Why Tesla owners are pasting ‘Elon ate my cat’ stickers on their cars

Tesla drivers are using bumper stickers to dissociate from Elon Musk’s antics and controversies. Tesla showrooms in the US have been besieged by protesters, its vehicles vandalised and bumper stickers appearing on its cars with sayings such as, “I bought it before Elon went nuts," “Elon ate my cat” and “Anti-Elon club.” The so-called regret stickers that have taken over the internet are reportedly a way for Tesla drivers to dissociate from the billionaire’s antics and controversies. “People will stop buying your products.” His antics Several Tesla owners told Business Insider that Musk’s antics caused them to abandon the brand. He has supported Germany’s far-right, anti-Muslim, pro-Russian party, referred to the British prime minister as an “evil tyrant” who governs a “police state,” and recently declared, about a significant Tesla market and neighbour of the United States, that “Canada is not a real country.” Calibre, a market research firm, warned earlier this year that Musk’s personal beliefs were turning off potential Tesla buyers. “People want to buy stuff that makes them feel good, you don’t want politics involved,” said Gerber, a money manager whose portfolios hold nearly $60 million in Tesla stock.