Tesla's European car sales nosedive for fifth month as customers switch to Chinese EVs
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Root for better public transport and active cities instead of car dependency
Living in the boonies, I'm never going to get a bus going by every ten minutes so a solid market for good EVs is still what I root for.
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Currently only proper options for EV is either Tesla, Korean EV's (KIA, Hyundai) or Chinese. European and japanese EV's are imo shit at the moment. Teslas I will avoid like plague, due to Nazis. KIA's and Hyundai's are so hard to get, so I am really considering getting BYD, Polestar or XPeng.
Why's that? I drove a Cupra Born last week, pretty decent imo. I also drove a VW ID3 and a BMW i3. So far the only European EV I didn't like was the Audi e-tron. I haven't driven a Korean or Chinese EV yet, so I can't really compare. What do you prefer about them?
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Living in the boonies, I'm never going to get a bus going by every ten minutes so a solid market for good EVs is still what I root for.
Of course, public transport has a limit and we can root for both as well, including protected bike lanes even in the boonies like we successfully see in the Netherlands
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Well - I would hope. But that's not the same as putting it in there is it.
"Tesla sales drop as EU consumers choose Chinese brands plus Musk is y'know WINK"
I mean, I can see why they didn't go with that one but still. There are plenty of people who don't understand Elmo is an out-and-out nazi, cozy with putin and Peter Thiel and will destroy the country as soon as possible. Not mentioning him and his drugged-out asinine ideas in the headline is a missed opportunity.
The title isn't there to tell the whole story though. It should give a high level summary and then the details are in the article. If you hypothetically put something like what you suggested, it still doesn't give all of the context, and the title would need to be longer to include the history of Musk, his drug use, his position with Tesla, etc, and you can't put that all in the title. I'm all for dunking on that Nazi whenever we can, but I personally don't think that the title of this article deserves any criticism, especially in the age of clickbait titles that don't give anything, this one is decently descriptive.
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The title isn't there to tell the whole story though. It should give a high level summary and then the details are in the article. If you hypothetically put something like what you suggested, it still doesn't give all of the context, and the title would need to be longer to include the history of Musk, his drug use, his position with Tesla, etc, and you can't put that all in the title. I'm all for dunking on that Nazi whenever we can, but I personally don't think that the title of this article deserves any criticism, especially in the age of clickbait titles that don't give anything, this one is decently descriptive.
I’ll give you that. I just want more. Elmo’s such a stain that not factoring it directly to Tesla-going-down stories seems like skimping.
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Currently only proper options for EV is either Tesla, Korean EV's (KIA, Hyundai) or Chinese. European and japanese EV's are imo shit at the moment. Teslas I will avoid like plague, due to Nazis. KIA's and Hyundai's are so hard to get, so I am really considering getting BYD, Polestar or XPeng.
The Ford Mach E is a good EV.
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Currently only proper options for EV is either Tesla, Korean EV's (KIA, Hyundai) or Chinese. European and japanese EV's are imo shit at the moment. Teslas I will avoid like plague, due to Nazis. KIA's and Hyundai's are so hard to get, so I am really considering getting BYD, Polestar or XPeng.
I have a Cadillac lyriq and I love it.
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I think it also has to do with the economy, not just nazi salutes. Its a bad job market, people dont have money, so luxary cars are not going to be attractive.
Also there is hardly any reason to buy a Tesla... Volvo recharge and others are better cars, made by actual car companies with a good reputation for quality.
There are plenty of Europeans that still have money. These are aimed at the upper upper classes and people in those strata have not been feeling the economic pinch the way many of us have.
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Hitler was "incendiary" and "political" but I think there's a four-letter word so much better, so much more concise, that this wording is actual disinformation.
Journalists do Nazi what you're talking about.
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China famously doesn't have a far-right problem, unlike the EU or the USA, what are you talking about?
unless you for some reason like leftist dictator who would like to rule the world more than the right one, there isn't really practical difference in this
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the country of free market capitalism...
Oddly libertarians never acknowledge that market leaders ask for theses things. The biggest threat to the free market are capitalists themselves.
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Oddly libertarians never acknowledge that market leaders ask for theses things. The biggest threat to the free market are capitalists themselves.
American libertarianism is just a form of nationalism mixed with a strong dose of "don't nose into muh life"
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Good, continue with the downward spiral.
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I own BYD and it is a great car. Very pleased with it.
how many cameras does it have? be pleased about all your, and your neighbourhoods everydays be uploaded to china, to train face recognition and whatever else
I hate teslas, but byd's are not even slightly better in my eyes.
I don't like the feeling that we may never see a consumer friendly EV anymore, but only ones that exploit their users in any ways they can
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Journalists do Nazi what you're talking about.
CNBC didn't here. So it's a lie.
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Why's that? I drove a Cupra Born last week, pretty decent imo. I also drove a VW ID3 and a BMW i3. So far the only European EV I didn't like was the Audi e-tron. I haven't driven a Korean or Chinese EV yet, so I can't really compare. What do you prefer about them?
I currently drive Seat Mii, which is good small EV for city, but for long ranges VW and BMW are behind. Audi's EV have been disasters. Cupras look good, but because I already have small EV, it doesn't fit my use case .
ID's could be ok, but they are over priced in my opinion (at least here).
Edit: for context id4's starting price is 43k€ here in Finland. 60k€ for id7.
Edit2: Ok started looking those Chinese brands prices also if you buy them here and they are also priced in same range, so ID might be option then also
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The Ford Mach E is a good EV.
Only heard good things about them, but aren't they few generation's old now. Not that next gen is always better, but EV's have gone quite big generational steps.
Edit: and for context I drove Seat Mii at the moment and I love it to pieces, but it works only in city, not long range.
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Eh, ID7 and A6 are getting there. BMW i4 ain't bad either.
All those are unfortunately so expensive here that I can only dream. And in my opinion over priced also.
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Others have addressed your other questions, but I want to add that the "coil whine" that irritates you is probably the car's slow-moving warning system. EVs are effectively silent at slow speeds because there is no engine noise or road noise, so they are required to make an annoying sound when maneuvering to get your attention. While it is an important safety feature, I agree some are very obnoxious.
I'm not sure if we're talking about the same sound as it's so high pitched that most people older than me are unable to even hear it while people my age or younger can clearly identify it. If that's supposed to be a warning system, it doesn't seem very good?
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Only heard good things about them, but aren't they few generation's old now. Not that next gen is always better, but EV's have gone quite big generational steps.
Edit: and for context I drove Seat Mii at the moment and I love it to pieces, but it works only in city, not long range.
I think it would be silly to assume Ford isn't updating the Mach E as it continues to produce it.
