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Tesla's European car sales nosedive for fifth month as customers switch to Chinese EVs (www.cnbc.com)
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[–] 38 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Yeah, the Chinese manufacturers are out to make money, and at least we know what to expect from them.

Besides, being profitable usually means making a better product than your competitors.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    GASP!

    You mean... Proper capitalism!?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Okay there's a ton of spyware in the car, but - just . . don't . . . connect it. Or whatever.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (4 children)

    I suspect you know this, and your post is sarcastic. But just in case:

    Most cars have their own embedded SIMs nowadays. They're already connected. You can't disconnect them.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    No, I haven't bought a new car in many many years.

    That's absolutely unacceptable. I would have the dashboard pulled out in minutes. Wherever the modem is, it wouldn't be there for long.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Hahahah, fuse go brrrr.

    Jokes aside, they probably shut off the car if it can't phone home within a certain time period.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That's equivalent to buying a subscription to a car. I would never buy that car. That's koo koo bananapants unsane.

    Of course, I don't have a facepals account either so - what do i know.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Yeah. I have a car that has telemetry. Sucks for privacy, but if I was going to commit a crime, I would just ******************************************************************************, use the system to obfuscate the data.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I don't know that they're out to make money though. A lot of the Chinese manufacturers are now struggling due to the price war they instigated themselves. Huge production surplus but they pushed down the price so much they hardly make any money

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Competition is fierce, but they are not exactly struggling due to government subsidies/incentives. These are so extreme that Chinese manufacturers are over producing and dumping "used" EVs with zero mileage for export.

    Similar to US agricultural dumping, this is a terrible policy for everyone, except for the beneficiaries of the subsidies, and maybe the overseas consumers who get cheap EVs in the short term.

    China's Zero-Mile 'Used' EVs Are Flooding Global Markets - https://insideevs.com/news/763687/china-zero-mile-used-evs/

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