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[–] [email protected] 113 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I hope Tesla completely collapses. Will enjoy seeing Musks wealth and influence fade

[–] [email protected] 88 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I fear he is now in position to force goverment to buy his shit cars. Cybertrucks for cops etc.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He is, otherwise he will get funds in some way or another. Rich people can't become poor today.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

If tesla failed and just lost his entire position...

He would still be a billionaire lol

These people can at fail. They are the system

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That would be amazing. Cybertruck cops? They'll be letting everyone go when the trucks breaks down.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

you mean "police needs to buy more cybertrucks, so they always have a bunch of spares when they break down due to a puddle"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Ha, you think that the backups even arrive to replace/repair? They'll break down in transit!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm torn on this one. On the one hand, fuck Musk. On the other hand, the US replacing huge fleets of gas vehicles with electric and building out all the attendant infrastructure would be a huge climate win.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Plus, it's a vehicle that's likely to be shit for its owner, so I'm cool with cops having them en mass

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Round about way to defund them, force them to spend funding on maintaining overpriced junk.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah probably, but if this forces Tesla to close all factories outside America.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lol it was like this with Twitter and Kamala. You guys live in a bubble m this isn't the real world.

Twitter didn't collapse and Kamala lost.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The real world is seeing Tesla sales nosedive. Did you read the primary article? 🤔

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 month ago

I've seen the figures, it's a small average percentage drop from year on year.

Which is expected as inflation and general costs increase, causing less sales of luxury products like Tesla's