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[โ€“] friendlymessage@feddit.org 9 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I will miss Robert Habeck ๐Ÿ’” Whoever will follow him in this position will be so much worse...

[โ€“] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 23 points 9 hours ago

Trying to stop the bleeding, he has destroyed his image. I'm here for the destruction.

[โ€“] casmael@lemm.ee 33 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Elon musk himself is a sign of weakness and fear imo tbh

[โ€“] TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Imo and tbh basically mean the same thing tbh and imo you didn't need to use both

[โ€“] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 hours ago

imo, imo & tbh can mean different tbh

[โ€“] Yoga@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Tbh I just like how honest it makes look imho

[โ€“] barnaclebutt@lemmy.world 15 points 10 hours ago

Nah, he's just trying to manipulate the market. As he always does.... He knows that Trump will never agree to it.

[โ€“] DmMacniel@feddit.org 100 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Maybe Elon realises that he bet on the wrong horse here. As the horse is super stupid.

[โ€“] hsr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 48 points 14 hours ago

The whinny is coming from inside the stable, as usual.

[โ€“] match@pawb.social 22 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

horse is super stupid

lost the money in my bank account (oh no)

[โ€“] hellothere@sh.itjust.works 4 points 12 hours ago

Super stupid bought a five cent bag...

[โ€“] DmMacniel@feddit.org 10 points 15 hours ago

whoopsie ๐Ÿ˜ณ

[โ€“] adarza@lemmy.ca 62 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

it's a sign that the protests and plummeting sales are starting to hit the wallet and sting his overinflated ego.

if the eu responded to the diaper's bullshit and put tariffs on his cars making them more expensive at retail.. tesla would be finished in europe.

[โ€“] federalreverse@feddit.org 15 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

put tariffs on his cars making them more expensive at retail.. tesla would be finished in europe.

Model Y is produced in Berlin, Model 3 comes from China. While Models S/X are produced in the US, they are not volume models and slapping tariffs on them would just inspire more buyers to pick the better-quality German/Chinese models. Soo... What you're suggesting is picking a fight with China to make Model 3 more expensive?

[โ€“] brocon@feddit.org 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Doesn't matter. No way around the regulations.

https://www.blomstein.com/en/news/keine-umgehung-von-zoellen-durch-produktionsverlagerung

This is an example of what happened to Harley Davidson. I think the same rules would be applied in Teslas case.

[โ€“] kuerbiskernoel@feddit.org 1 points 3 hours ago

The issue here was that they relocated their production (to Thailand) in order to circumvent tariffs. This wouldn't apply to Model Y since it already is being produced here.

[โ€“] gorillaNdaMist@lemm.ee 19 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

well he does have a tesla factory in germany..

[โ€“] Wanpieserino@lemm.ee 5 points 4 hours ago

While sales dropped immensely in Europe. So it all has to be exported