Joanne Wilson, like many Tesla owners, has grown frustrated with Musk’s politics. The angel investor traded in her Tesla for a Volvo EV, getting only $2,000 in return. A Seattle man bought a white Model S and destroyed it in protest against Musk.

One of Tesla’s earliest investors, Ross Gerber, called for Elon Musk to step down as the company’s executive in an interview Tuesday, scathingly claiming that he’s “destroyed” its reputation. “I think Tesla needs a new CEO and I decided today I was going to start saying it and so this is the first show that I’m saying it on,

"When one of the most powerful, if not the most powerful person in the world is saying you've committed a crime, it doesn't matter what the truth is," said Valerie Costa, an anti-Tesla protester.

Elon Musk is the most prominent user on his own social media site, X. He posts frequently almost every day on the site, which was formerly called Twitter. On March 18, so far Musk has posted or reposted 19 times,