EV sales in the region are growing, but not for Tesla.

Early car sales data for January is starting to arrive from countries across the pond, and they paint an alarming picture for Tesla. Sales are crashing in France, Germany, and the UK—all affluent countries that are key markets for Tesla’s electric vehicles. Coming on the heels of a large financial miss, it’s just one more problem for the automaker.

    • casmael@lemm.eeEnglish
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      6 hours ago

      When would you say was the point where it became really obvious that musk was an extremely bad person? Because for a while there he had a great pr team and was widely regarded as ‘the eccentric maverick shaking up the EV industry’. Any watershed you’d point to?

      • rumschlumpel@feddit.orgEnglish
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        6 hours ago

        He called a thai cave diver a pedophile in 2018, which pretty much started the complete crumbling of his image as … well, not a complete asshole.

      • P00ptart@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 hours ago

        Fighting the union at Tesla was a big one for me. But you’re right, he did have great pr early on.