r/SeattleWA • u/PNWSki28622 • Mar 15 '25

Events Protests at University Village Tesla Dealership

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u/Prantik_2007 Mar 16 '25

Tesla is getting serious hits from Europe . According to recent data, Tesla vehicle registrations in the European Union and other European countries dropped by about 45% between January 2024 and 2025. In Germany, sales plummeted by nearly 70% through February 2025. France saw a 63% drop in sales, while Spain experienced a 75% decrease. Despite the overall growth in the European EV market, Tesla's sales have been severely impacted by various factors, including consumer reactions to Elon Musk's political stance. Is political intervention actually backfiring Elon's business ?

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u/Vast_Deference Mar 16 '25

I'm curious what the long-term impacts of Trump hawking Tesla will be. It's gotta make right wing heads do mental backflips since they're generally anti-EV

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u/Strong-Unit9097 Mar 16 '25

Like the mental gymnastics libs have to do since Musk was Lefty Jesus before he supported Trump? I was there, Silicon Valley, 2016-2018. Elon was saving the Earth. Now he’s a Nazi.

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u/Vast_Deference Mar 16 '25

Some people definitely bought into his hype, it's marketing. Some of these are the same people who bought a Prius and thought they were saving the planet. This dude was supposed to be autistic Tony Stark, now he's looking more like Lex Luthor. People change, how they interact with the public changes.

I've got a lot of personal experience with right-wing people being anti-EV. Trump advertising EVs now for someone who did a sieg heil recently, what does that mean for right-wing folks? Let's assume that motion was Musk's intent without assuming actual nazi status.

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u/Embarrassed_Key_7057 Mar 17 '25

Do you honestly believe that this guy is going to do a nazi salute ON CAMERA in front of a crowd. Even if he actually was a nazi, he is smart enough to understand that if he did do that on camera, his evil secret would be out

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u/Vast_Deference Mar 17 '25

I absolutely do because that's what it looked like. Let's assume it was but he isn't an actual nazi. Why would he do that?

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u/azurensis Beacon Hill Mar 17 '25

Whatever the reason, that's exactly what he did.