I love this.

  • Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk
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    1 day ago

    Yeah, sorry guys. We’re like the weird cousin who turns up to family meetings, says some dumb shit, and creeps everyone out a little bit.

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      1 day ago

      I think it’s probably just a glitch, but I’ve wondered about the sort of people buying Tesla’s in the UK for a while. So many better options available now, and the supercharger network is tiny in comparison to others.

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        22 hours ago

        Big tax incentives for business to buy ev’s - 2% Vs 30% tax as a ‘benefit in kind’. The two Tesla drivers I know both bought through their business and then gave it to themselves as a company perk.

        However, Britain must try harder here. Other EVs are available.

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          20 hours ago

          I’ve got no problem with EV incentives, but as you say, there are no end of other options.

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        23 hours ago

        My brother in law is slightly left-of-centre leaning but he said he’d still buy a Tesla because he thinks the supercharger network is still a game-changer. If he did get one I might find the occasional opportunity to draw a dick and balls on it when it gets dirty, But he currently drives a 12-year old Toyota Corolla so I don’t see him stumping up the cash for a Tesla any time soon.

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          19 hours ago

          As an EV driver I’ll happily tell him he’s wrong about the supercharger network being a game changer. Tesla are just 12.3% of the high power chargers in the UK. It’s not an insignificant number, but if I can only use the other 87.7% of chargers I’ll survive.

          https://www.zap-map.com/ev-stats/how-many-charging-points

          It’s a very different situation in the US. There the supercharger network has been the only one that enabled long distance travel, although that’s starting to change.

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      Yes but at the end of the day we are a family and family members help and understand eachother. Greetings from poorest (or second one idk exaclty) country in the UE, Romania.