• hopesdead
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    42 months ago

    I just want to stop seeing a storm of them when I am on a road. I can’t seem to drive anywhere without seeing approximately 10 within a single hour.

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    I guarantee that in a few months, mark my words, he will not be in DOGE anymore, he will pivot to the Left, and SHE will come out as trans.

    I would almost willingly put money on this.

    Edit: Not sure why I"m being downvoted on this, I’m not saying “Elon’s bad so he must secretly be a leftist.”

    I’m saying he’s transphobic in a “Methinks the Lady doeth protest too much way”, and that he has no loyalty to anyone or anything outside of what he thinks will get him attention. So if he is rejected by the Right, he’ll try to say he’s “Seen the light” and go to the Left.

    • Echo Dot
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      Are we writing fan fiction for the government now?

      I like how it follows the tradition of all fan fiction in being totally inconsistent with established personality traits.

    • @Bjornir@programming.dev
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      Why would he do that? He has the closest thing to absolute power that existed since the independance of the US, without even getting elected and he would loose everything : the non-Nazis won’t forget what he did, and the Nazis won’t accept him.

      • Queen HawlSera
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        Let me be more specific.

        I think he will be kicked out of DOGE because of all the controversy and Trump’s own distaste for him. That between this and firing so many people who voted for Trump, Elon will become Persona Non Grata to the Right, pivot to the Left searching for some group willing to give him attention…

        And in doing so, he will finally come out as trans… and be mercilessly mocked by the Right over it.

        He will never find a group that accepts him (well her at this point), because we’ll still remember all the horrible things she did.

        And sort of find herself in the same kind of limbo Caitlyn Jenner is in where Nazis hate her because she’s trans, and Non-Nazis hate her because she’s transphobic.

        This is how I’m convinced Elon’s story will end. Just how I feel like this is going down.

        • Echo Dot
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          Trump hired him in the first place so I don’t think he’s going to get kicked out because of Trump’s distaste. Trump doesn’t care about people he only cares about himself and Elon is useful to him.

          If he gets kicked out it’ll be because he became a risk to Trump probably because he tried to take Trump on.

          • Queen HawlSera
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            12 months ago

            Trump has demenetia and is prone to undoing things he did, but blaming the initial thing he did that he now regrets on an outside party.

        • @ECB@feddit.org
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          I can see what you’re saying, but at this point Elon is the most powerful person in the US, and certainly more powerful than any politician (even Trump).

          I don’t think everyone realizes how unbelievably, dangerously rich Elon is. The dude is a moron, but he has enough money to buy out all of our politicians many many times over.

          • Queen HawlSera
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            Sadly I didn’t take that into account…

            Elon might have the world’s most kickable-dick, but his money spends just like anyone else’s. Only difference is he has a lot more of it, it’s his googolplex to our zilch and that’s not good. How’d he even get that rich, I know he had an Emerald Mine, but fuck was it a Chaos Emerald mine or some shit?

    • cabbage
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      42 months ago

      That’s @Daojoan@mastodon.social, for those who can follow Mastodon handles. Worth following!

      • Bonus
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        32 months ago

        Thanks. I’m still figuring all this stuff out.

  • @Blackmist@feddit.uk
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    902 months ago

    It is mental that a man worth billions in mostly electric car companyv shares is courting people who would run their cars on coal if they could.

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      I would too, but you have to understand why the USA is blocking these cars from coming in. The cost of these cheap EVs are not based off of supply and demand. Its not even this cheap because of effectiveness or efficiencies. Its from the CCP subsidies. The CCP wants to dump on the competition in efforts to kill off anyone making a car, then start jacking up the price after they have market share.

      • @madcaesar@lemmy.world
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        I’m also pretty sure their security / safety standards are pure ass. I barely trust our automakers, I sure as shit don’t trust the fucking CCP

        • @jaschen@lemm.ee
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          I live in Taiwan and we call those China made cars tofu cars. Their domestic cars are terrible. So many of them are going out of business because the the CCP lowered down the subsidies.

          I won’t be caught dead in one.

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        My dude the US subsidizes the shit out of its electric car industry. When someone brings up “supply and demand” and just tries to pretend that the economy is exactly what they learned in their econ101 class.

        They are doing the tarrifs on Chinese EVS because (1) they can’t compete on price and (2) the Chinese EVS are just a superior product.

        You’re right on China though. They are just doing exactly what the US has done for decades. It’s just that the US doesn’t like having to actually compete with another country. So instead of actually making better and cheaper cars they instead just decide to tell the American people “nah, looks like you’re just being a shit Tesla”

        The US loves to say “free market” but notice how they don’t allow a free market to force their industry to actually innovate and compete.

        China is not “cheating” by subsidizing it’s industry. That’s literally just standard shit every government does. Thats just an excuse. America is subsidizing it’s EVs too. They just have worse EVs.

        • @800XL@lemmy.world
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          Trump is all about removing regulations and stated “for every new regulation, 10 must be revoked.” During his first term it was 2. He is moving the market that way, and boy oh boy is it going to suck for the consumer and small companies that want to compete.

        • @jaschen@lemm.ee
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          22 months ago

          So much to unpack here but I’ll do my best to address everything you’re saying here.

          1- Chinese cars can’t compete in price: yes because China has been dumping subsidies into the market, inflating the supply. China dumped 231 billion dollars into EVs from 2009 to 2023. Over 500 electric car brands were created due to this injection. There is only are less than 100 left after China stopped the subsidies.

          2- The Chinese EV are a superior product: which one of the 500 car companies are you referring to? outside ofthe top China brands (Geely, BYD), they all sorta suck.

          China is doing is state sponsored “dumping”. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumping_(pricing_policy) which artificially reduces prices to gain market share and has a negative effect on the industry. Every country in the world, not just the US, has an anti dumping policy, including China.

          While we the consumer would love to spend pennies on the dollar for an electric cars, the effect is only temporary and when we start losing car companies due to this practice, prices always, ALWAYS, are higher after we lose competition.

          Anti dumping policies is not hindering free market. The second you inject 231 billion dollars of government subsidies into an industry, is the second it no longer becomes a free market.

          Yes, the USA has also has given subsidies. In total about 30 billion dollars. A drop in the bucket on the 231 billion the CCP has injected.

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            Would love to know where you’re getting your numbers from for the US and China. I surely hope it’s not just the AI response on top of Google. But that’s what it seems like. You’d literally have to write a whole research paper to get a good comparison because these are heavily consumer based subsidies within each country and China just has a much larger market it sells to heavily inflating the credit because of population. Also, you didn’t list a date range for your 30 Billion number.

            You also have to account for state level subsidies and tax credits in the US in addition to Federal programs, grants, loans, etc. Would love to read a paper on this if you have a source.

            But, even using your numbers 30 Billion (something I don’t think is accounting for State or EV infrastructure spending; but again, I’d like to see a source) is not a “drop in the bucket”. It’s 13% of what you listed for China over 14 years. Interestingly enough China also outselling the US in terms of market share. Comparing the subsidies of a country that owns the plurality of the market to one that does not is silly. Subsidies are going to increase WITH sales. China is selling significantly more cars. You’d have to compare the subsidies and adjust them based on units sold.

            Doing some “Google AI response results” myself China is selling about 8x more EVs than the US (in 2023).

            Hmmm. 8x30 = 240 billion. Weird. Again, I’m not taking my numbers seriously but I’m not taking your numbers seriously either because you didn’t sight a source, adjust for units sold, or give a date range for your US numbers.

            But you’re just not comparing this correctly. You HAVE to adjust for units sold. Which you are not.

      • @Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtf
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        That’s only half the truth though. The main reason why they’re so cheap is because they manufacture everything in the supply chain themselves. Everything. They have their own mines for their resources, they make their own batteries (which they’ve been doing for ages), they make their own electronics, they make their own software etc. They also have a completely different mindset. For them they are rolling electrical devices with some software. They don’t need the knowhow of the traditional car manufacturers. And then they bought the Audi designer along with his entire team to make the cars look good.

        Edit: I’m talking about BYD. The rest is pretty much irrelevant.

        • @jaschen@lemm.ee
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          Yes, there are efficiencies since all the tech is pretty close, but that pales in comparison to the sheer dollars injected into the industries. 231 billion dollars. Compare that to the 2nd closest investment into a car manufacturer which is the USA at 30 billion.

          Each one of these new 500+ car manufacturers produced cars at a loss. Not because efficiencies. Because of subsidies. In some cases, not even sold at all. https://youtu.be/vplPmxVRcnk

          Here in Taiwan, we get unfiltered China news.

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      You can fellate Winnie the Pooh on your own time. It comes with its own whole set of problems.

      Edit: Come at me tankies. You’re morons for giving a single dollar to the CCP.

      • @LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee
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        Nothing quite says “American Capitalist bootlicker” more than proudly paying more for an inferior product while complaining that it’s the Communists fault.

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    Remember 2015? A Tesla parked in your driveway told your neighbours that you valued innovation, that you possessed an environmental conscience, that you had a stake in the future of the planet. The cars weren’t perfect, but they meant something. They represented hope - for clean energy, EVs, and a world beyond fossil fuels.

    This was me years go. I knew climate change was real and an imminent threat. I wanted to vote with my wallet for a cleaner future. I also wanted to strike a blow against the National Automotive Dealers Association for their regressive practices that hurt consumers and drive prices for cars higher for everyone. Buying a Tesla did those things. I charge the car on sunlight from my house. I don’t have to support the petroleum industry’s damage to environment and people around the world. I was proud to be doing something rather than just talking about needs for changes against climate change.

    Musk doesn’t get any of my money from this car. I don’t pay for any of the Tesla monthly services. I’m don’t want to be seen driving with a Tesla logo on the car. I’m ashamed that my good intentions funded a fascist.

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      Maybe it’s time to get better at researching companies before major decisions. Do you have a system in place for doing background research on future large purchases?

      That shame is no use unless it helps you update your behavior. Shame about a “one-off” decision in the past will continue to nag you until you figure out how to avoid the same mistake in the future.

      So how can you avoid realizing ten years out that some big purchase you made supported someone you disagree with? How can you do it in advance?

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        Don’t be a dick. No one’s going around investigating the corporate culture of every parent corporation that they buy their product from because they’d be at it all damn day.

        Did you even watch The Good Place that’s the whole point of the show, you can’t be a “good” person based on absolute morals, because it’s impossible in the 21st century as the world is too complicated.

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        When you can predict the behavior of a company 10 years out, you pet me know. I’ll make you my banker.

        Until then, that whole comment is hot garbage.

    • @scarabic@lemmy.world
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      It’s crystal clear to me that Tesla played an important role at a key time, and pivoted the industry. The technology to do so had been there for a while but they lacked the will and they needed an innovator to scare them into action. Tesla did that. However, that role is now complete. I am flabbergasted that anyone still values this stock. Even setting aside this recent downturn in sales due to their brand going necrotic, they were already overmatched by the flood of competition coming their way. If major manufacturers don’t eat Tesla’s lunch, Chinese upstarts will. They can’t survive. They won’t survive. Even their supposed software advantage on self-driving has turned out to be a fraud, and the Simpertruck is a high profile failure. I’m glad that the stock hasn’t died yet though, because the rest of the world is still completing the transition to EVs, and the death of Tesla might put a chill on that. But in a few years, yeah, Tesla will blow away on the wind like so much dust.

      • @Grippler@feddit.dk
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        Many bought Tesla’s years before elon went full crazy-person, yet people are still vandalising their cars, calling them Nazi-slurs and saying they should be ashamed.

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      I came really close back then, had a deposit but canceled due to realizing I had a perfectly good old car and didn’t “need” one at the time. Hindsight says I lucked out.

      If I did get it, and still had it (I would, I keep cars for 10+ years), I would probably rebadge it as an indicator of my dislike for what the brand has become.

      I’d actually love to see a rebadging campaign by dissatisfied owners.

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      This is me too. I have two of them bought and paid for and people just don’t get it: I went all in on this and you can just sell for 15% of purchase price, I still have mobility needs. More to the point my swasticar still has access to the best charging network on the market and even if I COULD just sell, it’s not cut and dry. It’s easy to shit on Tesla, but it’s still the best offering in the EV market for long range driving. And even if it was not, like fuck me I can’t time travel. Most people who flame have no idea what the actual hell they are talking about.

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      There is no shame in your ownership of the vehicle based on your intentions; I would humbly assert that anger is a more appropriate reaction to the current leadership of the company that made it. If strangers judge you, that’s on them.

      If I had had the means to purchase one 10+ years ago, I would have. Most people who claim they wouldn’t are not being honest with themselves or disapproved of the virtue signaling associated with them at the time.

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      Musk still gets some money if you ever need parts. I had to replace the heater and went to non tesla shop. Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to get a used heater so I had to buy a new part.

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    We all know what’s going to happen, Elon just going to get a “government contract”, where he can make it so that teslas will be the main vehicle manufacturer for government.

  • @MisanthropiCynic@lemm.ee
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    Ironically, the EV’s suck and are for commies crowd are now lauding Tesla as the best vehicle on the market

    Musk aside, Tesla cars have always been pretty shoddy

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      It’s not ironic necessarily. It’s more the morons that hated EVs and Musk hated them because Trump did. Now that Trump loves them, they love them.

      They’re just weak-minded easily manipulated sheep who hurt when they have to think for themselves and they’d rather be told what to think.

    • @Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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      In the same sense that the kubelwagen was a nazi car. Now that I think about it, the kubelwagen kinda has similar lines to the cybertruck.

    • @Kbobabob@lemmy.world
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      If you took a handgun from a Nazi, wouldn’t that be a Nazi handgun?

      I didn’t think they are saying the car chose to be a Nazi

      • @doodledup@lemmy.world
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        The audacity calling me a Nazi. You don’t know anything about me. Rekativising the atrocities Hitler has done by using Nazism as a common term. You don’t know anything.

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        I’m voicing my opinion about titles like that. They are posted here to invoke a reaction. 99% of commenters here haven’t read the article. The title is the whole reason why it’s posted.

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            Again

            Nazism, formally named National Socialism, is the far-right totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany.

            You Americans need to stop using strong words you have no idea about. You can call him far-right douchebag.

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              Nazism, formally named National Socialism, is the far-right totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany.

              elon and all his simps are nazis.

              You can call him far-right douchebag.

              I will continue calling him a nazi because that’s all he is. If it embarrasses you to have elon self-identify as a nazi by saluting like a nazi twice, good.

              All you’re doing here is gatekeeping nazism. Gatekeeping your party.

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    Bs. The Chinese in Richmond BC don’t give a af about whiny white leftist problems.