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> Tesla is done in Europe for political/cultural reasons Yes, and those political/cultural reasons are: let's not subsidise people who repeatedly and in public

• belter 2y ago
  It would sell great in Hungary...if they could afford it...
  • belter 2y ago
    "Elon Musk praised Viktor Orbán – and not just any way" - https://mandiner.hu/belfold/2025/02/orban-viktort-meltatta-elon-musk-nem-is-akarhogyan https://mandiner.hu/belfold/2025/02/orban-viktort-meltatta-e...
• pyrale 2y ago
  The sad part is that his nazi salutes don’t even top the list...
• mytailorisrich 2y ago
  Absolutely, people in Europe want nothing to do with the Nazis. That's why they drive Volkswagen.
  • mavhc 2y ago
    Seems like every car company that wasn't electric only was polluting us more on purpose https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_emissions_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_emissions_scandal so they're all evil
  • rad_gruchalski 2y ago
    Or Fords for that matter.
  • wqaatwt 2y ago
    By that standard pretty much every major German company established before the 50s is somehow “nazi”. Then again I don’t see how can someone seriously say stuff like that, in what way is modern VW related to nazis?
    • mytailorisrich 2y ago
      Just pointing out the idiocy of the current situation. VW was actually founded by the Nazis and even the name is not neutral, so if "activists" want to use the label "Nazi car" then surely that is as close as it gets... This is not serious stuff, indeed.
      • zfg 2y ago
        Well, has anyone from Volkswagen done fascist salutes at a political rally lately: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smQNNo2a9xc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smQNNo2a9xc And was anyone from Volkswagen making excuses for Hitler yesterday: https://meidasnews.com/news/elon-musk-retweet-hitler-didnt-murder-millions-of-people-public-sector-workers-did https://meidasnews.com/news/elon-musk-retweet-hitler-didnt-m...
      • rsynnott 2y ago
        VW is a public company, and everyone who was involved with that is dead. The name is different, the ownership is different, the principals are different - its ties to its Nazi past are beyond tenuous. Meanwhile the _current CEO_ of Tesla is flouncing around doing Nazi salutes. Like, if you can't see the difference, then I dunno what to tell you. Ford might be a better example, as there's been some continuity of ownership/control there, but, well, Henry Ford is, thankfully, extremely dead. Again, that does make a difference.
      • aisenik 2y ago
        It will be a comparable situation once antifascists liberate the USA, political and capital reconstruction with strong de-neonazification removes the ideology from influence and power, and after a couple generations of global veterans and victims spitting at the name, pop culture jokes and ad-fueled media rehabilitation. Until then, I don't think it's fair to whitewash the Tesla brand with the brush that allowed the successful rehabilitation of German and Japanese industry. Elon Musk is already the eugenicist face of the destruction of USAID (>1M deaths/ year) and positioned to deploy an orbital constellation of weaponized satellites with offensive capabilities (Golden Dome). Do we really need to play this one out? It ends with tens or hundreds of millions dead, has the pursuit of money blinded so many of us to our shared humanity?
  • zyx321 2y ago
    As a German: I'll gladly consider a Tesla again after Elon gets the old Nuremberg neck tie like all the other fascists.