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[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 158 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (91 children)

PSA: musk is a fascist and Nazi. Buying cars from Tesla directly supports him and thus all the terrible things he does. There are lots of much better electric cars if that’s what you want

Edit: I sure kicked a hornets nest saying maybe not buy from the fascist. To be clear: almost every car manufacturer has EVs now, multiple models. If you can’t find one of those that’s good deal and just have to buy Tesla, maybe you just really want a Tesla idk. If you want the ‘good deal’ I highly doubt Tesla really stacks up, but the best deal as always will be buying something used.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 53 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not just buying.

Even if you had yours from the salute, or whatever, he’s still using your driving data to train their self driving softwares.

They’re still selling your data to whoever, too.

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Including actions and conversations in and around the vehicle.

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 47 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] hume_lemmy@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The best part of that incident was how so many people didn't think it was an attack, just "Yeah, that seems like something a cybertruck would do."

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Honestly it was coin flip odds.

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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 43 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Arm go up. Line go down. Womp Womp

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 41 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sure. Let's fire the salesman. It's all his fault. Something smells musky here.

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[–] QProphecy@lemmy.world 40 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Don't piss off your customers is Business 101, Elon, you genius.

[–] amorpheus@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago

Eh, kind of. Musk is in this weird position where a lot of his wealth is tied up in one company in a way that he really can't escape from. That's why he keeps trying to build up XAI into something meaningful. He needs a back up plan for when Tesla's share price finally collapses. And he can't sell his stock because any time he does that it triggers an investor panic.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 27 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

LOL "a journey of continuous evolution". Is that corpo-speak for a never-ending shit-show with a lying, capricious CEO?

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

i dunno... but I think maybe we should do a Boston Tea Party 2: Boston Tesla boogaloo.

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[–] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 27 points 2 weeks ago

Great news, everyone! Turns out being a full fucking Nazi isn’t good for business.

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 24 points 2 weeks ago

It has nothing to do with the head of North American sales.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 22 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, it's HIS fault.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago

Just a free clue to fElon - the problem is not the head of North America sales, LOL.

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

Tesla needs to build an electric bus, to throw random execs under whenever Musk “pulls a Nazi.”

[–] thlibos@thelemmy.club 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think we all know who Tesla's worst enemy is...

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (16 children)

Tesla.

Even before Musk went full mask-off, they only had a single practical vehicle- the Model Y.

Model S and X are priced like super cars.

Model 3 is impractical, being a Sedan/Saloon with a fixed rear wall behind the rear seats (it's not a hatchback)

Model Y is the only one that's both practical and mildly affordable (it's still overpriced) - but you'd be better served by a BYD Atto3 for a third of (~AU$35k) the price and the same build quality.

(Atto1 is about a quarter of the price AU$24k vs. AU$96k, but it's not the same build quality, Atto1 is built-to-a-price and that price is low...) (none of the listed prices are drive-away)

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[–] Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

Tesla has manufacturing quality problems. I'd rather a Japanese or Korean EV.

[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago
[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Lol.

Imagine your career tanking because your boss is publicly a Nazi dipshit.

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[–] modestmeme@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

San Francisco has new Teslas in droves, oddly. Not sure who is buying them.

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