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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

Having a complete fecking tosspiece at the helm might also have something to do with it....

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Guess it's a good thing that multi billion dollar payout to Musk got cancelled

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

I don’t want my car to be a political statement, thank you.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago

Model 3 Long Range is still nearly $50k. They’ll have to cut more for me to even consider. Also; they’d need to fire Elon Musk and deny him his $54 billion pay package.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

I've been scoping out EVs and Teslas are just not even slightly on my radar as a potential option. They come off entirely untrustworthy as a company

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

And all their designs are dated.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Why would they want to cool demand? Anyways, they are doing a pretty good job at it, even if it's a struggle. /s

[–] [email protected] 68 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Even if he sold Tesla and they are no longer associated, they won't get a sale from me. In my mind, they and their products are tainted. I hate them with a fervor especially after all the bullshit they pulled against high speed rail. Fuck Tesla.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Doesn't help that they have a strong reputation for shite quality. It's really just numerous layers for most of us:

  • Product/brand is tainted (as you say).
  • Declining quality of their products.
  • Reputation (warranted or not) of many Tesla drivers being clueless idiots behind the wheel.
  • Still too many embarrassing Musk fans closely associated with Tesla (related to the first point).
  • Prices still too high for many.
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[–] [email protected] 156 points 6 months ago (4 children)

The electric car company thats pissing off left wing people on a daily basis is failing? But....the right LOVES renewable energy....how can this be?!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (8 children)

Not sure saying the company is failing is accurate. Their stock is up 10% today on their news. That's a bonkers one say jump for a company this big.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Put gas tanks on Teslas so they can hold gasoline, and the driver can buy gasoline, but it's not actually burned in the operation of the car. Only if the battery catches fire and the whole thing explodes.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (5 children)

maybe if they mount a huge ~~penis~~ gun on top

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[–] [email protected] 82 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The company’s profits, once the envy of the auto industry, are at their lowest in six years thanks to rampant price cutting and slowing demand.

Hm. That’s all you could think of, TheVerge? Nothing . . . nothing else that might torpedo the ol’ sales numbers there? No? Hm.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Can't make Elmo mad. He might buy it and fire everyone.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

Nah, he’ll just start only printing right wing nut job rhetoric.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Tesla reported its first quarter earnings during an incredibly shaky moment for the company in which sales numbers and the stock price have both fallen.

Earlier this week, the company approved its latest price cuts for the US, China, and Germany — all major markets for the EV maker.

Musk reportedly delayed the project, preferring to go “balls to the wall” on Tesla’s forthcoming robotaxi, which is expected to debut in August.

In the shareholder note, Tesla made no direct reference to the Model 2 but said it’s focused on leveraging its existing manufacturing footprint to “introduce new and more affordable products.”

“We have updated our future vehicle line-up to accelerate the launch of new models ahead of our previously communicated start of production in the second half of 2025,” the company states.

Earlier this year, Tesla reported lackluster sales numbers in a sign that cooling demand for EVs and rising competition were taking their toll on the company.


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