Oh noez! Anyway…

  • enkers@sh.itjust.works
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    29 days ago

    I’m kinda conflicted about this. On the one hand, selling a car takes time and energy, and might not necessarily be feasible to do in just a few months, especially since the market for em is going to SUCK. On the other hand, if you continue to drive a car from a company owned by a literal Nazi once you know, then… well I don’t feel too bad for you.

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      29 days ago

      I switched to EVs in 2014, and went fully electric in 2018. My problem is that there still isn’t a good alternative I can use for long distance trips for my family of 7. I’d love to switch to something like the Kia EV9, but I almost have my current car paid off, and can’t afford another $80k car. I’m conflicted, because I don’t want to switch back to a gas car, and I believe my current power company is on track to be 50% sustainable/renewable in 5-10 years. I feel like it could take me years as opposed to months to find a replacement EV that works for me.

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        29 days ago

        … What tesla are you fitting 7 people into these days?

        Because they only have one vehicle that isn’t a sedan and… he was a full mask off hatemonger long before the cybertruck actually hit market.

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          The only 7-seater available in 2018 was the Model X. Yes, it was clear he was an asshole as far back as 2018, but he was still a huge proponent of mitigating climate change (in hindsight it was clearly a grift for him), so at the time I thought it was a net positive. I used up a lot of my savings to afford it, so it would be difficult for me to switch to anything that isn’t a gas car.

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      29 days ago

      Sell their cars to who BEN? Aquaman?

      In the end someone will own the car and be f’ed because of it. The seller will take a huge financial loss because other people think it helps to force people to make bad financial decisions while Tesla already has the money.

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        29 days ago

        Here’s the thing, if you own a Tesla, it’s already been depreciated through elon’s actions. You just haven’t realised (in the accounting sense) the loss yet.

        The fact is that they are being targeted, so selling now is a method of hedging your losses. The other option is to gamble that you won’t be targeted.