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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Emperor@feddit.uk to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk
 

Difference in registration between January 2024 and January 2025.

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[โ€“] danc4498@lemmy.world 82 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

Iโ€™m gonna need England and Italy to pump them numbers up.

[โ€“] Scrollone@feddit.it 33 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In Italy the percentage is low because not many Teslas are sold anyway

That's not how percentages work, doofus.

[โ€“] Damage@feddit.it 17 points 2 months ago (4 children)

We weren't buying them from the start.

Italy poor.

[โ€“] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm poor.
That's my reason for not buying a Tesla, though.

[โ€“] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

Did you a word, or would you buy one of you had money?

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[โ€“] Emperor@feddit.uk 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I believe it is to do with the difference in the starting number of registrations but would need to see the data broken down.

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[โ€“] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 42 points 2 months ago

Related:

The Growing Tesla Takedown Protest This Weekend & Next Weekend

In Europe:

Globally:

https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/teslatakedown

[โ€“] kreskin@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

UK and Italy are evidently full of bastards.

[โ€“] Perish@lemm.ee 15 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Or weren't buying many to begin with ๐Ÿค”

[โ€“] Elkot@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)

No they're right, we're bastards

[โ€“] DmMacniel@feddit.org 9 points 2 months ago

Bloody bastards even.

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[โ€“] Peer@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thatโ€™s not how percentages work.

[โ€“] wewbull@feddit.uk 5 points 2 months ago

It's not, but there's probably another proportion of the overall community that are "I like Musk and I have money, so I'm going to buy a car". That number isn't related to the previous number of sales, so if sales are already low that "arsehole" number would become more significant.

It's a made up example, but just saying there may be ways in which the sales won't drop below an absolute number.

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[โ€“] Litebit@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

why is Felon Musk not getting fired for poor performance.

[โ€“] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Iโ€™ve heard from Germany but are there any articles about Spain? Spain seems to hate musk in particular, me gusta

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[โ€“] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (3 children)

This is interesting! Spain and Portugal had in fact a slight rise where others had drops, just a few weeks ago in similar illustrations, but are now among the biggest drops. How can that be?

[โ€“] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 months ago

I make a point of never trusting internet information until I personally verify it. Particularly these maps, which are nearly always incorrect or misleading. The internet is full of worthless information. Mining for diamonds is the only means of finding anything even bordering on worthwhile in this garbage pit filled with AI, spam, and propagandists.

[โ€“] j4yt33@feddit.org 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Different time frames. I think the illustrations where registrations/sales were up was for a time span of two months or so, but overall they're still down if you look at the time shown on this map

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[โ€“] Inucune@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fuck Elon, but I am starting to feel bad for the guys who just wanted to make an electric car. They didn't deserve to get wrapped up in this monkey's paw. I hope they got out while they could.

[โ€“] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

Ive heard literally 0 shit being flung at the people who work at Tesla. This is the first time I even considered whether this was bad for them.

They likely are losing money though since I think part of their pay is in stock. The stock is overvalued though still.

I dont know, if I worked for Tesla I'd probably consider this a wash.

[โ€“] alexcleac@szmer.info 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Interestingly, I do not see quite a bit of European countries, including Poland, Czechia, etc

Feels like either an attempt of manipulation, or lack of research

[โ€“] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If you do speak Czech, Polish etcetera then maybe you can find those numbers. It's not easy for someone who doesn't.

[โ€“] IMALlama@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

This is the second result for me when I used this duck duck go query

In January 2025, according to PZPM data, 1,121 new electric vehicles were registered in Poland, which is 0.4% more than a year earlier. In January, against the background of a calm in the market, Tesla showed an impressive decrease in car shipments to customers - by 48.8% to just 103 units. For comparison, in 2024, about 4,500 new Teslas were registered, which gave the American brand almost a 27% share in the Polish market of new electric passenger cars. In January 2025, this share decreased to 9.2%.

[โ€“] sinnsykfinbart@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

These numbers are outdated, Tesla are back at the top of sales for March in Norway. Such a shame

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[โ€“] projektilski@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'm ashamed of the UK and Italy.

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[โ€“] Pirata@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago

If you're having doubts about how much this movement is working, remember this chart. Keep the boycott going!

[โ€“] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago

You gonna have to pump those numbers down, those are rookie numbers.

France and Spain FTW

[โ€“] Formfiller@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Italy and the uk need to step it up

[โ€“] Libb@jlai.lu 7 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I won't cry for Musk, quite the contrary... But I also don't know how important the EU as a market is for Tesla?

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[โ€“] FourWaveforms@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

You love to see it

Thatโ€™s just January, just when fElon was just getting started.

[โ€“] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

Is turkey considered part of Europe?

Asking as an American so I understand this.

Edit: thank you everybody that replied and my question is asked incorrectly. I meant if it was part of the EU.

geographically some of it is.

"Europe" doesnt always mean "European Union"

[โ€“] valek879@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes, the European part of the country is part of Europe and the rest of the country is in Asia. Source: I listened in middle school.

[โ€“] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I see.

Can you provide a link to your middle school source?

/s

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[โ€“] Emperor@feddit.uk 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Emperor@feddit.uk 4 points 2 months ago

And this is the European bit of Istanbul:

https://istanbul.tips/guide-about-european-side-of-istanbul-things-to-do-see-how-to-get-around/

It is where most of the key historical buildings are, and I've always had accommodation there (my uncle lived there too). If you are flying in, you'll usually arrive at the main airport, which is also on the European side. If you are foolish to use EasyJet they use an airport on the Asian side which is an awful long way out of the city and involves driving through mile after mile of new tower blocks that are a worry in an earthquake zone (earthquakes are moving westward along the North Anatolian Fault and Istanbul will likely be hit next - it'll be horrific).

[โ€“] taladar@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

Basically the part west of the link between the Mediterranean sea and the Black sea is considered is considered European and the rest is not.

[โ€“] Libb@jlai.lu 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Turkey has asked to join the EU already. It was denied last time but something tells me next time they may be very welcome instead.
(hint: Turkey has the second biggest army in NATO right after the USA and has the most active/quickly growing weapon/armament industry in Europe too)

[โ€“] Emperor@feddit.uk 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think a change of government would be required as Erdogan is only getting more authoritarian. I suspect this is partly because he knows the backlash is coming, but that may lead to even harsher crack downs on decent and he could go full Putin. The EU wouldn't want that hot mess inside their borders.

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