Sen. Mark Kelly is looking into selling his Tesla over Elon Musk. Other big names have already pulled the trigger.
March 13, 2025
Sen. Mark Kelly speaking to reporters by his Tesla on Tuesday.
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Sen. Mark Kelly says he’s “looking into” offloading his Tesla.
He wouldn’t be the first big name to do so.
Other prominent figures have sold their Teslas over Elon Musk’s actions or his support of President Donald Trump.
Sen. Mark Kelly might become the latest big name to get rid of his Tesla over Elon Musk’s politics.
The Arizona Democrat told reporters on Tuesday that he’s “looking into” selling his Tesla, though he noted “there’s things I like about it.”
“It’s kind of cheaply built on the inside, but I love the performance,” he said.
His remarks come amid his recent dust-up with Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk, who called the senator a “traitor” for visiting Ukraine.
If Kelly follows through with his sale, he wouldn’t be the first prominent figure to part with his Tesla. Some other big names have offloaded their Teslas because of Musk.
Jason Bateman
Bateman said owning a Tesla felt like “driving around [with] a Trump sticker” on the car.
“I feel like I’m driving around [with] a Trump sticker with that car, so it’s gone,” he said on an episode of his hit podcast “Smartless.”
“I’m so excited that every car brand now has an electric car,” Bateman added.
Bateman appeared in a Hyundai ad for the carmaker’s Ioniq 5 electric vehiclein 2022.
Sheryl Crow
Crow donated money from the sale of her Tesla to NPR.
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The singer posted a video on Instagram in February showing her waving goodbye to her Tesla as it was towed away.
“My parents always said… you are who you hang out with,” she wrote in the caption. “There comes a time when you have to decide who you are willing to align with. So long Tesla.”
Crow said she donated the money from the sale of her Tesla to NPR, which Musk has criticized and called to defund. NPR says it receives less than 1% of its funding directly from the federal government.
Joanne Wilson
Wilson said she and her husband sold their Tesla to protest Musk’s actions at DOGE.
Joanne Wilson
Angel investor Joanne Wilson told Business Insider that she and her venture capitalist husband, Fred Wilson, sold their Teslain protest of Musk’s actions at DOGE.
She wrote a blog post about their decision this week.
“Was it Elon’s complete disregard for human beings as he attempts to completely disrupt the federal government like a classic tech dude without a proper understanding of how government works, or was it that awful new cyber truck that looks like something out of Mad Max and looks angry?” she wrote. “It is a toss-up.”
Trump, on the other hand, just bought two
President Trump says he plans to buy a Tesla to support Musk.
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“Tesla takedown” protests have sprung up in cities across the US in opposition to Musk’s work at DOGE. Protesters are calling for Tesla owners to sell their stock and cars, and some Tesla owners have seen their vehicles get vandalized.
However, Tesla recently got at least one prominent buyer: Trump.