Tesla’s sales fall 63% in France, Europe’s second biggest EV market

[atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io]

Well that looks interesting. TY! Tho' I really like the Gravity Battery conceptually.

[atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io]

I better listen to some Zappa. It has been a long time.

[anon6789@lemmy.world]

Merge Boeing into Tesla, all gov vehicles now Teslas, they already got the space program on lock, just put them the rest of the way into the military industrial complex, he's already got access to all the treasury stuff for unlimited funds, bing bang boom, Tesla is now Stark Industires and we surround the country with the Elon Dome.

[grue@lemmy.world]

I don't know that there's any sort of conspiracy, but it's definitely true that a huge part of the market is in "dumb money" -- index funds that just buy every stock weighted by market cap, and thus exert no influence on what the companies actually do.

[partial_accumen@lemmy.world]

While I appreciate the Rube Goldberg nature of the gravity battery, the mechanical losses of energy would be significant. You'd likely lose at least 20% of the energy bringing your total usable down to 1440w. Just to let you know for scale that 1800w you have available is pretty significant energy to power a house if you're talking lights, refrigeration, and general electronics. I just checked right now and my whole house is only pulling 1100w. That's with the HVAC fan running moving air, but no heating or cooling being generated at this moment, no cooking or EV charging either.

[grue@lemmy.world]

My guess is that, with Musk basically in charge of the government now, investors are expecting huge returns from corruption.

[damage@feddit.it]

There's another factor that jumps to mind when I think of cars in France: they buy A LOT of French cars! I don't have any statistical data, but it feels like half of the cars on their roads are French... And now that their manufacturers' offer of EVs is starting to flesh out, they probably prefer buying "local".

[yerbouti@sh.itjust.works]

Just remember, don't eat the yellow snow.

[thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world]

I also suspect that because so much manufacturing is in China, what we think of as the world's stock market is just a small fraction of anything. Does an index count if an index doesn't measure much?

[horsey@lemmy.world]

Was in France for 3 weeks on holiday and saw almost exclusively Citroën, Renault, and Peugeot. My rental car was a Renault E Tech and after driving it,I looked into importing one to the USA (sadly it’s not possible for regulatory reasons).

[merc@sh.itjust.works]

Yeah, the guy who apparently now controls the strings of the government could just click a button to have the government order 1 million Teslas.

Other than investing in the hopes of seeing returns from corruption, it doesn't really make any sense.

[merc@sh.itjust.works]

The people who buy electric vehicles are left-leaning people who believe in climate change. If I were a major Tesla shareholder I'd be howling to have Musk ejected while the company still has a chance to retain some goodwill.

[felixcress@lemmy.world]

Renault E Tech and after driving it,I looked into importing one to the USA (sadly it’s not possible for regulatory reasons).

That's hilarious taking into account European standards are stricter than US. US industry clearly don't like competition.

[corno@lemm.ee]

Can't say I can blame them for not wanting to give their money to a Nazi.

[p1nkman@lemmy.world]

[jimmycakes@lemmy.world]

They already hedged their bets long ago. Only main Street is gonna be left holding this bag. Yall need to get real. The world is falling apart and people still think the rich are gonna do something.

[hanrahan@slrpnk.net]

What ? They vote for Le Pen in droves. They love that nazi biatch.

[takumidesh@lemmy.world]

He's not worth the wasted filament...

[paraphrand@lemmy.world]

It’s round! Like a bridge!

[dayroom7485@lemmy.world]

I work in tech in Germany. My coworkers and I are the ideal Tesla customers. Nobody I know would consider buying a Nazi car.