Summary

Tesla’s European sales plunged 45% in January, while the EV market grew 37%, with rivals like Volkswagen and Renault gaining ground.

Production changes for the Model Y is claimed to contribute to lower sales, but Elon Musk’s political controversies also sparked backlash.

Musk’s support for far-right parties and attacks on European leaders have made him unpopular, as polls show negative perceptions in Germany and the UK.

Tesla’s struggles come as European automakers face stricter emissions targets, increasing competition in the region’s growing EV market.

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Good. Fuck Musk! Dirty asshole.

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Unwiped asshole

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Please; show some respect to assholes. What we have here is a clearly unelected unrepresentative uniformly unqualified nazi turd; or, a cuuuunt if you will. 😝

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I agree. Assholes are functional. We need em. We certainly don’t need this shitstain.

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Yeah, I wouldn’t buy house paint for Hennrich Himler and I wouldn’t buy baby clothes from chairman Mao… definitely not buying stuff from Musk.

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Well iif you’re picky stay away from DuPont then. They provided Nazis with information and material during the second world way, all the way up until the Nazis took their assets in Germany.

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Ok but. That’s not all you know?? Forever chemicals are directly attributable to DuPont as well, and they KNEW it too. I’m sure there are more skeletons in THAT particular closet.

TIME - Companies Knew the Dangers of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’—and Kept Them Secret

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the dupont family is also heavily inbred too.

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Remember when Musk called Bill Gates “categorically insane” for shorting Tesla? I think I can guess who will be laughing in the end.

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Both of them, they’re both fucking centi-billionaires, they couldn’t give a fuck.

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Bill Gates at least made his money by himself, transferred most to a genuine charity, and pledged that 99% of his remaining wealth will follow suit once he dies; plus he convinced a good number of other billionaires to do the same.

Hating on Windows and whatever Microsoft has become over time is one thing, but Gates himself is not a bad person.

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Isn’t he? He may have mellowed, but by all accounts he was an asshole while at Microsoft, he made his money leading them through a hugely monopolistic period (was subject to antitrust litigation on two continents), has faces sexual harrasment allegations and spent a lot of time with Epstein.

Certainly he seems to be a lot better than Musk, I’ll give him credit for his charitable efforts, but even in that there’s controversy around the undue influence it gives him in the various spheres the charity spends money, pushing private education over public and working to prevent the Oxford COVID vaccine IP rights being waived.

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When are the shareholders going to sue the fuck out of him for devaluing the stock they bought?

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Never. They are “true believers”

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Most shareholders are index funds that replicate the SP500 or other tech indices, they don’t give a shit about beliefs and will sue if needed.

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Hope you are right but I’m not holding my breath.

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Their loss.

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why would Europeans have a problem with a guy doing a nazi salute? we may never know

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iT WaS a GeStuRe

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A Nazi salute is a gesture tho

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