Uber suffers for Trump ties that leave Musk unsullied

An Uber Technologies Inc. app sits on a smartphone inside a Tesla Motors Inc. Model S electric automobile in Madrid, Spain, on Friday, Jan. 13, 2017. Ride-hailing service Uber Technologies has launched its first electric car taxi service in Madrid, operating a fleet of Tesla Model S electric vehicles. Photographer: Angel Navarrete/Bloomberg

While Uber got shellacked for its link to President Donald Trump, the electric carmaker and sometimes-rival Tesla Inc has comfortably weathered its association with a president who has lower approval ratings than any predecessor in his first days in office. 

Uber Technologies Inc lost customers and drivers and became the subject of a campaign on Twitter that encouraged people to delete their Uber apps. The opposition compelled Uber chief executive officer Travis Kalanick to quit Trump’s Strategic and Policy Forum.