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โ€žIf you dislike change, you're going to dislike irrelevance even moreโ€ - E.Shinseki ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท $TSLA tuna.

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3 years
Hereโ€™s a story about buying a generational stock early - and selling prematurely. $AAPL in the late 90โ€™s, Apple was practically broke. Steve Jobs was brought back to the lead the sinking company, but he had his work cut out for him. Apple was in dire straits.
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2 years
Germany will once again make the most popular car, soon ๐Ÿคฉ @elonmusk
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EV charging stations in Chicago inโ€ฆ. wait for it: 1916 ๐Ÿ‘€ we've wasted 100 years burning fossil fuels ๐Ÿ˜– @elonmusk (found on reddit user jjlew80)
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raise your diamond hand if you bought stonks from @elonmusk today ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ ๐Ÿ’Ž๐Ÿคš $TSLA #btfd
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had a chat with a logistics executive of a mid-sized german logistics company yesterday. โ€œso when are you getting the Tesla Semi?โ€ โ€œif the cost per km is confirmed, we want it yesterdayโ€ @freshjiva $TSLA
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what progress looks like โšก๏ธ๐Ÿš— โฆ @elonmusk โฉ
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you manage to charge your phone, right? youโ€™ll do just fine with an electric car ๐Ÿš—โšก๏ธ
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3 years
this epic rant by reddit user ComprehensiveYam is a great read. unions, Tesla workers, politicians, legacy OEMs, network effects & more - $TSLA in a nutshell.
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VW built around 100 electric T2 transporter prototypes in 1972. Range around 75 km and a swappable battery. They were being tested in actual use until 1978. We knew. And we blew it.
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Tesla ranked first among the most sought after car brands in Europe (basis: Google searches) Eastern Europe will come around, eventually ๐Ÿ˜„
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thereโ€™s a driving school in Berlin teaching the next generation to drive - in a Tesla Model 3.
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3 years
Legacy auto whining about lack of charging infrastructure. Meanwhile, Tesla be like ๐Ÿคญ (red = operational, grey = coming soon)
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The temptation to buy a Tesla Model Y is strong The urge to buy $TSLA is stronger ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿผ
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2 years
EV market share would still be at <0.1% had Tesla gone bankrupt during Model 3 ramp ๐Ÿ˜ฌ @elonmusk
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@fesshole return the wife
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"If Tesla really delivers on its promise, we will of course buy two trucks - one to take apart and one to test, because if it does come to pass, then something has passed us by.โ€ - Daimler Trucks CEO Martin Daum on Tesla Semi in 2018
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Tesla Semi defies laws of physics and is passing us by if true, says Daimler's head of trucks

Daimler has several electric truckย programs in the works and today it revealed the latest progress on theย eActros heavy-duty electric trucks....

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getting picked up in a Macan is kinda traumatizing for the UX nerd that I am. these buttons are going to haunt me in my nightmares. this thing feels like a goddamn dinosaur ๐Ÿคฏ
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2 years
after a day storming the ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Autobahn, my nagging suspicion was reconfirmed: Tesla Model 3 absolutely crushes it. Itโ€™s a seminal car in every respect @elonmusk
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I have yet to meet someone test driving a Tesla who did NOT want it as their next car
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You could now buy Exxon, and just close it down @elonmusk . Thatโ€™s one hard core way to accelerate the transition to sustainable energy! $XOM
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My brother picked up his Tesla Model S Plaid in Bielefeld ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช today. Itโ€™s a happy day and he utterly loves the brilliant car, but @Tesla really need to up their quality control game. Misaligned trunk, crooked interior panels, scratches on the paint, sloppy seals, etc.
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major ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช news magazine: โ€œHydrogen cars: the dream is overโ€ surprised? Outgoing Audi CEO Duesmann: โ€œH2 is simply absurdโ€ โœ…
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(S+) Brennstoffzellen-Pkw in der Krise: Wasserstoff โ€“ der Traum ist aus

Tanken fast wie bisher, aber aus dem Auspuff kommt nur Wasser: Brennstoffzellen-Autos galten lange als natรผrliche Nachfolger der Verbrenner. Warum ist daraus nichts geworden, trotz Milliardeninvest...

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2 years
you buying the crash? โœŒ๐Ÿป๐Ÿฅณ $TSLA
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if you release an interior like this one in 2023, youโ€™re beyond salvation
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3 years
If you want to know why #Hydrogen is stupid: You only need to walk around a single hydrogen pump.
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Wenn man wissen will warum #Wasserstoff dรคmlich ist: Man muss nur um eine einzige Zapfsรคule drumherum laufen.
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VW boss Mรผller on in-house battery production in 2016: โ€œWe certainly wonโ€™t be doing such nonsenseโ€ Ditto for Mercedes โคต๏ธ๐Ÿงต ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช carmakers were hampered by colossal strategic blunders at a time when it mattered most. These CEOS have blood on their hands
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VW-Chef Mรผller zur Batteriefertigung: So einen Blรถdsinn machen wir sicherlich nicht

VW-Chef Matthias Mรผller stellt sich strikt gegen eine eigene Batterieproduktion des Autobauers, meldet das Handelsblatt.

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why can Tesla crank out millions of cars with a heat pump, while legacy auto removes them (Audi, VW, BMW) due to the โ€œchip shortageโ€, or doesnโ€™t include them by default (Mercedes)? An EV without a heat pump is handicapped.
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a Porsche salesman: โ€œonce our customers have driven an electric Porsche, they are not ordering an ICE next time they come to the showroom. Theyโ€™re buying โšก๏ธ again.โ€ Porsche was bold in going electric, and itโ€™s paying off. Macan EV will sell like mad.
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you canโ€™t make this up: Toyotaโ€™s ๐—น๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐˜†๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป โ€˜๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ป-๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—นโ€™ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ Corolla racer won't be racing this weekend. Why, you may ask? A fire caused by a hydrogen leak & the thing went up in flames.
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Tesla, you get so many things right, but why, why do these small things seem unfixable? Iโ€™m aware it doesnโ€™t rain much in California, but cโ€™monโ€ฆ & thanks for the goldfish @Tesla @elonmusk
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Jason Cammisa on Cybertruck, and what's underneath: "The Taycan should go home. They should be humiliated! I'm sorry, Mercedes, that, like, if I look at what Mercedes has done to their company that we love so much, with the EQS. And the EQE. One of the worst consumer products
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dear LORD this Opel Corsa Electric cockpit looks like a diseased dungeon. This thing costs almost โ‚ฌ40.000 ๐Ÿซฃ
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Mercedes S-class infotainment: VHS Tesla infotainment: Netflix
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3 years
I've seen the future of gas stations and it looks like this ๐Ÿ”ฝ
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1 year
is it just me, or does this seem like the worst of both worlds?
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1 year
The new Android Auto is so nice ๐Ÿ”ฅ
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all oilโ€™s ever brought us is pain, suffering and pollution
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ICE cars were an improvement over mountains of horse shit in city streets. EVs are an improvement over gigatonnes of toxic ICE gases. Progress! โœ…
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I donโ€™t know what happened to Mercedes but I donโ€™t like it
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imagine having to pick between different grades of electricity ๐Ÿซข๐Ÿ˜‚
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1 year
VW salesman in Germany to a friend yesterday: โ€œTesla wonโ€™t make it much longer, theyโ€™ll be bankrupt soon. And Rocket Man bad. Iโ€™d never buy a Teslaโ€ anecdotal, of course, but denial is a powerful thing.
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1 year
Thread on why Hydrogen is the future of automotive ๐Ÿงตโคต๏ธ
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not Tesla is using huge amounts of water in Brandenburg, butโ€ฆ wait for it: a brown coal company. By a factor of 70, no less. Second place goes to an oil refinery ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ
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Die Braunkohle als Bremsklotze fรผr Brandenburgs' Wirtschaft trifft es รผbrigens besser.
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you canโ€™t make this up: insurer @AXA tries demonstrating the ๐Ÿ”ฅ dangers of EVs. a Tesla Model S goes up in flames - but the battery had been removed beforehand. how did it burn then? ๐Ÿค” why, the car was set ablaze by pyrotechnics, of course ๐Ÿงจ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ ๐Ÿงต
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Fake-Feuer bei Crash-Show: AXA entschuldigt sich โ€“ โ€žKeine Schรคden am Unterbodenโ€œ
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2 years
try selling a used ICE car in Norway โ€œgood luckโ€ ๐Ÿคฃ
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2 years
BMW i7โ€™s rear camera cleaning mechanism seemsโ€ฆ not entirely thought through
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Mercedes EQE, according to AutoCar: cramped interior, slowest charging, worst efficiency, most expensive, no frunk - but according to some random metric, the best car of the three ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ
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winner according to AutoCar?
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AutoCar with an article around Tesla's coming hatchback (which they dub Model 2, but itโ€™ll be Model Q, of course - right, @elonmusk ?)
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@AufstandLastGen BRAVO!! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป Klima ist gerettet!! (รผbrigens, seid ihr dumm?)
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3 years
your children will never buy an ICE vehicle
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2 years
a D.C. lobbyist, a longtime detractor of SpaceX, says โ€œItโ€™s like you keep saying โ€˜he canโ€™t do itโ€™ but it keeps working. It keeps working. I think people are scared. Heโ€™s starting to make people who were never believers think he might.โ€ ditto for FSD
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what makes me reliably bullish on $TSLA? spending a few minutes in a legacy OEM car ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฃ
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1 year
Mercedes interior quality isnโ€™t all that ๐Ÿซฃ๐Ÿ™„ โ€œthe best or nothingโ€ should be more than a bold claim, or else itโ€™s just hollow marketing (rental C200d footage from a friend)
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Hot take: Hydrogen will never be a viable option in transportation. Not in trucks. Not in airplanes. Not in trains. Not in ships. Not in cars. #Hydrogen is useful - only not in transportation.
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$TSLA bulls, stay humble ๐Ÿ’
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crashing into trucks delivering Teslas? $TSLAQ has really taken things too far now ๐Ÿฅบ @WholeMarsBlog
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Germany is suffering from a bad case of cognitive dissonance with its car industry. A cover article in Der Spiegel describes some of the misery. Clinging to the old ways would be economic suicide. But the temptation is great to delay the death of the lucrative combustion engine
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the guy who claimed @Daimler would show Tesla, Apple and Google 'how software is done', is leaving the company. Trouble in paradise? Just another sign legacy auto just canโ€™t get a grip on software and OS. @WholeMarsBlog @jpr007
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Mercedes-Digitalchef Sajjad Khan verlรคsst Daimler -
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these are the AC chargers hidden in London streetlights that King Charles mentioned. London has figured stuff out ๐Ÿ”‹ the irony is that some of them are made by Siemens ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
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After all the noise about e-fuels, here's someone who explains to the Germans, in their own language, where the business opportunities really are. #EV #charging
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Tesla Germany just sent an email, โ€œModel Y is now ready for delivery in Germanyโ€. I wish I had one on order ๐Ÿ˜„
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Tesla is building a multi-million Tesla Center in Dรผsseldorf ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช. Itโ€™s Teslaโ€™s first to-spec center in Germany, and will be used for sales, deliveries, and service repairs. This is to appeal to a wider audience than the initial pioneers. Good move!
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E-Autobauer aus den USA: Tesla baut groรŸen Standort an der Automeile in Dรผsseldorf

Der amerikanische E-Autobauer Tesla investiert mehrere Millionen Euro in einen neuen Standort, der deutschlandweit einmalig ist. Wir zeigen, was Tesla in Dรผsseldorf vorhat.

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"The newly appointed CEO of Audi, Gernot Dรถllner, has now announced that he is withdrawing from an ambitious launch of future electric vehicles in response to the "slowdown" in demand for electric vehicles." The beginning of the end๐Ÿ˜•
@VLOelmann
Vanessa Lisa Oelmann
@VLOelmann
5 months
โ€žDer neu ernannte CEO von Audi, Gernot Dรถllner, teilte nun mit, sich von einer ehrgeizigen Einfรผhrung kรผnftiger Elektrofahrzeuge zurรผckzuziehen, um auf die โ€žVerlangsamungโ€œ der Nachfrage bei Elektrofahrzeugen zu reagieren.โ€œ Der Anfang vom Ende๐Ÿ˜•
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you canโ€™t make this up: German minister of education & science Karliczek presents a modified Tesla Model Y running on methanol that has been "recycled" by the steel industry #HyperHybrid This is crazy on so many levels ๐Ÿคฏ @elonmusk do something! ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜ณ
@BMBF_Bund
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3 years
Bundesministerin Anja Karliczek hat heute in Berlin den Prototypen eines Autos ๐Ÿš™ vorgestellt, das mit dem synthetischen Kraftstoff Methanol angetrieben werden kann. Dafรผr wurden, so #Karliczek CO2-Abgase aus der Stahlindustrie zu Kraftstoffen โ€žrecyceltโ€œ.
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@SawyerMerritt Mercedes managed to uglify even the G with that shiny plastic grill. sad.
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pure speculation, of course - but I love the form factor (and the name ๐Ÿ˜…
@Leoatmoon
ใƒ†ใ‚นใƒฉๅฎฃๆ•™ๅธซ๏ผˆ่ฆ‹็ฟ’๏ผ‰
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1 year
@Kristennetten @elonmusk @Tesla @MartinViecha maybe this one.
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just as 'flat screen TVs' became TVs, will EVs just be cars. The new normal will happen sooner than you think.
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2 years
Legacy auto canโ€™t make speedometers that update faster than every 0.5 seconds and itโ€™s driving me nuts. Even Porsche Taycan canโ€™t. Video: BMW i4 M50. Also, letโ€™s not get into the design choices here ๐Ÿ˜ฃ
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underrated detail, but one of Teslaโ€™s greatest sleight of hands was to get rid of the grill. well done, @woodhaus2
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Sunday Times absolutely tearing the VW ID.5 to shreds ๐Ÿ˜ฌ some quotes: The German manufacturer used to make great cars. How has it come up with something so ugly and impractical?
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Volkswagen ID.5 review: itโ€™s all gone wrong for VW

The German manufacturer used to make great cars. How has it come up with something so ugly and impractical?

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Audi head of design Marc Lichte: "we are rejecting the status quo and systematically designing the vehicle from the inside out." also Audi:
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I drove a Porsche Macan today and it was shocking how slow it felt
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2 years
stepping into a rental Audi A4 shitbox feels like boarding the Titanic. everything about it is shit, and I mean everything.
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notice to the weary $TSLA investor: if youโ€™re worried about Teslaโ€™s compressing margins, have a look at the competitionโ€™s (mostly negative) EV margins ๐Ÿ˜ณ things will be fine, just be patient.
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โ€œThe core problem is that German automakers are simply not producing compelling electric cars - they are either too expensive, not technologically competitive, or both.โ€ scathing ๐ŸŽฏ opinion on the ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช auto industry by @RTyborski
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@handelsblatt
Handelsblatt
@handelsblatt
10 months
Statt auf Kaufprรคmien zu hoffen, sollten VW, Mercedes und BMW Elektroautos bauen, die Kunden kaufen wollen โ€“ und sich auch leisten kรถnnen.
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Audi has sold 8,900 EVs in China between Jan. and May 2023. Tesla has sold more than 220,000 Model 3/Y in the same period in ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ. If Audi executives werenโ€™t panicking earlier this year, they sure are now (which may explain the SAIC platform sourcing talks).
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2 years
โ€œIf a stock is down but the fundamentals are positive, you should buy more of it.โ€ โ€“ Peter Lynch $TSLA
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โ€œflat-screen TVsโ€ are just โ€œTVsโ€ again. โ€œEVsโ€ will just be โ€œcarsโ€. โ€œautonomous robotaxisโ€ will eventually just be cars, too.
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Remember how smoking was legal on โœˆ๏ธ and trains? It seems grotesque today ๐Ÿšฌ ๐Ÿ›‘ Driving a loud, polluting ICE car will seem equally absurd. Just wait. #FossilCarsDeathWatch #EndOil
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1 year
german boomers are peak cringe ๐Ÿ˜ฌ
@Stefan_Hajek
Stefan Hajek
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1 year
German neighbors protesting newly built EV charging points
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The Great e-Disillusionment High costs, hardly any demand: The car industry fails to pivot. How BMW, Mercedes and VW are now fighting for their future. summary of Handelsblatt cover story โคต๏ธ๐Ÿšจ The German auto industry faces a make-or-break moment in its transition to electric
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Petrolhead car guy buys a Tesla, is amazed, episode 248,642:
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โ€žCrash in Chinaโ€œ cover article in business daily Handelsblatt describes the misery german manufacturers find themselves in. summary: Looking back, they were simple times when electric cars made in Germany were still really crappy. At least there was some explanation why nobody
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you try different EVs and then you usually end up with a Tesla, because (taken from reddit)
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Volkswagen will sell its last combustion engine car in Norway in 2024. Norway is just a few years ahead of everyone else, but the story is the same,
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Tesla is starting to seriously worry german electricity providers. Virtual power plants, batteries, Teslaโ€™s technological lead and above all: Autobidder are grounds for concern in the eyes of the incumbents. Cover story leading business daily in Handelsblatt today. @jpr007
@handelsblatt
Handelsblatt
@handelsblatt
3 years
Elon Musk will sich wohl den deutschen Strommarkt vorknรถpfen. Sorgen macht den etablierten Energieversorgern vor allem die Software โ€žAutobidderโ€œ.
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Maserati UX Hell ๐Ÿ‘ฟ
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this 2003 piece of software is inspiring car UI designers to this day ๐Ÿ™ and no, I'm not looking at you, Mercedes /s
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2 years
Those who didnโ€™t manage the EV transition will be asking governments for protection
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3 years
Throwback to VW CEO Mรผller in 2016: โ€œWe are certainly not going to do such nonsense like battery productionโ€ ๐Ÿ˜ณ VW has wasted precious time by having the wrong leadership. Diessโ€™s task to transform the company is monumental.
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VW-Chef Mรผller zur Batteriefertigung: So einen Blรถdsinn machen wir sicherlich nicht

VW-Chef Matthias Mรผller stellt sich strikt gegen eine eigene Batterieproduktion des Autobauers, meldet das Handelsblatt.

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coming home for christmas, ๐ŸŽ… getting picked up in a brand new 2023 Porsche Macan and the thing is *exactly* like the old one - save for the buttons that are now flush, shiny plastics. it takes a solid 20 seconds for the menu to fully load (I need to time it tomorrow, maybe
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โ€œthe best part is no partโ€ - @elonmusk Electrify America charger vs. Tesla Supercharger (found on reddit)
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I hate to say this but @MercedesBenz #MBUX looks like itโ€™s been designed by your grandfather on crack Those icons look like straight out of a fever dream of bad taste I had in 2002. Also, those responsible for screen layout need to be sent to a Gulag. @WholeMarsBlog
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Porscheโ€™s updated Taycan is seeing some insane charging speeds - anecdotal, for now, but very impressive all the same. From AutoCarโ€™s prototype test drive: โ€˜the Taycan is guzzling electricity like a toddler does a Fruit Shoot: within 30 seconds, itโ€™s already chugging along at
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Europe's auto industry has shrunk significantly compared to pre-pandemic times. Major brands like VW, Audi, BMW and Mercedes produced around 500,000 fewer cars in Europe from January-May 2023 vs the same period in 2019 - a nearly 20% decline. ๐Ÿงต 1/9
@handelsblatt
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@handelsblatt
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Die Autoproduktion in Europa erholt sich langsamer als erwartet. Von Januar bis Mai haben allein deutsche Hersteller verglichen mit 2019 eine halbe Million Fahrzeuge weniger gebaut.
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แด›สœษช๊œฑ is how EV navigation is done โœ… some 1.530 km / 1,000 miles, northern Germany โžก๏ธ Rome. $TSLA
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โ€œthe roof is on fireโ€, says VW CEO Thomas Schรคfer in light of slack demand of its EVs. Schรคfer called his speech the "final wake-up call" and implemented an immediate spending freeze, except for essential investments.
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@manager_magazin
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@manager_magazin
11 months
Volkswagen, Audi, Renault, Mercedes, Tesla: Die Hersteller kรคmpfen mit verheerenden Nachfragerรผckgรคnge
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hello from Hell ๐Ÿ˜‚
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@AutoTrader_UK @thevoltmonkey no, electric cars arenโ€™t the future. electric cars are the present. ICE cars are the past.
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Hey @Stellantis : make something like this - but electric, and digital ๐Ÿš˜๐Ÿš€โšก๏ธ
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TESLA has ADHD: A rant โคต๏ธ Exhibit A: Tesla bulls are in denial about the impact of removing USS sensors. Customers want parking sensors that work, not empty promises of a coming "Vision Fix". Tesla cut costs by ditching ultrasonic sensors, but also reduced parking assistance
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Toyota Prius costs the same as a Model Y SR in ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿคฏ How much self-loathing is required to go for a Prius? narrator: yes.
@OLBJAN
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Model Y SR 45.970โ‚ฌ vs Prius fรผr 45.990? Wie viel Abneigung muss in einem stecken, dass man sich selbst zum Prius รผberredet?
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