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

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188 points zfg | 3 comments | 25 Mar 25 13:11 UTC | HN request time: 1.715s | source
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snapcaster ◴[25 Mar 25 13:16 UTC] No.43470829[source]▶
This is so weird, did he miscalculate how intense the backlash would be? or he truly doesn't care?
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dartos ◴[25 Mar 25 13:18 UTC] No.43470861[source]▶
He doesn’t care. Spacex is more important for him, personally. He has a larger stake (percentage wise) in spacex.

Also, Tesla just jumped bc Musk said that there’s going to be full sell driving in china…. Next year…

We’re back to 2017-era strategies but in china this time.

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1. Cthulhu_ ◴[25 Mar 25 13:26 UTC] No.43470979[source]▶
I don't think Tesla in China will amount to much, given the local competition has spun up their factories and is outproducing anyone else on the market. Just look at the numbers from last year [0], BYD was outselling Tesla 7:1, with Tesla barely doing any better than other manufacturers. "Full self-driving" won't fix that, and the competition will be offering similar features themselves.

Tesla lost their innovator / first mover advantage years ago, choosing to spend their R&D on dead ends and vanity projects like autopilot and the cybertruck while not delivering on projects that might have merit if they would actually listen to their target audience like the semi. They would've remained pretty successful had they iterated on their existing offerings, improving range, quality and reducing production costs of their existing lineup.

[0] https://autovista24.autovistagroup.com/news/which-brand-won-...

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2. dartos ◴[25 Mar 25 13:40 UTC] No.43471167[source]▶
I don’t think it will either, but the market does, apparently.

Look at the TSLA price since the announcement.

3. thrill ◴[25 Mar 25 15:46 UTC] No.43472705[source]▶
China could dump Tesla and never notice the production decrease.