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I guess renaming them Swasticars is off the table now.
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@georgetakei I just returned from Europe and every time I saw a Tesla I thought "Nazicar".
I mentioned this to a German friend but then admitted I once owned a VW. He replied "in 1944?"
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@georgetakei did you know if you put model S, 3, X, and Y next to each other, it spells Nazi?
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@georgetakei Wrong picture, the business graphics are missing. Someone just sent me this:
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Doesn't much matter to them. They make their real money selling carbon offset credits.
Doesn't much matter to them. They make their real money selling carbon offset credits.
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By "some" European countries they mean the biggest ones?
Germany -62%
France -63%
Spain -76%
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@georgetakei Tesla sales are plummeting in Europe. Probably in America too, but he might hide it there.
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@georgetakei He wanted to rename Tesla to WagenX... But Volkswagen threatened too Sue Elon through the German court system.
And we all know the German courts are far more efficient than the US Courts.
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@georgetakei In #Germany its especially noticeable: While the number of newly registered electric cars recovered by 53.5% (to 34500, after a massive drop last year because subsidies got gutted), registrations for #Tesla cars dropped by 60% (again) to merely 1277 cars.
Its not only #Musk s antics though, their main models here did not age well compared to the competition, while Musk tries to breed a pickup with a Dolorean for people who won't buy a EV....
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@georgetakei But the political artists @politicalbeauty.bsky.social redecorated the Tesla factory in germany for him. (as protest of course) https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:x4mzdcf5dzxicy7n4dvlof7p/post/3lgefckpv6a2h
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@georgetakei I love that apparently people who buy cars don't want tonso business with fascist arseholes. We may fight over tons of things, but this seems a good baseline.
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@georgetakei turns out most of Europe remembers the last guy to get on a national stage and hold his arm straight out forward palm down.
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@akiva631 Not a bad option!
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