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Re:German environmental groups file objection against Tesla ... by imtringued on Friday June 11, 2021 @09:00AM (#27472700)
It actually isn't a threat to their existence if German car makers respond early enough. It's a bigger threat to their existence if there is nobody to wake them up before they die.
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Re:German environmental groups file objection against Tesla ... by durnygbur on Friday June 11, 2021 @09:04AM (#27472748)
If this means less Audi/BMW/Mercedes cars blinding me with their headlights and tailing 2m behind me, let them sleep.
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Re:German environmental groups file objection against Tesla ... by Lio on Friday June 11, 2021 @12:06PM (#27475101)
You do realise that that is driver behaviour don't you?

The arseholes that do that in Audi/BMW/Mercedes will just switch to do the same thing in another brand if these companies cease to exist.

Still I never appreciated some of Audi's marketing that seemed to encourage this sort of bad behaviour.

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Re:German environmental groups file objection against Tesla ... by durnygbur on Friday June 11, 2021 @12:10PM (#27475140)
It's marketing and sales techniques of these premium brands emphasizing on arrogance, vanity, competitivenes, jealousity. At this point I really don't care because I'm starting to have Pavlov reflexes on seeing their front grills and logos.

> The arseholes that do that in Audi/BMW/Mercedes will just switch to do the same thing in another brand if these companies cease to exist.

If this is such a global phenomenon, maybe there exists a solution?

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