At this point if a person buys teslas they are either a Nazi or ignorant and neither is good.
Ignorant, e.g. the "I didn't know" crowd 1 mile downwind of the concentration camp.
If you want EVs to be a thing, China has won the round on this one.
Sad but true
And still "Top Managers" wonder why...
good. please don't stop until he's destitute.
And their stock is still too damn high!
that stock price is not rooted in anything real (and hasn't for a long time). I can't wait until that bubble bursts with a bang i can hear from Europe.
Never understood the appeal of Teslas. I tried one once and the finishes are truly the worst I've ever seen in a car. Inside the vehicle, it's really Dacia tier
It's like with Apple and their overpriced stuff... Well marketet and a rich posterboy.
Oh no how unfortunate.
Anyways...
And then there is Norway pushing the numbers🥲
Apart of Elon being idiot why would we even consider buying Tesla anyway? Competition is much better when it comes to things like access to authorized service. Charging network is a non-issue in Europe as we have full roaming and one socket standard and brands like Kia, Mercedes or even BYD have competitive prices while all being great quality.
Also, one huge Pro to not having a tesla is not having to worry about it blowing up for no reason.
Or having it vandalized.
Or it being a death trap in an accident.
c'mon, incidental explosions are what make life exciting!
According to Tim Urban's blog article on Tesla and Muck from 2015, one of Muck's stated goals was to jumpstart the other auto manufacturers into producing their own EVs to accelerate the trend toward a more sustainable energy future. Whether that was true then or now is irrelevant, but it is nice to see EVs of many brands being made and purchased. Obligatory Fuck Muck, existential disappointment that he will forever be.
That is the one credit I will give to Tesla and Musk, they made the EV not only a realistic choice, but actually cool.
The original Model S was a cool car when it was launched, but now there are plenty of other cooler alternatives.
It's not rare for the first company to bring a product to market to not be the top dog once other companies get involved.
For instance, Kodak pretty much invented the digital camera, but Canon and Nikon are the clear leaders now while Kodak's digital camera division was sold off.
Xerox has entered the chat, with the first commercial photocopier, the GUI, laser printer, and computer mouse, in addition to the ones you think of.
It’s not rare for the first company to bring a product to market to not be the top dog once other companies get involved.
Except Tesla wasn't the first mass market EV. It wasn't even the second. The first would be the GM EV1 in 1997:
Many would argue that the EV1 doesn't count because it was on old technology. Fine then, the Nissan Leaf from 2009 then sporting its lithium battery:
Tesla Model S brought performance, range and styling that both of those were missing. However, we don't need Tesla anymore in the world if Musk is still benefiting from it.
Those advancements were made possible by the Roadster, which was the true pioneering product that made EVs cool again. A car that was dreamed up and invented by Martin Eberhard, and would go on to be built by someone else that gave him the shittiest end of the most shit-covered stick there ever was.
Everything that has given Tesla a reputation as an imnovative company was either done by the original inventor or their amazing engineers over the years.
Elon brings money and celebrity recognition to the company. If the celebrity recognition turns and becomes a net negative, the money is going to start becoming an issue too because his loans might get called and then he's got nothing to bring to the table. I choose to dream about that future right now.
who had hoped anger toward Elon Musk would have faded by now
Even fucking goldfish remember what he's done. He has irreversibly associated Nazism with Tesla at the same time that cheaper and better electric vehicles are coming out of China. The only way is down and that's not going to change until he is no longer part of Tesla and a lot of time has passed.
Looks like Elon took the “shut your stupid fucking mouth up” advice. Too bad the damage to his image is irreversible. Oh well. I’m afraid I’m all out of tiny violins as well.
🤣 🤣
a blow to investors who had hoped anger toward Elon Musk would have faded by now
Methinks they may have underestimated Elonazi's dickishness, stupidity, arrogance, and power to piss people off...
OMG that's funny. 🤣 🤣
I read Musk fired the Tesla manager for Europe and North America over the low sales, as if those weren't a direct result of Musk's own actions. Like there is only one person responsible for pushing the stupid cybertruck and for associating the brand with fascism.
Don't you know that he's a genius and none of what he says or does can have any bad consequence? If it's not because of him, it must be because of someone else. Oh, BTW: he also fired a manager in Tesla who voiced against him damaging the brand name.
None of these people know anything about anything. Only Elon knows!!
Hey elon dont worry the right wing nut jobs are gonna start buying your teslas, ah right most of them are broke lol
Even better they don't drive teslas cause they want those gas guzzler.
Awww go fashy, stonk crashy :'( :'( LOL
Let's keep it going, I wanna get paid for getting a Tesla.
Unless he steps down as CEO and sells all his shares I don't see a Tesla redemption arc in Europe anytime soon.
Needs to be in the negative worldwide.
Could I have a list of these "investors?" Because they sound like fools who deserve to be tricked out of their money.
Just look up the Musk followers on Xitter.
Oh, i thought it was only down because Elon was off in Washington making America super awesome and not around to provide his brilliant leadership to Tesla
Well, at least his big robotaxi trial is going smoothl— uh, oh no.
Let's hope they drop even further 🙏
Even MAGAs are embarrassed to drive one of his Nazi mobiles
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