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[โ€“] [email protected] 83 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Both right wing as fuck.

[โ€“] [email protected] 33 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

That's not how percentages work, doofus.

[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 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€“] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

We weren't buying them from the start.

Italy poor.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

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

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[โ€“] [email protected] 43 points 2 weeks ago

Related:

The Growing Tesla Takedown Protest This Weekend & Next Weekend

In Europe:

Globally:

https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/teslatakedown

[โ€“] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

UK and Italy are evidently full of bastards.

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

No they're right, we're bastards

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Bloody bastards even.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Thatโ€™s not how percentages work.

[โ€“] [email protected] 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€“] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

why is Felon Musk not getting fired for poor performance.

[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 2 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€“] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago (3 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€“] [email protected] 13 points 2 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€“] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 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€“] [email protected] 10 points 2 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€“] [email protected] 13 points 2 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€“] [email protected] 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.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 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€“] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm ashamed of the UK and Italy.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

France and Spain FTW

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Italy and the uk need to step it up

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 2 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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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

You love to see it

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Dataisbeautiful

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

Is turkey considered part of Europe?

Asking as an American so I understand this.

Edit: thank you everybody that replied and my question is asked incorrectly. I meant if it was part of the EU.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

geographically some of it is.

"Europe" doesnt always mean "European Union"

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, the European part of the country is part of Europe and the rest of the country is in Asia. Source: I listened in middle school.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I see.

Can you provide a link to your middle school source?

/s

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Turkey has asked to join the EU already. It was denied last time but something tells me next time they may be very welcome instead.
(hint: Turkey has the second biggest army in NATO right after the USA and has the most active/quickly growing weapon/armament industry in Europe too)

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think a change of government would be required as Erdogan is only getting more authoritarian. I suspect this is partly because he knows the backlash is coming, but that may lead to even harsher crack downs on decent and he could go full Putin. The EU wouldn't want that hot mess inside their borders.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

And this is the European bit of Istanbul:

https://istanbul.tips/guide-about-european-side-of-istanbul-things-to-do-see-how-to-get-around/

It is where most of the key historical buildings are, and I've always had accommodation there (my uncle lived there too). If you are flying in, you'll usually arrive at the main airport, which is also on the European side. If you are foolish to use EasyJet they use an airport on the Asian side which is an awful long way out of the city and involves driving through mile after mile of new tower blocks that are a worry in an earthquake zone (earthquakes are moving westward along the North Anatolian Fault and Istanbul will likely be hit next - it'll be horrific).

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