Toulouse (France) (AFP) – A dozen Teslas were torched in France in what authorities are treating as an arson attack, the prosecutor’s office said Monday.

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  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    2 months ago

    I don’t support contributions to environmental damage caused by fires. I love the idea that Tesla cars are destroyed. It’s a conundrum.

    That said, I like this more than I dislike it.

  • Art35ian@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I’ve heard the best thing people can do against Musk is to vandalise privately purchased Teslas. I’ve heard that will put mass fear in the market not to buy them.

    I’ve heard that vandalising commercially owned Teslas will only result in insurance payouts and more Teslas being made.

    I’ve heard that the best way to vandalise privately owned Teslas is to use spray paint, which is relatively easy to clean off (not hurting the owner too much) while being very media-affective.

    That’s what I’ve heard.

    • SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Or consider that people may have bought them well before Musk came out of the gate as a full scumbag. I know people who bought them when evs were still a new thing and they were just being green and cutting edge.

    • onecarmel@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Smh you should tell that to the fools in the thread about the lady in Colorado. They seem quite oblivious to this

      • Art35ian@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Why would I tell anyone? I’m not condoning any action of vandalism at all. It’s only what I’ve heard.

        Now that you’ve heard it too, you can tell others what you’ve heard without condoning it either.

        • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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          2 months ago

          Apparently they are only purchasable through Tesla directly, and are severely backordered.

          Not surprising, its a stupid and nonstandard design, one giant wiper for the whole damn windshield on a single hinge at the corner.

          • anomnom@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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            2 months ago

            It’s on the drivers side if you want to make it quicker and spend less time near the camera riddled surveillance-mobiles.

            Unrelated note: Covid is still out there and masking is a good way to mitigate spread of disease.

            • HikingVet@lemmy.ca
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              2 months ago

              Don’t forget to wear your examination gloves so you don’t touch infected surfaces…

              Remember proper washing procedures when changing gloves.

      • Obi@sopuli.xyz
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        2 months ago

        In my country private insurance is way higher on Teslas than other models already, apparently a mix of them being valuable, high risk of accident/theft, and impossible to repair from small fender benders driving cost of replacements up.

      • UnPassive@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Yeah - I just wish our leaders (Democrat ones) would call for protests at least. It would help. Instead we twiddle our thumbs as our institutions are destroyed. I haven’t heard of a single protest for the tariffs today that nobody wants but Trump and Putin…

    • alaphic@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I think - for their own safety, of course - we should gather more of these Tesla vehicles together in a central location so they can be isolated from the population at large… Perhaps in some sort of tent-based accommodation?

      • RedditWanderer@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Jokes with the word nazi in them aren’t necessarily nazi jokes.

        The only nazi joke right now is elon and he isn’t funny.

        • Chipchipperson@lemm.eeEnglish
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          2 months ago

          Nazis is super serious but you keep cracking jokes.

          I’m sure everyone who was terrorized by nazi would find your jokes hilarious.

          Would you joke about rape victims the same?

          Bet they didn’t see all that cumming.

          • RedditWanderer@lemmy.world
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            2 months ago

            Again theres only one nazi joke, it’s elon. I didnt make any nazi jokes, I made a joke about a nazi that had the word nazi in it. Relax

            • Chipchipperson@lemm.eeEnglish
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              2 months ago

              How many Jews can you get in a VW Beetle? 2 in the front, 2 in the back, 150 in the ash tray.

              • Jacob_Mandarin@lemmy.world
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                2 months ago

                Now these are actual nazi jokes.

                I get what point you are trying to make but you have to realize that to basically everyone there is a big difference between these jokes and what RedditWanderer has said.

                • Chipchipperson@lemm.eeEnglish
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                  2 months ago

                  I did Nazi see this cumming.

                  Lol it’s just a nazi joke.

                  It’s harmless.

                  Next up mild transgender jokes.

            • Chipchipperson@lemm.eeEnglish
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              2 months ago

              What’s the difference between a Jew and a Pizza? Pizzas don’t scream when you put them in the oven

              • RedditWanderer@lemmy.world
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                2 months ago

                See how those are unfunny nazi victim jokes, instead of Elon jokes calling him a nazi

                And not even using it lightly like “a grammar nazi”, Elon is literally doing sieg heils on political podiums, literally a nazi.

                Edit: ok there mister 8 hour old account coming to Elons defense.

                • Chipchipperson@lemm.eeEnglish
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                  2 months ago

                  I’m sure the nazi Elon jokes wouldn’t go over at a Jewish gathering.

                  Kinda like black jokes are funny in a crowd of white guys.

                  Bet Anne frank did nazi them coming.

                  Hey that’s high brow nazi joke comedy

  • BigBenis@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    The Americans: Leave a strongly worded note on the dashboard.

    The French: Light that shit up!

  • DandomRude@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    C’mon, please don’t generate revenue for Tesla - not even from insurance policies. It makes more sense for the cars to just stand around and rust despite the stainless steel. Nobody wants to buy from that goddamn Nazi anyway.

    But hey, maybe Musk had the cars set on fire himself - that would be a rather harmless insurance scam compared to his other activities…

    • redfellow@sopuli.xyz
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      2 months ago

      If it continues, insurance companies will not insure Teslas. Already happened to certain Audi and Porsche models that had subpar plating underneath. Spontaneous combustion would easily do that to Teslas.

      • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de
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        2 months ago

        Also happened to Range Rovers once people realised they were insanely easy to steal.

        It got so bad that people that owned them on finance could no longer get insurance. This made a tonne of them hit the second hand market making them cheaper. Meaning people with finance couldn’t even sell the car for the money they owed on the finance.

        Range Rover started offering their own insurance and I did a quote for fun and they just said nah fam.

        • redfellow@sopuli.xyz
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          2 months ago

          That’s funny 😅 The Germans failed the obvious “Don’t let a bump ruin your 15k battery pack” by making the cars longer and lower to look sportier than the competition. It worked until insurance companies realized they owe 15k€ for each person driving to a bump or pot hole at normal speeds.

          And then those cars stopped selling 💁

  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    2 months ago

    If the finances there work the way I expect they do, if it was political activists upset about Elon Musk who burned the cars, that probably doesn’t have a lot of negative impact on Elon Musk.

    My guess is that the dealership owned the cars, and that they’re probably insured on top of that. The insurer pays. So the net effect is going to be a tiny amount of upwards pressure in French auto insurance costs. The dealership will use insurance money to go buy replacement Teslas. Thus, Tesla will get several more sales, paid for by the French public.

    • Lumiluz@slrpnk.netEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Why did the dealership buy more Teslas with that money instead of a different brand?

        • Lumiluz@slrpnk.netEnglish
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          2 months ago

          Oh right, I forgot they mostly do that in the USA don’t they? Don’t know if France does, but Finland has multibrand dealerships

          • HikingVet@lemmy.ca
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            2 months ago

            Well, for some dumb reason we followed the american model for dealerships in Canada.

    • Saleh@feddit.org
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      2 months ago

      That only holds true, if no more than a tiny amount of Teslas in dealerships start burning. However if many start burning, insurance will drop coverage, dealers will look to sell other cars, and Tesla will loose serious revenue.

    • explodicle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      2 months ago

      This risk is unique to Teslas. So if an insurer applied the cost to all brands, they would create an adverse selection problem where Tesla owners buy the subsidized insurance at a greater rate, and other car owners would be driven to the competition.

      This is why they ask so many questions when insuring your car, like if it’s a red Ferrari. Eeeeeverything goes into the algorithm.