“It’s a fantastic opportunity for rival manufacturers,” says Fellows. Among those poised to take advantage is Polestar, the Swedish EV brand. Polestar’s CEO Michael Lohscheller said that the company has seen a spike in enquiries from disgruntled Tesla owners in recent months — and he’s encouraging his salespeople to target them. “We get a lot of people writing that they don’t like all this,” Lohscheller told Bloomberg News . “It’s important to listen closely to what they say. And I can tell you, a lot of people have very, very negative sentiment.” Some drivers, not yet ready to part with their Tesla, have begun attaching stickers to their cars bearing messages such as, “I bought this car before Elon went crazy.” Even some of Tesla’s employees want to distance themselves from their boss, according to the Washington Post