Teslas turn toxic as sales crash in Europe and the UK | EV sales in the region are growing, but not for Tesla

[southendsunset@lemm.ee]

When the owner is that political, it becomes political though. “If 9 people sit at a table with one Nazi…” etc etc.

[spirinolas@lemmy.world]

Maybe Musk should sue them...

[southendsunset@lemm.ee]

Mate my wife dresses me but categorising me with them POS trucks is just too far.

[vga@sopuli.xyz]

Ukraine is a candidate country, by the way.

https://enlargement.ec.europa.eu/european-neighbourhood-policy/countries-region/ukraine_en

[jericho_kane@lemmy.org]

That can't be, teslas never break and don't need maintenance. Many people said it, smart people

[sturgist@lemmy.ca]

The Pilot was ugly as fuck, but from what I've heard they were basically indestructible to a certain point....then there was almost no reviving them. Been considering getting a decommissioned ambulance and changing my trading name to Dr. Stone....
Ambulance is basically set up for a mobile shop, 240 and 110, loads of drawers and cupboards, tie-down points and either a fold down ramp or a hydraulic tailgate. Ambulance services are always refreshing their fleet, they get worked hard, but there's a maintenance standard so even with 180k miles on the Odo they're typically not running poorly. Idk...maybe I'm talking myself into it, maybe it's actually a good idea.

[runawayfixer@lemmy.world]

Pickups have their uses in Europe as well. Where I live, it seems like most pest controllers (rat catchers, an easy to clean open trunk is probably very nice) and land surveyors prefer them over other vehicles. They all use smaller sensible size pickups from Japanese brands though.

I think I've spotted only 2 different modern USA oversized pickups in traffic. Both full black, never a speck of dirt on them, always tailgating someone. They are vastly outnumbered by the sensible pickups, but you just can't miss spotting them in traffic.

[outlierblue@lemmy.ca]

Europeans don't want to drive a Swasticar? Why? Did something happen to make them dislike Nazis for some reason?

[xavier666@lemm.ee]

Or sparks fire, considering it's Tesla

[helloworld55@lemm.ee]

Just wondering, what qualifies as cheap for you?

[squizzy@lemmy.world]

Yeah man I didnt mean to do that, mine dresses me too...or rather she would do a better job of it anyway

[squizzy@lemmy.world]

Yeah, get a van. The only people on site with these are lads with more money than work, mammy and daddy funded, or the developer who wouldnt see concrete dust land on it.

[bzah@discuss.tchncs.de]

You may want to read the text before commenting nonsense, the French are not pleased either.
| Sales are crashing in France, Germany, and the UK
| In France, sales of new Teslas fell by 63 percent

I don't see what justify your attack, it seems unnecessary to attack people based on their nationality.
Yes, we do have a far-right issue in France, but it's pretty much the same as everywhere else in Europe and there is still a resisting left here, not all hope is lost.
Also, regarding your comment below, the white flag stereotype for France comes from 2003, when the US and allies invaded and destroyed Irak, but for once France stood against the US imperialism.

[thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe]

Solid state is just around the corner in the same way fusion is. Toyota announced in 2010 they'd have it in prod by 2015, then 2018, then 2020, then 2025 then..."real soon now "

The MG "may be a semi solid state"

https://electrek.co/2024/12/16/new-semi-solid-state-battery-ev-launching-2025/

Which is not quite the same thing.

BYD and CATL who have a good track record of delivery are suggesting 2030

TL;DR

Don't wait for solid state, the current battery tech is more than adequate for the majority of people. Holding off for something "perfect" that may never arrive when "good enough" is here diesn't seem logical to me

[thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe]

While entirely correct, the Irish get very antsy about being included in the British Isles. It's a "colonial relic" is probably the nicest version. So yes the map is correct from a British pov but not from an Irish one.

[rottingleaf@lemmy.world]

It's a joke, it's supposed to be grotesque. Grotesque is usually different from adequate to reality.

That's first, second, my comment does incorporate the fact that the French are not pleased either. You may want to improve your skills of processing two-sentence comments.

Oops, this one is four sentences, I guess it's going to hurt.

[cynar@lemmy.world]

A van can't deal with even remotely muddy grass. I lost count of how many vans I rescued, back when I had my pickup. They are also a lot less effective at dragging a horse trailer etc. Vans also (generally) don't have back seats. If you're also having to trek up and down the motorways, then the comfort of the ranger makes a big difference.

[louneko@lemmy.world]

Looks at my VW

*Erika intensifies*

[humanspiral@lemmy.ca]

ADL supporting Musk's salute, made US media/Zionist CNBC anyway ignore it. Germany doing the projection stunt on Tesla factory had more EU coverage. Social media, even reddit, is just starting to censor Musk anger now. Though, old people who casually think what mainstream media tells them, would go "media told us that ADL said he never did it, and they would never profit from anti semitism"

[buzz86us@lemmy.world]

Having competition tends to do that