'If you can send people to Mars...': LA residents protest against Elon Musk's Tesla diner; constant honking, massive traffic
Elon Musk's Tesla Diner in Hollywood has already rattled the LA residents as they say their life has become absolutely hell since the retro-futuristic diner opened next door on July 21.
There is a massive traffic gridlock, and as the diner is open 24X7, there is constant honking but the residents have been experiencing all of it since the construction began. 'Even with the blinds closed, it feels like we're at the world's worst rave,' Kristin Rose, a local, wrote in an email to Tesla and the building manager before moving out of her apartment.
The construction began in 2023, and the work went on six days a week, starting as early as 4am.
Now that it opened, the suffering doubled with emissions, noise coming out of the diner. Some residents claimed that their views got blocked by the diner's one of the two 45-foot movie screens.
"If you can send people to Mars, you should be able to figure out how to make this doable for residents," Laura Kody, another local, said to ABC7.
"We were really excited for the supercharger station; we thought it would bring good business to the area, but it has caused insane gridlock from 1 pm to 1 am," a Hollywood resident said.
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"The gridlock is insane. I can imagine that if there's an emergency or something, an ambulance would literally not be able to get to us and that's extremely concerning for me because my parents are elderly," she added.
Anti-Tesla protesters added to the noise this weekend as they were there in front of the diner with signs reading 'Fuck Nazi Billionaires' and 'Boycott Tesla'.
11-hour wait for Tesla burgers and fries
Musk's idea of a 'old school drive-in, roller skates & rock restaurant' goes back to 2018 when he proposed this. Since opening on Monday, the retro-futuristic diner with electric vehicle-charging stations has had long lines of customers who are served burgers in Cybertruck-designed boxes. One customer posted to YouTube that he waited 11 hours for the restaurant to open.
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