According to Alexandra Flores, a psychologist at Williams College and lead author of the study, the team initially expected that liberals’ views on EVs would remain stable over time, whereas conservatives would start to become more positive about EVs—or at least Teslas—given Musk’s politically rightward lurch in recent years.

Tesla is going through some of its roughest days yet. Sales are nearly as low as customer satisfaction, and higher-ups think its time to stop the bleeding. We’ve long known that