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Cameron Squire of San Jose charges his Tesla at the Target parking lot on Coleman Avenue in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
Cameron Squire of San Jose charges his Tesla at the Target parking lot on Coleman Avenue in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
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“I don’t hate him. But if I wanted to put bumper stickers on this car I’d get the, ‘I bought this before I knew Elon was crazy’ sticker.”

— San Jose State University engineering technology student Cameron Squire, who bought his Tesla Model 3 in 2018, on what he called the “eccentric” antics of the automaker’s CEO Elon Musk, including provocative social media commentary, that some say could hurt the company’s performance.