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Tesla's German car sales more than halve in October as wider EV sales jump

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Re: Tesla's German car sales more than halve in October as wider EV sales jump

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Post by ajross »

moosedman wrote: post #2

I don’t understand how the Tesla fanboys don’t realize how badly he’s torched his consumer base with his politics…

> Tesla fanboys don’t realize

I don't know who you're addressing. Lots of people, me included, don't like the conspiracy minded politicization of his fortune but still think the cars are pretty great. Seems like a boring opinion that wouldn't be controversial, but we still find ourselves subtweeted anyway.

(Edit: three downvotes and a Godwin's Law reply drop within seconds, as expected. Seriously folks there are 125k people who work for that company, must everything about it be judged entirely on the last twelve months of one guys mania?)

Re: Tesla's German car sales more than halve in October as wider EV sales jump

#12

Post by schiffern »

justapassenger wrote: post #4
moosedman wrote: post #2

I don’t understand how the Tesla fanboys don’t realize how badly he’s torched his consumer base with his politics…

Not releasing any new model in half a decade (let's forget about cybertruck - tesla already did) didn't help either.

Nope, bad strategy advice.

Tesla is battery-limited, not demand-limited. Adding models would only add complexity without meaningfully increasing revenue.

It helps to know basic fundamental facts about the company.

Re: Tesla's German car sales more than halve in October as wider EV sales jump

#13

Post by verdverm »

iagooar wrote: post #5
moosedman wrote: post #2

I don’t understand how the Tesla fanboys don’t realize how badly he’s torched his consumer base with his politics…

[flagged]

He chose politics that we're opposite and upsetting to their primary consumer market. It's "wrong" not in the sense of morality (though I would argue he has some very morally objectionable politics), but "wrong" because he made a poor decision by dumping money into politics in multiple countries, supporting objectionable candidates (to tesla's consumer base) and hurt his businesses, as we see clearly in sales data

Re: Tesla's German car sales more than halve in October as wider EV sales jump

#14

Post by postflopclarity »

ajross wrote: post #11
moosedman wrote: post #2

I don’t understand how the Tesla fanboys don’t realize how badly he’s torched his consumer base with his politics…

> Tesla fanboys don’t realize I don't know who you're addressing. Lots of people, me included, don't like the conspiracy minded politicization of his fortune but still think the cars are pretty great. Seems like a boring opinion that wouldn't be controversial, but we still find ourselves subtweeted anyway. (Edit: three downvotes and a Godwin's Law reply drop within seconds, as expected. Seriously folks there are 125k…

[flagged]

Re: Tesla's German car sales more than halve in October as wider EV sales jump

#15

Post by TheAlchemist »

moosedman wrote: post #2

I don’t understand how the Tesla fanboys don’t realize how badly he’s torched his consumer base with his politics…

It's not only politics, although it certainly didn't help.

Tesla did not release new cars, except for Cybertruck, for how long ? 5 years ? 10 years ?

Their lineup was great initially, and there was 0 competition. Now there is a lot of competition and their lineup did not change at all.

Their car business is dying. That's why they try to be an AI & Robotics company.

Edit: Here is a good link to follow the sales data - for many countries, it's reported daily. https://eu-evs.com/brandCharts/TESLA/ALL_DAILY/QoQ-Chart

Re: Tesla's German car sales more than halve in October as wider EV sales jump

#16

Post by BigTTYGothGF »

schiffern wrote: post #12
justapassenger wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not releasing any new model in half a decade (let's forget about cybertruck - tesla already did) didn't help either.

Nope, bad strategy advice. Tesla is battery-limited, not demand-limited. Adding models would only add complexity without meaningfully increasing revenue. It helps to know basic fundamental facts about the company.

> Tesla is ... not demand-limited

Per the article, this no longer seems to be the case.

Re: Tesla's German car sales more than halve in October as wider EV sales jump

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Post by Forgeties79 »

iagooar wrote: post #5
moosedman wrote: post #2

I don’t understand how the Tesla fanboys don’t realize how badly he’s torched his consumer base with his politics…

[flagged]

“That’s bait.”

You know what he has said. You know what he has done. It just doesn’t bother you. I find it hard to believe you don’t know what this is about.

Re: Tesla's German car sales more than halve in October as wider EV sales jump

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Post by schiffern »

_aavaa_ wrote: post #3
moosedman wrote: post #2

I don’t understand how the Tesla fanboys don’t realize how badly he’s torched his consumer base with his politics…

It’s cause Tesla isn’t a car company, it’s an AI robotics company’s /s

This but unironically.

Re: Tesla's German car sales more than halve in October as wider EV sales jump

#20

Post by [deleted] »

BigTTYGothGF wrote: post #16
schiffern wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nope, bad strategy advice. Tesla is battery-limited, not demand-limited. Adding models would only add complexity without meaningfully increasing revenue. It helps to know basic fundamental facts about the company.

> Tesla is ... not demand-limited Per the article, this no longer seems to be the case.

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