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[โ€“] danc4498@lemmy.world 80 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (5 children)

Iโ€™m gonna need England and Italy to pump them numbers up.

[โ€“] Scrollone@feddit.it 32 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

In Italy the percentage is low because not many Teslas are sold anyway

That's not how percentages work, doofus.

[โ€“] Emperor@feddit.uk 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I believe it is to do with the difference in the starting number of registrations but would need to see the data broken down.

[โ€“] Damage@feddit.it 17 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

We weren't buying them from the start.

Italy poor.

[โ€“] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm poor.
That's my reason for not buying a Tesla, though.

[โ€“] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago

Did you a word, or would you buy one of you had money?

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[โ€“] kreskin@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

UK and Italy are evidently full of bastards.

[โ€“] Perish@lemm.ee 15 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Or weren't buying many to begin with ๐Ÿค”

[โ€“] Elkot@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

No they're right, we're bastards

[โ€“] DmMacniel@feddit.org 9 points 2 weeks ago

Bloody bastards even.

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[โ€“] Peer@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Thatโ€™s not how percentages work.

[โ€“] wewbull@feddit.uk 5 points 2 weeks ago

It's not, but there's probably another proportion of the overall community that are "I like Musk and I have money, so I'm going to buy a car". That number isn't related to the previous number of sales, so if sales are already low that "arsehole" number would become more significant.

It's a made up example, but just saying there may be ways in which the sales won't drop below an absolute number.

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[โ€“] Litebit@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

why is Felon Musk not getting fired for poor performance.

[โ€“] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Iโ€™ve heard from Germany but are there any articles about Spain? Spain seems to hate musk in particular, me gusta

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[โ€“] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

This is interesting! Spain and Portugal had in fact a slight rise where others had drops, just a few weeks ago in similar illustrations, but are now among the biggest drops. How can that be?

[โ€“] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 weeks ago

I make a point of never trusting internet information until I personally verify it. Particularly these maps, which are nearly always incorrect or misleading. The internet is full of worthless information. Mining for diamonds is the only means of finding anything even bordering on worthwhile in this garbage pit filled with AI, spam, and propagandists.

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[โ€“] Inucune@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Fuck Elon, but I am starting to feel bad for the guys who just wanted to make an electric car. They didn't deserve to get wrapped up in this monkey's paw. I hope they got out while they could.

[โ€“] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

Ive heard literally 0 shit being flung at the people who work at Tesla. This is the first time I even considered whether this was bad for them.

They likely are losing money though since I think part of their pay is in stock. The stock is overvalued though still.

I dont know, if I worked for Tesla I'd probably consider this a wash.

[โ€“] sinnsykfinbart@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

These numbers are outdated, Tesla are back at the top of sales for March in Norway. Such a shame

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[โ€“] alexcleac@szmer.info 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Interestingly, I do not see quite a bit of European countries, including Poland, Czechia, etc

Feels like either an attempt of manipulation, or lack of research

[โ€“] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If you do speak Czech, Polish etcetera then maybe you can find those numbers. It's not easy for someone who doesn't.

[โ€“] IMALlama@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

This is the second result for me when I used this duck duck go query

In January 2025, according to PZPM data, 1,121 new electric vehicles were registered in Poland, which is 0.4% more than a year earlier. In January, against the background of a calm in the market, Tesla showed an impressive decrease in car shipments to customers - by 48.8% to just 103 units. For comparison, in 2024, about 4,500 new Teslas were registered, which gave the American brand almost a 27% share in the Polish market of new electric passenger cars. In January 2025, this share decreased to 9.2%.

[โ€“] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 weeks ago

You gonna have to pump those numbers down, those are rookie numbers.

[โ€“] Pirata@lemm.ee 9 points 3 weeks ago

If you're having doubts about how much this movement is working, remember this chart. Keep the boycott going!

[โ€“] projektilski@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm ashamed of the UK and Italy.

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France and Spain FTW

[โ€“] Formfiller@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Italy and the uk need to step it up

[โ€“] FourWaveforms@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago

You love to see it

[โ€“] Libb@jlai.lu 6 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I won't cry for Musk, quite the contrary... But I also don't know how important the EU as a market is for Tesla?

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Thatโ€™s just January, just when fElon was just getting started.

[โ€“] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

What numbers would cause them to go bankrupt? I can't imagine any business surviving such significant losses for very long.

[โ€“] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (8 children)

Tesla has something like 40b in cash, and makes more profit on their vehicles than everyone, even at these lower prices, except for companies like Porsche.

You could probably halve their total sales and they'd still be fine financially.

The stock would be another story though.

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[โ€“] Emperor@feddit.uk 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

What numbers would cause them to go bankrupt?

They'll shrink in size but will always be a big player in the EV market.

The main question is: how big a decline will be required for the board to boot Musk out?

[โ€“] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

but will always be a big player in the EV market.

Not for long if their sales continue to tank, because that revenue will be going to other manufacturers, who will become bigger than tesla, eventually.

And I don't simply want Musk out. He'd still be rich because of Tesla. I want the company to fold completely. I want his fortunes to be zero, and his influence to be less than zero.

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Dataisbeautiful

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