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Tesla deliveries down 43% in Europe while EVs are up 31%

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188 points zfg | 2 comments | 25 Mar 25 13:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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api ◴[25 Mar 25 13:13 UTC] No.43470792[source]▶
I'm having trouble thinking of even historical examples of a single person burning this much goodwill.

It makes me really sad when I think about it. We needed, and still need, the person Elon Musk was at least pretending to be when he founded SpaceX.

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malfist ◴[25 Mar 25 13:16 UTC] No.43470817[source]▶
The French monarchy is probably a good comparison
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dartos ◴[25 Mar 25 13:17 UTC] No.43470833[source]▶
Did they have goodwill to begin with?
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1. rsynnott ◴[25 Mar 25 13:20 UTC] No.43470877[source]▶
No, not particularly. Aung San Suu Kyi, possibly? Went from martyr to democracy to defending genocide (and has since been detained by another military coup, but is getting somewhat less sympathy this time round).
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2. ajb ◴[25 Mar 25 13:32 UTC] No.43471080[source]▶
It's difficult for people to comprehend in hindsight, but monarchies in Europe had a quasi-religious hold on the population. So not precisely good will, but definitely a cachet that can be burned down.