Tesla went from "a cool tech company, and also the ceo does rocket stuff, which is kinda nice" to "what is wrong with that f*cking nazi jerk" in the last 10 years in my circles, and it is very much deserved.
I wonder if it’s still too soon for the CEO of a car company to throw up a Nazi salute on an internationally televised event. Let’s check the sales results. Yep still too soon.
Also pro tip. If you didn’t MEAN to throw up a Nazi salute and you’re sorry for offending people you should immediately (or at all)
1) say that wasn’t intended to be one
2) apologize for offending everyone who isn’t a Nazi
3) Refrain from presenting a collection of Nazi jokes as your sole public defense.
Possibly because unfortunately, about 20% of German voters voted for the AfD in the last federal election, which likes to put some Nazi-sounding stuff on its campaign posters ("Kinder statt Inder," for example).
However, your analysis still kind of stands, as the AfD and even more extreme parties (like "Wahre Alternativ") tend to do better in the worse-off parts of the country like the hollowed-out districts on the eastern border (such as the one my brother-in-law left pretty much the moment his accounting degree hit his hand) where people were not big Tesla buyers, and poorly in affluent, well-educated places like Munich and Freiburg, where the kind of people who had been buying Teslas live (and are now buying just about any other EV).
Tesla's sales last quarter were the result of the US ending subsidies, so record sales and decreases outside of the US aren't mutually exclusive facts.
I am referring to their dramatic reduction in sales and market share loss in all European markets...and struggling in China...while reporting record deliveries. Fairy tales or creative reporting?
Is that because they have fewer model numbers? If you look at fleet sales, does that placement still hold? Something like Toyota might have dozens of different similar products, diluting their rank ordering.
Tesla went from "a cool tech company, and also the ceo does rocket stuff, which is kinda nice" to "what is wrong with that f*cking nazi jerk" in the last 10 years in my circles, and it is very much deserved.
When that word is used dishonestly for everyone you don’t agree with it loses all meaning.
In Germany it hits home when someone gives the Roman salute with an angry scowl on your face during a moment of transition of power.
and gives public presentations at gatherings of the far-far-right party https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-26/elon-musk-supports-af...
Twice. While paraphrasing the 14 Words.
And not even denying it afterwards.
I wonder if it’s still too soon for the CEO of a car company to throw up a Nazi salute on an internationally televised event. Let’s check the sales results. Yep still too soon.
Also pro tip. If you didn’t MEAN to throw up a Nazi salute and you’re sorry for offending people you should immediately (or at all) 1) say that wasn’t intended to be one 2) apologize for offending everyone who isn’t a Nazi 3) Refrain from presenting a collection of Nazi jokes as your sole public defense.
Having sold all the ones possible to affluent Greens, it's how you sell the remainder to affluent conservatives.
except that ev sales are up just tesla is down
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/teslas...
Turns out Nazis aren't popular in Germany.
EDIT: it's funny that I say this every time, and every time I get downvoted. I have no idea why.
Possibly because unfortunately, about 20% of German voters voted for the AfD in the last federal election, which likes to put some Nazi-sounding stuff on its campaign posters ("Kinder statt Inder," for example).
However, your analysis still kind of stands, as the AfD and even more extreme parties (like "Wahre Alternativ") tend to do better in the worse-off parts of the country like the hollowed-out districts on the eastern border (such as the one my brother-in-law left pretty much the moment his accounting degree hit his hand) where people were not big Tesla buyers, and poorly in affluent, well-educated places like Munich and Freiburg, where the kind of people who had been buying Teslas live (and are now buying just about any other EV).
Oh you mean people are downvoting because they disagree that Nazis are unpopular. Never thought that would be it.
"Tesla sales crash across Europe with drops of up to 90%" - https://www.techspot.com/news/110124-tesla-sales-crash-acros...
Reminder that last quarter Tesla reported record deliveries...basis for an SEC investigation?
Tesla's sales last quarter were the result of the US ending subsidies, so record sales and decreases outside of the US aren't mutually exclusive facts.
> basis for an SEC investigation
That is funny. Of all the things Tesla should be under investigation their sales in Germany won't make top-100 list.
I am referring to their dramatic reduction in sales and market share loss in all European markets...and struggling in China...while reporting record deliveries. Fairy tales or creative reporting?
the sales surged in the US due to tax credit expiration
Tesla can say anything as being "commercial puffery".
Model Y was the best selling vehicle in Europe in September
https://www.autonews.com/tesla/ane-europe-top-50-september-2...
Is that because they have fewer model numbers? If you look at fleet sales, does that placement still hold? Something like Toyota might have dozens of different similar products, diluting their rank ordering.
Volkswagen sells more EVs than Tesla in Europe:
https://eu-evs.com/marketShare/ALL/Groups/Line/All-time-by-Q...
Volkswagen's sales are split across many brands (VW, Audi, Skoda, Porsche, Cupra, MAN, Scania, etc.) and models.