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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Bernard Condon

Musk's embrace of right-wing politics risks turning off car buyers and sinking Tesla's stock

Tesla Backlash - (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Elon Musk's car company is required each year to report to investors all the bad things that could happen to it, and the latest version lists every imaginable threat from costly lawsuits to out-of-control battery fires to war and another epidemic.

But there’s barely any mention in the latest annual update of Musk’s full-bore entry into right-wing politics, which some experts say is turning off potential customers who don’t share his views.

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