Tech billionaire Elon Musk noticed the reputations of two of his firms, Tesla Motors and SpaceX, plummet, in a brand new survey carried out by Axios and Harris Ballot.
The 2025 ballot, launched Tuesday, seeks to gauge model reputations of the 100 “most visible” firms in America, giving every model an total rating, based mostly on efficiency in a number of classes, and rating the 100 firms accordingly.
In 2021, SpaceX was ranked no. 5 and Tesla was ranked no. 8, with scores of 81.1 and 80.2, respectively.
By 2025, SpaceX is ranked at no. 86 and Tesla is ranked at no. 95, with scores of 66.4 and 61.3, respectively.
Whereas SpaceX in recent times appears to have fallen off the “most visible” listing — which is set via a preliminary survey — Tesla’s status had already began to drop final 12 months, when the corporate ranked at no. 63.
The poor efficiency within the rankings comes as Musk has taken embraced a extra public and polarizing persona, getting concerned in President Trump’s 2024 marketing campaign and approaching as a senior adviser within the White Home.
As a few of Musk’s drastic strikes with the Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE) sparked public backlash, his Tesla firm started taking successful—with storefronts getting vandalized and shares nosediving.
Musk lately mentioned he would take a step again from the administration to concentrate on his firms. The ballot was launched shortly earlier than Musk mentioned he additionally plans to chop again on his political spending.
The Hill has reached out to Tesla and SpaceX for remark.
The ballot was carried out in three waves of surveys, together with one in all 16,585 Individuals, from March 6 to 22, which decided the rating of every model. The margin of error is 2.5 share factors.
