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Yes, their statement included definitely a lot of room for interpretation. I was surprised that most media turned it into a story that took Tesla at least a lit

by stiGGG 9y ago

Yes, their statement included definitely a lot of room for interpretation. I was surprised that most media turned it into a story that took Tesla at least a little out of the line of fire. Especially here in Germany, were media (and most car enthusiasts) generally wants to see Tesla going bankruptcy asap.

lsaferite 9y ago
> Especially here in Germany, were media (and most car enthusiasts) generally wants to see Tesla going bankruptcy asap. Why?
- stiGGG 9y ago
  Actually there are multiple reasons. First of all a lot of people here believe that our cars are the best in the world and no one could even compete close. A lot of this is based on tradition, think about that gas and diesel engines were both invented by germans. A foreign company getting so much hype just doesn't fit to their ideology. Especially an american one, there is no general bad reputation for american products here (rather the opposite), except for cars though. American cars are considered generally as poor made and technological far behind here. A Tesla (who is this anyway?) more innovative than a Mercedes, BMW, Audi or even Porsche??? It cannot be, what must not be. Then there is still a general rejection of electric cars by most people, it's ridiculous how many fake news gets widespread around that topic here in media, always to worship the diesel engine as the holy grail. The only reasonable point ist that there is a big fear that electric cars will cause a lot of people to lose their jobs, because they are much easier to build. Keep in mind, that the automotive industry is the heart of germanys economy. But instead of accepting that technologies change over time and supporting and pushing our industry to make a good transition to keep their world wide market share, they still hope this could be prevented at all in some kind.

by stiGGG 9y ago

lsaferite 9y ago

> Especially here in Germany, were media (and most car enthusiasts) generally wants to see Tesla going bankruptcy asap. Why?

stiGGG 9y ago
Actually there are multiple reasons. First of all a lot of people here believe that our cars are the best in the world and no one could even compete close. A lot of this is based on tradition, think about that gas and diesel engines were both invented by germans. A foreign company getting so much hype just doesn't fit to their ideology. Especially an american one, there is no general bad reputation for american products here (rather the opposite), except for cars though. American cars are considered generally as poor made and technological far behind here. A Tesla (who is this anyway?) more innovative than a Mercedes, BMW, Audi or even Porsche??? It cannot be, what must not be. Then there is still a general rejection of electric cars by most people, it's ridiculous how many fake news gets widespread around that topic here in media, always to worship the diesel engine as the holy grail. The only reasonable point ist that there is a big fear that electric cars will cause a lot of people to lose their jobs, because they are much easier to build. Keep in mind, that the automotive industry is the heart of germanys economy. But instead of accepting that technologies change over time and supporting and pushing our industry to make a good transition to keep their world wide market share, they still hope this could be prevented at all in some kind.