Re:Tesla faces strong oposition from unions in Sweden
by anovikov on Friday November 17, 2023 @08:46AM
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Well, they are not invincible but only possible alternative are Chinese cars. That are a no-no in EU because of they are allowed, entire EU auto industry immediately goes bust with much much bigger labor and economic consequences.
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Re:Tesla faces strong oposition from unions in Sweden
by rsynnott on Friday November 17, 2023 @09:22AM
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... I think you may be a little confused (or maybe assuming that the European market is like the US one, where Tesla really is very dominant).
Last month, the best-selling electric car in Sweden appears to have been a BYD (Chinese) one. Year to date, the single best-selling electric car was a Tesla Y, but VW Group was the biggest manufacturer overall, with BMW and Hyundai (Korean) also sizeable.
Re:Tesla faces strong oposition from unions in Sweden
by 4wsn on Friday November 17, 2023 @09:02AM
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What? They're already here. I don't see too many around yet but they're definitely on sale.
https://apnews.com/article/electric-vehicles-china-subsidies...
Re:Tesla faces strong oposition from unions in Sweden
by prmoustache on Friday November 17, 2023 @10:40AM
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There are a lot of european car makers selling EVs nowadays. The fact you don't know about them is just ignorance.
Re:Tesla faces strong oposition from unions in Sweden
by bjornasm on Friday November 17, 2023 @11:13AM
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>Well, they are not invincible but only possible alternative are Chinese cars
Um, no? You seem very opinionaded for someone with seemingly little insight.
Re:Tesla faces strong oposition from unions in Sweden
by NorwegianDude on Friday November 17, 2023 @11:43AM
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What are you talking about? Only possible alternative is Chinese? Sure, Teslas are cheap and more similar to cheap Chinese brands like Polestar, but there is a ton of options.
Jaguars, Porsche, BMW, Mercedes, VW and a bunch of others are popular and european.