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Tesla's Germany Sales Down 72% from Their Peak

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Re: Tesla's Germany Sales Down 72% from Their Peak

#3
They peaked at a time where the competition‘s offering was still immature, partially even retrofitted combustion cars.

Now the landscape has changed and TSLA lacks innovation. Personally, i still enjoy fanboy talk from first-gen Tesla drivers while they try to dream of a come back once Elon‘s wonder weapons finally arrive to turn the war.

Re: Tesla's Germany Sales Down 72% from Their Peak

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And this is with the Chinese cars handicapped by a double-digit punitive tariff ( https://trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-markets/en/news/eu-comm... )

Arguably, China is subsidizing everything with a low currency, though. It may cancel out (or maybe more than cancel out) those tariffs.

Re: Tesla's Germany Sales Down 72% from Their Peak

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At what point does Tesla have to sell or shutter production?

Since they ship globally, never. At least not if it‘s ONLY Germany who‘s declining.

They're declining worldwide and since Musk got the climate change denier elected who did away with CAFE credits at the end of Q3, Tesla is now also no longer a profitable company.

Re: Tesla's Germany Sales Down 72% from Their Peak

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Since they ship globally, never. At least not if it‘s ONLY Germany who‘s declining.

They're declining worldwide and since Musk got the climate change denier elected who did away with CAFE credits at the end of Q3, Tesla is now also no longer a profitable company.

> Tesla is now also no longer a profitable company

We won’t know this until the end of January [1]. (Tesla turned a $1.4bn profit in Q3.)

[1] https://finance.yahoo.com/news/prediction-elon-musk-reveal-t...

Re: Tesla's Germany Sales Down 72% from Their Peak

#10

The cars now look generic and driving them will brand you as either the type of person who gets all their news from alt right social media or someone who just can’t afford buying from a more established car maker.

sorry, owning a tesla is a sign of being poor?
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