Comment on Tesla sales plunge 40% in Europe as Chinese EV rival BYD's triple

• derpgon@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  On a side note, Audi and VW are both under the same owner.

  Why are German cars a bad choice? I’d rather buy German than get another Citroen tbh.

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  • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It’ll probably be based on some silly WW2-era grudge, which I find stupid.

    Or Dieselgate, which while awful, despite what the headlines would have you believe, the VW group was far from the only manufacturer with illegally high diesel emissions, in fact, they were far from being the worst.

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    There are of course other things, VW has started trying to get into the DLC for cars bullshit that others have, but IMO that pales in comparison to Elon’s bullshit or China literally using slave labour.

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  • uzay@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Well, Germany is still actively supporting a genocide, and their car industry is probably supplying a not-insignificant amount of funds for that.

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    • derpgon@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      So does a lot of countries, and I am not sure if a car company has anything to do with decisions of politicians.

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      • CatLikeLemming@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Oh they have a lot to do with the decisions of politicians. But more on topics of economy and how they can profit as much as possible, rather than the supply of arms. Still I swear every second politician here is getting bribes “funds” from the car lobby.

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