Tesla demand is nosediving in EV-friendly Europe amid Elon Musk's endorsement of the far right
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Summary
Tesla's European sales are plummeting, with Germany seeing a 60% drop despite strong EV growth. Similar declines hit Norway, Sweden, and France.
While some blame the Osborne effect—buyers delaying purchases for a refreshed Model Y—Musk’s endorsement of Germany’s far-right AfD may also be repelling customers.
Online backlash has linked Tesla to fascist imagery. In contrast, UK sales fell only 7.8%, suggesting political factors play a role.
With strong domestic EV competition in Europe, Tesla’s reputation crisis could further hurt demand.
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weird. i guess some people just arent interested in driving Swasticars
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Two of my coworkers were the biggest Elon fanboys and were the first in the office to drive Teslas. That was years ago though.
I hear a lot less from them now. I wonder why... -
"Car" is too big a word, "Nazimobil" fits better
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Can we send another tesla to space with the musk rat tied to it?
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I'd be bloody embarrassed if I drove one.
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I always like to point out that Mr. "We Must Colonize Mars" is too chickenshit to get on one of his own rockets. Even motherfucking Bezos had enough balls to do that.
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Not even just him, but a whole group of other rich people and celebrities.
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It is fascinating how little this correlates to the Tesla stock price. It has dropped a bit, down 8.4% in the last month, but it still up 80.8% over the last 6 months. I´m curious what kind of business model the shareholders is expecting from Tesla that does not involve selling cars.
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Hakencruisers
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I wish they stopped using that image of Musk. It makes all the different news items look the same.
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Mobil while spelt wrong for a synonym for car, is longer then the word car.
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Mobil is german for Mobile, so it still fits imo (that's a lazy excuse for my brain not red-flagging the word for being wrong as it is correct in a language I speak, therefore being legit)
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I think it's important to keep using this image of Musk. It's the most direct way to remind people that this powerful man working to destroy every government department from within is an unelected Nazi.
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My understanding ia that they get carbon credits for producing EVs which they then sell to carbon producers to offset. They also produce batteries.
That being said, its not going to take a deep dive unless they have consecutive missed eps targets. Even then though, part of Elons MO is to promose some visonary tech that takes year to peoduce so just sitbtight man becauae im telling you its coming...
This time around its robots for the home. Laughable not because we dont have the technology, but who has the disposable income to afford it? Even if they come out, and it turns out people buy them (which also means not heing turned off by musk); where is the moat? What stops a competitor like boston dynamics, samsung, etc from seeing it as validation of a market and then entering it?
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I was about to say the opposite. I am delighted that they put the same picture of this Nazi every time there is an article about him or Tesla. Keep up the good work, and never forget that he's a Nazi.
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/s?
They are.
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Nazivaggen
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OceanGate happened too soon and with wrong people.
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SSyberwagen
