Tesla sales crash continues in Europe, with Germany down 70%

[aidinthel@reddthat.com]

Elon truly is a genius businessman. Letting him run the government is clearly a great idea.

[thefeaturecreature@lemmy.ca]

Beautiful news.

[tonytins@pawb.social]

Brings a tear of joy.

[horni@lemmy.world]

It's been said more than once, that Musk isn't an asset to a company but a liability. Tesla didn't succeed because of Musk but despite him.

[kokolores@discuss.tchncs.de]

I wish people would also boycott Zuckerberg‘s products and Peter thiel‘s PayPal.

[pntha@lemmy.world]

the UK being the only growth market speaks volumes

[thegrandnagus@lemmy.world]

Not really. The UK is very anti-Musk.

Ireland and the UK being the only ones to grow is likely due to the way Tesla delivers Right-Hand Drive cars - they deliver them as one large batch each quarter rather than constantly trickling them out like LHD cars.

If you look at UK and Irish sales figures across multiple months, they swing between being up and down, depending on when RHD shipments come. Overall Tesla is down (and the UK even before Musk's recent actions bought far fewer Tesla cars than France or Germany)

[Guest]

Tesla is a meme stock in the disguise of a car company. It being down 30% means little, if anything volatility is good for big market players. Allows them to fleece more people. In a month Trump will announce a big tesla contract and it'll go back up.

Or so I tell myself because pessimism is easier to live with.

[djfok43@lemmy.world]

Aren't there alternatives to Paypal, like Wise and Revolut?

[toadofhypnosis@lemm.ee]

Agreed, though I don’t think Thiel is involved in Paypal anymore.

[Guest]

Deliver is not the same as sales. They are also launching a new model this summer so people could just be waiting. I know it’s a great news story, Europe bands together against Musk to show dissatisfaction with American politics, but it may not be true. If someone could find Tesla reports that delivers are far lower than expected I will change my mind.

I wanted to find their predictions for production in Q1 2025 to see if they planned for less deliveries before all this Musk hit the news cycle. The closed I got as 2024 Q2 production numbers. https://ir.tesla.com/press-release/tesla-vehicle-production-deliveries-and-date-financial-results-webcast-second-quarter-2024

[snoopy@piefed.social]

And wero from European paiement initiative that regroup all major french and german bank.

[z3ror0ne@lemmy.ml]

[myopinion@lemm.ee]

Let’s get it to 90%. We can do it.

[domi@lemmy.secnd.me]

Do you need one?

I recently deleted my PayPal account and use a virtual credit card instead.

So far no issues with paying. In the rare case that credit card is not available you can always pay without account in PayPal via credit card.

[abfarid@startrek.website]

Lemmy, this is the 7th day in a row you've shown "Tesla sales down in Europe" news in Top.

[ramenshaman@lemmy.world]

You can filter it out if you want. Whenever I read it I get warm fuzzies. It helps me cope.

[abfarid@startrek.website]

Doesn't make my comment not true.

And I don't filter or block anything or anyone. Rawdogging Lemmy, the way God intended.

[kokolores@discuss.tchncs.de]

Yes, you are right, not anymore, I don’t trust it though as it was founded by not only Peter Thiel but also Elon Musk.

PayPal blocks accounts that are politically controversial, such as some alternative media outlets, cryptocurrency platforms, or activists. Also Whistleblower organizations like WikiLeaks have been blocked and their funds frozen.

For these reasons I find a boycott completely justified.

[kbobabob@lemmy.world]

So you just like to complain then?