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tesla sales collapsed in5 european markets

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Tesla will get slaughtered in Europe when 25% is added. There is a perfect storm for them now - Musk lecturing Europe about ‘freedom of speech’ and intentionally making a Nazi salute, then the increased costs against multiple Chinese cheap EV’s and now loads of European EV’s. They don’t have the advantage the Superchargers network gives them in the US so no real advantage to buy a Tesla.
I watched an interesting YouTube where a UK dealer said he would never have a Tesla on his site again. He said one of the problems with them (Musk aside) is that they don’t have real options to differentiate cars. So, if there is a Tesla for sale down the road for £ 500 less the buyer goes there and finds the same internal and external ‘colors’ and this drives the selling price down. I have to say, if I was in the market for a decent used car the first thing I would look at would be the ‘must have’ options.
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one of the problems with them (Musk aside) is that they don’t have real options to differentiate cars.
Yeah, bland interiors and exteriors, same uniformity all round. Not much to excite you from that point of view.
 

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Yeah, bland interiors and exteriors, same uniformity all round. Not much to excite you from that point of view.
riding that wave since 2012
 

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They don’t have the advantage the Superchargers network gives them in the US so no real advantage to buy a Tesla.
Having owned one for over 3 years, I have to tell you that you are wrong about this. The Tesla Supercharger network in the UK is excellent and still superior to all competing charging networks. This advantage is getting smaller with time as more competing chargers are installed and the Tesla network is opened up to other EVs, but it's still there.
 

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I find the Ultra chargers here to be up to the job. I‘m not sure that now, with the availability of Ultra chargers extending, EV buyers here place Tesla as a must buy for the sake of the Superchargers.
Also, now they’ve opened a reasonable percentage to non Tesla’s then there is even less reason to buy a Tesla over another brand. You would have to say that the Supercharger network here isn’t in the same league as in the US in terms of availability.
I’m sure a lot of current Tesla owners will buy again but I was trying to make the point that the lead they had some time ago has all but gone and their market share is crumbling and Musk is busy doing other things.
 
 







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