Tesla Is Sitting on a Record 50k Unsold EVs
2026-04-04 13:02 UTC
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@merc@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-05 00:23
It seems like there’s a market for a company that will buy Teslas ultra cheap, modifies them heavily, then rebadges them like Alpine does for Renault, AMG does / did for Mercedes, Abarth for Fiat, etc. These days those are all subsidiaries of the main brand, and even before that they had a cooperative relationship with the main brand. But, I can imagine a setup where the main brand doesn’t support or approve of what the modifier company does.
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@Kolanaki@pawb.social 2026-04-04 18:20
How did that happen? When I worked at the Fremont plant, we were only putting together vehicles that had already been sold. Did they swap from lean manufacturing to the normal, wasteful “just keep making shit perpetually” model? 🤔
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@DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 2026-04-04 13:53
I thought Tesla was going to start building robots, instead of cars. /somewhat sarcastically
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@melfie@lemmy.zip 2026-04-05 12:35
Reading Tesla workers shared images from car cameras, including “scenes of intimacy” was enough to put me off Tesla. The build quality being garbage and Musk also being a garbage human being make the company just a complete waste of space.
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@Draegur@lemmy.zip 2026-04-04 13:44
At this point i no longer care if they lower the price until they’re free. They will have to sell them as scrap at a loss. I will never, ever, ever buy a Tesla.
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@SabinStargem@lemmy.today 2026-04-05 12:43
I am hoping these end up as ICE vehicles. 🔒 🔥
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@hydroxycotton@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-04 16:42
Anecdote: I was recently browsing an auto listing app for a used EV as I’m thinking about switching to an EV from my ICE hatchback, and the market near me is absolutely flooded with Teslas, primary model 3s. And it’s not just “old” ones either. Tons of 2020-2024 models as well.
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@xenomor@lemmy.world 2026-04-04 16:18
You got to be a special kind of asshole if you’re buying a Tesla these days.
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@Formfiller@lemmy.world 2026-04-06 03:43
Hold the line
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@Eximius@lemmy.world 2026-04-05 16:46
Isn’t that like 50k x 20k$ (rough costs estimate) = 1B$ of slowly realizing losses?