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[–] melfie@lemmy.zip 4 points 32 minutes ago

Reading Tesla workers shared images from car cameras, including “scenes of intimacy” was enough to put me off Tesla. The build quality being garbage and Musk also being a garbage human being make the company just a complete waste of space.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 1 points 24 minutes ago

I am hoping these end up as ICE vehicles. 🔒 🔥

[–] devolution@lemmy.world 39 points 16 hours ago

Who wants to buy a vehicle that funds the fourth Reich?

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 10 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

It seems like there's a market for a company that will buy Teslas ultra cheap, modifies them heavily, then rebadges them like Alpine does for Renault, AMG does / did for Mercedes, Abarth for Fiat, etc.

These days those are all subsidiaries of the main brand, and even before that they had a cooperative relationship with the main brand. But, I can imagine a setup where the main brand doesn't support or approve of what the modifier company does.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I suggest the rebadged name should be Antifa.

Even better, Tesla and all other Musk businesses should be forced into bankruptcy.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 1 points 46 minutes ago (2 children)

Shouldn't a rebadged Tesla be an Edison?

[–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 1 points 29 minutes ago

Already taken.

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 1 points 29 minutes ago

Considering that they use DC internally Tesla was never a good name.

[–] xenomor@lemmy.world 103 points 20 hours ago (9 children)

You got to be a special kind of asshole if you’re buying a Tesla these days.

Not only that, you sort of have to hate having money.

With the cyber trucks having shit glued on them all over the place the company just seems laughable.

If I'm putting down (potentially) luxury car money I better damned well have a luxury car.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 39 points 18 hours ago

Their Q1 sales were actually up over last year. It's insane.

The same kind of pieces of shit that still use Twitter.

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[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 211 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

The Sieg Heiling Space Karen genius could not have foreseen this. Is that right?

[–] manxu@piefed.social 100 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Remember when he told his advertisers to fuck off, and then two weeks later sued them because they fucked off? That's the depth of this man's genius!!!

[–] Tetsuo@jlai.lu 33 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

And he lost the case obviously...

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[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 14 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

From what Elon says to shareholders, Tesla is going to pivot to becoming a humanoid robot production company anyway, the cars are just a sideline. They axed two models when they announced that.

[–] No1@aussie.zone 22 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Tesla is a ~~car company~~
Tesla is a ~~battery company~~
Tesla is a robot company <---- you are here

[–] Thunderbird4@lemmy.world 1 points 26 minutes ago

Don’t forget when they were a roofing company, too.

[–] suicidaleggroll@lemmy.world 11 points 10 hours ago
  1. Tesla is a ~~car company~~
  2. Tesla is a ~~battery company~~
  3. Tesla is a robot company <---- you are here
  4. Tesla is a ~~company~~

One can hope at least

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 26 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

How did that happen? When I worked at the Fremont plant, we were only putting together vehicles that had already been sold. Did they swap from lean manufacturing to the normal, wasteful "just keep making shit perpetually" model? 🤔

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 28 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

They are cashing in production tax incentives and cooking the books. GM did the same thing 2008 before it all collapsed.

Elon was hoping everyone would just forget his antics.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

GM did the same thing 2008 before it all collapsed.

Along with financial chicanery, the only part of GM that was profitable was GMAC. Their shitty cars are loss-leaders for a predatory finance operation.

[–] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

He’s trying to wrap it all under SpaceX and walk away with a bag when it goes public.

[–] Redvenom@retrolemmy.com 21 points 18 hours ago

I would rather walk than buy a tesla

[–] Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world 50 points 21 hours ago (12 children)

Elon couldn't pay me to buy a Tesla. I like EVs. It's not about the technology. It's entirely about Elon. I'd rather buy Japanese or South Korean, thank you.

[–] Diva@lemmy.ml 19 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

I'd rather buy a Chinese one, but mr Biden made that impossible.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 6 points 16 hours ago

i have a BYD here in Australia.

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[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 21 hours ago

They're already sitting on them, they should finish the job and shove them right up their asses.

[–] Draegur@lemmy.zip 81 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

At this point i no longer care if they lower the price until they're free. They will have to sell them as scrap at a loss. I will never, ever, ever buy a Tesla.

[–] Thunderbird4@lemmy.world 2 points 31 minutes ago

Oh, don’t worry. He can just buy them from himself using taxpayer money via subsidies from his other company like he did last year. If you’re an American taxpayer, you’ve already bought one.

[–] No1@aussie.zone 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

At one point I was considering buying a Tesla. Then I didn't like Musk, but felt I could justify buying a used Tesla, as it wasn't giving him any money.

Then Nazi salute and DOGE and lol, nope. I won't even uber a Tesla.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

felt I could justify buying a used Tesla, as it wasn’t giving him any money

He'll still get money for the subscribable services scam and dealer service.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 12 points 18 hours ago

I will drive a free tesla

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