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How Tesla Takedown got its start

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk started the investors’ call with a sideways acknowledgement of the work the group had been doing for the past two months .

He called out the nationwide backlash to the so-called Department of Government Efficiency , or DOGE , an effort to cut government spending.

For weeks , thousands of people had camped outside Tesla showrooms, service centers, and charging stations.

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