A group of car owners Tesla protested outside a conference in which Elon Musk he was in Oslo, going on a hunger strike until the tycoon listened to them. The South African, known for his out-of-tune exits, He responded with a tweet that further outraged them.
It happened in Norway at the end of August. The group of owners 29 people in total, accuses Tesla of not solving various problems in its vehicles.
Among the user complaints Water seepage into the trunk and problems starting when it is very cold or very hot stand out. as the Spanish portal tells The Opinion of Murcia. According to them, the company has not been held responsible for the damage.
The owners brought their vehicles and parked them in such a way that they formed the word HELP, “help”, in Spanish.
Others had signs that said “Tesla Hunger Strike”, or “Tesla Hunger Strike”.
One of those affected Erlend Morch, He posted the images of the protesters on Twitter, linking to Elon Musk in each of his posts, for him to respond.
The answer? from Elon Musk to Tesla owners in Norway
Musk did not write to the thread, but on August 28, a day after Morch’s posts, He tweeted about fasting in general. The affected saw it as a mockery against the owners of Tesla vehicles.
“On the advice of a good friend, I have been fasting periodically and feel healthier,” Musk wrote in his first tweet.
On advice of a good friend, I’ve been fasting periodically & feel healthier
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 28, 2022
He then added: “The Zero Fasting app is pretty good.” According to the tycoon, he has lost “More than 20 pounds of your maximum (unhealthy) weight.”
Morch wrote that it was a “cruel subtweet.”
Finally, the owners decided to lift the protest, before the withdrawal of Musk from the conference in Oslo. It is not known if Tesla finally responded to their requests, but the truth is that the head of the company did not bother to listen to them.
Many users on Twitter responded to the protester, suggesting that he sell the car and buy a non-electric one, or simply sue. Others said that Musk’s tweet was unrelated to the protest, since the billionaire was referring to his physical condition, criticized after the famous photos without a shirt on the beaches of Greece.
Anyway, one more day in the office of the richest man in the world.