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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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[–] randon31415@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

No! Now they can write them off on their insurance! They needed to have them languish unsold taking up retail space for years and learn to regret their purchase.

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

All Tesla dealerships are all directly owned by Tesla, right?

A dozen? That’s it? They can do better than that.

[–] b161@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 5 hours ago

The French get shit done, unlike weak Americans.

[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

In before the shit lobs start crying about how you're only hurting the poor working class Tesla dealership owners, not Elon himself.

[–] IMALlama@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Good thing Tesla follows a direct sales model and their dealerships are really just company owned store rooms as opposed to some massive corporate go-between that's "only there to protect customers" while inflating financing pricing to skim $$, bolting on overpriced accessories, etc. Those massive corporate interests that spent $80.8 million lobying for their existence in 2022 are surely here to help the little guy/gal.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 hours ago
[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] A_cook_not_a_chef@lemmy.world 18 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 hours ago

Ba dum tss!

[–] UnPassive@lemmy.world 47 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

France is literally protesting better than the USA over our own issues...

[–] GrosPapatouf@lemmy.world 24 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It's because your issues are everyone's issues.

[–] UnPassive@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours 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...

[–] febra@lemmy.world 14 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Get the nazi traitors and Putin assets out of Europe. Or at least their businesses.

[–] Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

That second sentence isn't needed. Get Nazis and Putin assets out of Europe.

[–] index@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 hours ago

That's how you boycott something

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 11 points 7 hours ago

Oh no. Anyways

[–] Art3sian@lemmy.world 41 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (14 children)

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.

[–] Mataresian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 9 hours ago

The insurance premiums of the commercial ones will increase by a lot of this happens too much.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Or removing its windshield wiper (its the giant stick on one side of the windshield)

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 2 points 53 minutes ago (1 children)

Couldn't they just put a new one on easily?

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 47 minutes ago* (last edited 45 minutes 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.

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 9 points 9 hours ago

People can hold contradictory beliefs at the same time

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 12 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Antifa colors.

[–] Xerxos@lemmy.ml -4 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

They must really hate that dealerships insurance company. I don't think that even registeres with Elon.

To hurt them you have to strike closer to home.

[–] Zier@fedia.io 61 points 15 hours ago (6 children)

Only 12? C'mon France we know you can do much better. Try again.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

Call that a "breaker's dozen".

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 55 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Hey let's be real.

Ain't no protest like a French protest.

They'll do better. Patience.

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