The Globe and Mail reports in its Saturday edition that when Jeff Cowie bought his first electric vehicle in 2019, the Tesla Model 3, he liked that it was environmentally sound and he was impressed by the bold ambitions of Tesla's space-exploring chief executive officer, Elon Musk. The Globe's Jason Kirby writes that first the car developed problems after only 33,000 kilometres and a $5,000 repair bill. Then there was Mr. Musk's turn to the far right, his cozying up to Donald Trump and his embrace of wild conspiracy theories. "He sold me a false bill of goods all around," said Mr. Cowie, who lives near Vancouver. Another Tesla was not an option -- he replaced it with a Hyundai Ioniq 5. "As Elon exposed himself for who he truly was, I wanted to get as far away from him as possible." Jake Brower, an associate professor of marketing at Queen's University, said that when he and his wife talked about buying their first EV last summer, "The very first thing she said to me was, 'We're not looking at a Tesla. I don't want a penny of my money going to anything Musk is involved in.'" In October, actor Jason Bateman revealed he had sold his Tesla because Mr. Musk's politics made him "feel like I'm driving around a Trump sticker."