Multiple Teslas set on fire in Germany
German police said that four vehicles were set on fire in Berlin on Friday morning, and that political motives could not be ruled out.
Did any of them have stickers like "I bought this before Elon became a Nazi?"
My friend bought such a sticker for her car in Australia.
I don't get it. We should not be early adopters of electric vehicles? The author may well be overcompensating for being a past Elon fanboi.
Love Betoota in general but they sometimes miss the mark.
bummer, but was anything of value actually damaged? is the concrete under them ok?
Oh no, are the background trees ok?
That can't be good for the environment...
If it forces people to stop financially supporting Musk it might actually be a net positive for the environment.
It'll get teslas loading the sentry camera feeds live to the cloud
How is burning cobalt batteries in the hope of killing an ev company good for the environment?
I'm curious if insurance pays out more than trying to sell it. Are there those who would be happy to take the insurance money, and buy something non-American with it?
Typically in cases of economic nonviability to repair, insurance pay you what’s called „Verkehrswert“, so, around that what they think you’d get if you had sold the vehicle directly prior to destruction. And their estimates fucking suck. I got around 1500€ for my motorcycle when I was hit by an old lady who wasn’t able to see me driving directly in front of her. The only comparable bike I found on the market afterwards was 4000€.
I don't understand the support for this. How is it that someone who's bought what was - for years! - the best EV available, is getting in the crossfire of musk hate?
Destroying private property in protest is just stupid. Take on the cooperations, but not the other 99% trying to get by.
Tesla owners might/might not be 99%, most tesla owners I know are if not in top 1% definitely in top 5%, edge of top 5% isn't crazy rich compared to the other 95%.
That being said most developed places like Germany, these cars must be insured there is a good chance that other than some trouble of going without a car for a short while, Most of the damage is stock of tesla as mor e people would be afraid of buying them.
Well it's one thing if you bought it a decade ago, before we all realized how much of an ass he is. It's quite another if you bought it after the reality came out.
I say this as someone that owns Starlink equipment, though the service is currently paused, with no plans to unpause it (since we can no longer work remotely, Elon). Unfortunately, Starlink is essentially the only option for remote internet service, but there are a lot of different vehicle options.
I won't say i support the hate against Tesla owners per sé. But i'll try to establish the reasons for wider community anger, and draw the line to the cars.
Musk has had a little army of Muskovites worshipping him as a genius-can-do-no-wrong type for years. Their blind esteem has critically helped propel him to his position, doing the damage he's doing.
I've known one, so i'm speaking from experience when i say it was genuinely hard for them to accept Musk could even be incorrect. They're very cultish, and should endure approbrium, or at least be ignored a little.
This is of course where the reaction to Musk gets dumb. Tesla owners are probably being targetted, i haven't seen individual Tesla owners myself have that, but i'm a world away.
I think targetted unfairly, is due to the brand close association to Musk. Its lazy and almost as bad as the hero worshippers themselves, but its a physical symbol of his influence, and symbolism is powerful.
Current German government: "oh no, we'll get right on cracking down on that. Yes."
Terrible news, That there were not more of course.
Kinda strange that Tesla advertises them as electric vehicles when they burn so much gasoline. In my opinion, they should be fined for false advertising.
we must seize the means of production