap occurs among democrats – some of them speak positively about electric vehicles, but they are definitely negative about Tesla. In the Republicans, in turn, the opposite – they support Tesla, but they do not approve of electric vehicles as such.
The study covered a thousand people throughout the country. It was carried out from 9 to 13 April, its margin of error is 3.1 percent.
