Autos trade group Mobility Sweden said new vehicle registrations of Tesla models were down 80.7% in April amid a backlash against the political activity of CEO Elon Musk.

Tesla registrations were 203 in April, down from 1,052 a year before.

It was one of the worst-performing automakers for the month in the Nordic country, and sat in contrast to an overall 11% rise in new passenger vehicle registrations to 24,292.

Polestar Automotive, a Swedish electric automaker and one of Tesla’s competitors, saw its sales hit 535 in April, an 11.5% increase.

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Oh no…anyway.

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I hope this evil apartheid Nazi welfare queen gets a lube free dildo of karma everyday for the rest of his life

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If by “dildo” you mean “cactus”, then I am 100% with you!

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Read “evil dildo” at first. Even that fits.

E. The fits was not intended, but suits here as well.

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I have literally since they were released wanted a Tesla…right up until he decided to start this right wing bullshit.

I have for a few years now said if in 2015 he decided to become a recluse and just revel in his companies grandeur he might be the next Edison or maybe more accurately Ford. Possibly Hughes.

Now we are aware of how much of a petulant, unfunny child this dickhead is. He and his reputation is ruined.

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I even bought LOL-GAS personalized plates, in anticipation of buying a Tesla, but that aint happening now. I still have the plates, though, so maybe one day they’ll adorn a Chinese EV…

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But Ford was a nazi too.

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while he was alive this was less known, pretty much his point. 🤡

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I was going to buy a Tesla in 2021, the only reason I didn’t was I needed a car immediately and they had a several month waiting list. If it had been available, I would’ve taken it. Even test drove one. Now, I will never buy a Tesla. I would rather have a Rivian anyway.

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The story of Elon will be a phenomenal one. Icarus af. He could have ended world hunger and much more, but decided to become a nazi cunt and ruin everything. Money can’t buy intelligence.

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To become a billionaire you have to be a piece of shit human being. No billionaire is ever going to solve world anything, because again… They are trash human beings.

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There are two reasonably good ones, as far as I know - Gabe Newell and Bill Gates.

The rest though… yeah.
The world would be a very different place if every billionaire was anything like those two.

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Gates became a billionare by being a trash human being, then probably decided he didn’t want that to be his legacy so he started being somewhat less of one. He’s doing significantly better than most, but still probably a net negative.

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Quote this in history books

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Those are rookie numbers we can get it much worse

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