It’s safe to say it’s been a pretty bad week for Tesla and X CEO Elon Musk. After Tesla announced large-scale layoffs on Monday and lost two of its highest-ranking executives, the company is now dealing with an absolutely massive recall of its iconic Cybertruck after a potentially dangerous flaw was revealed.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced on Monday that Tesla is recalling all 3,878 Cybertrucks that it has shipped to date due to a problem that could cause the accelerator to become stuck and put drivers in danger. Tesla confirmed that the pedal can dislodge, slide up, and get stuck in a downward position.
The issues seem to have impacted the company’s standing on Wall Street, as well, as Tesla has seen a nearly 13 percent dip in its stock price since Monday between the layoffs and the massive recall. Tesla stock has fallen more than 39 percent this year to date.
This is obviously pretty horrible news all around for Elon Musk and it’s led to a lot of reactions on social media as people criticized the billionaire CEO.
Masterful gambit sir https://t.co/aZYlgNnaEX
— yc (@yc) April 19, 2024
honestly surprised they sold that many https://t.co/aPJkluICxW
— the maia (@awawawhoami) April 19, 2024
i feel no empathy for anyone who buys things from that man’s companies https://t.co/cfRZap1jD5
— from now on we’re ignoring teej and blah (@pants_so_short) April 19, 2024
the fact that these are legal to drive in the united states just goes to show how much we have destroyed our regulatory agencies (they are not legal in the EU) https://t.co/aaupRf0onI
— lil h (@bigsnugga) April 19, 2024
I’m super close to calling anyone who owns a Tesla an idiot. I’m not there yet though. Yall are safe for now. https://t.co/WwpcN0UgBd
— Andre 3002 (@Blackkout__) April 19, 2024
https://twitetr.com/MitchSchwartz71/status/1781310971761349050
When your boss is too busy on Twitter tweeting <<<<<<<<<<< https://t.co/R5mhkJfTHh
— Johnetta Elzie (@Nettaaaaaaaa) April 19, 2024
Tesla has vowed to replace or rework the accelerator pedal on all existing Cybertrucks and has started building Cybertrucks with a new accelerator pedal to remedy the issue of the stuck accelerator.
