Shareholders Ask Elon Musk to Make Tesla Cars Go Vegan
Rear facing child seats in the Model S electric sports sports sedan in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Tesla Motors Inc.’s Model S sedan already ditched gasoline. Now two shareholders from Texas want the electric-car maker to stop using animal products as well.
At the company’s annual meeting Tuesday, Mark and Elizabeth Peters, shareholders from Hurst, Texas, urged Tesla to eliminate the use of animal-sourced materials for interior components such as leather seats. One of their proposals would reduce the use of such products, dropping them by 2019. The other asked Tesla to explore becoming the first “cruelty-free” premium car brand. Stockholders rejected both, according to a filing Wednesday.