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[–] pls@lemmy.plaureano.nohost.me 9 points 2 days ago

Good. 30% left to go.

[–] TheBrit@lemm.ee 49 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Gone from the coolest car to the most embarrassing, and these people are supposed to be smart.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 days ago (4 children)

As a publicly traded US company, can't the board of directors vote Elon out because of tanking sales? Seems like that's the only way for the company to survive at this point.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In a normal company they could, but the board are all loyal to him, not the company. Recently they insisted in giving him a 50 BILLION bonus, yes, with B. No chance they will intervene. And putting a puppet CEO like at Twitter won't have a strong effect either.

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[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

He'll still retain his shares. Which is the source of his wealth.

For my money I'm going to throw a goddamn party if this cursed stock hits double digits.

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Does that still apply when the CEO is also Emperor of the United States?

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Cause everyone at Tesla is a spineless grifter too.

[–] oyzmo@lemmy.world 118 points 3 days ago (4 children)

If you buy a Tesla now, it says something about you as a person...

[–] Viper_NZ@lemmy.nz 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I bought a Tesla years ago before Elon completely removed the mask.

No way I’d buy one now, but I also don’t want to sell it early and lose a tonne of money.

The Tesla board should intervene and remove him, but they won’t because he’s stacked it with yes men like his brother.

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[–] takeda@lemm.ee 201 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Each time I see a new article about drop in sales, the percentage is higher. I love it.

[–] rhombus@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 days ago

I keep thinking it’s same article being reposted before noticing the drop is 10-15% greater than the last time I saw it. I hope he’s kicked from Europe entirely.

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[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago (4 children)

The only creatures that should buy a Tesla are from the fucking AfD.

[–] Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Lol definitely won't, they're super anti-EV after all. I mean, they even want to get rid of all wind power plants. xD

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[–] oo1@lemmings.world 3 points 2 days ago

And those from the fucking UK apparently.

Very similar though - just waiting for them to elect farage to gut UK public services.

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[–] singletona@lemmy.world 62 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Good.

Say what you will about faceless corps, but toyota won't send some jackass out a the public face to do sieg hail, and be the gleeful butcher of government programs.

You have to be nestel levels of horrific before it breaks out of the corporate bubble.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I seriously question the mental stability of Tesla shareholders. Why on Earth does that man still have a job?

I'm not even talking about this recent stuff, I'm talking about all the things he's been doing for the last few years. It would get any normal person fired.

[–] negativeyoda@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

He has family members and toadies on the board

[–] kokolores@discuss.tchncs.de 129 points 3 days ago (12 children)

I wish people would also boycott Zuckerberg‘s products and Peter thiel‘s PayPal.

[–] Clanket@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I actively boycott Zuckerberg's offerings bar WhatsApp coz the bastard bought it out from under us. Fuck him, fuck Meta

[–] Djfok43@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago (12 children)

Aren't there alternatives to Paypal, like Wise and Revolut?

[–] domi@lemmy.secnd.me 23 points 3 days ago (7 children)

Do you need one?

I recently deleted my PayPal account and use a virtual credit card instead.

So far no issues with paying. In the rare case that credit card is not available you can always pay without account in PayPal via credit card.

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[–] abfarid@startrek.website 69 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Lemmy, this is the 7th day in a row you've shown "Tesla sales down in Europe" news in Top.

[–] Brumefey@sh.itjust.works 75 points 3 days ago

Feel free to post other good news. I’ll be happy to upvote.

[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 44 points 3 days ago (6 children)

You can filter it out if you want. Whenever I read it I get warm fuzzies. It helps me cope.

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[–] 1984@lemmy.today 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

We have this, crap copied from twitter or crap copied from reddit. Take your pick. :)

To be serious for a minute, I do wish there was more discussions and not just circle jerking. Its funny how everyone left the big platforms but still discusses the exact same things.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

linux linux foss linux

[–] Aidinthel@reddthat.com 99 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Elon truly is a genius businessman. Letting him run the government is clearly a great idea.

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 69 points 3 days ago

It's been said more than once, that Musk isn't an asset to a company but a liability. Tesla didn't succeed because of Musk but despite him.

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[–] houstoneulers@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago (5 children)

And the US tax payer is going to have to foot the bill on it...Elon sucks goldfish dick

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 15 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I don't think Elon gives a fuck. He's tricked everyone he needs to into giving him billions of dollars. He isn't going to give any of it back. He's laughed all the way to the bank.

[–] lostbit@feddit.nl 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

he doesn’t, the american people getting ass fucked in broad daylight

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[–] sunfur82@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago

Feel the same way. He basically has the US Treasury now, and can do whatever he wants with his DOGE, I doubt he cares about Tesla.

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Next, space x?

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 46 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Let’s get it to 90%. We can do it.

[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 29 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf 13 points 3 days ago

You can go to 110% if you burn enough tesla's

[–] xavier666@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago

70% is just rookie numbers

[–] Hejej@lemmy.ml 33 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Deliver is not the same as sales. They are also launching a new model this summer so people could just be waiting. I know it’s a great news story, Europe bands together against Musk to show dissatisfaction with American politics, but it may not be true. If someone could find Tesla reports that delivers are far lower than expected I will change my mind.

I wanted to find their predictions for production in Q1 2025 to see if they planned for less deliveries before all this Musk hit the news cycle. The closest I got as 2024 Q2 production numbers. https://ir.tesla.com/press-release/tesla-vehicle-production-deliveries-and-date-financial-results-webcast-second-quarter-2024

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[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 days ago

My heart pumps purple piss for fElon.

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

Well I don't want to celebrate in advance, Model Y facelift just released, let's hope this trend continues and doesn't show a reversal.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 7 points 2 days ago

They are on track to be worth less than BYD, the two will likely cross over quite soon.

[–] Maxxie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 3 days ago

Tesla is a meme stock in the disguise of a car company. It being down 30% means little, if anything volatility is good for big market players. Allows them to fleece more people. In a month Trump will announce a big tesla contract and it'll go back up.

Or so I tell myself because pessimism is easier to live with.

[–] TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca 19 points 3 days ago

Beautiful news.

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