Buffalox

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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

So where are all the comments about daily mail not being trustworthy now?
Why isn't this downvoted to oblivion when a story about false accusation of rape was? With comments all over the place on how daily mail is untrustworthy and had an agenda!
Is this part of that agenda too? Because that seems a bit weird IMO.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 0 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

BECAUSE, not just die in a car that caught fire, but actually BECAUSE of the fire. That's what we have seen documented many times with regard to BEV. Always explained as being because the battery fires are explosive, so you only have seconds to get out.

An ICE car does not catch fire in that way, and even if they are much more common, the vast majority are relatively harmless.
Seems to me the people responding to me negatively are the ones that are not in good faith, pointing to statistics that don't show what they claim.

That 1 in 80 fires are BEV doesn't say much if BEV is only 1% of cars, and it doesn't say much if the lethality in a BEV is 10 times as high. The stats need to show a usable picture, not just snippets.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 0 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (2 children)

Those statistics are not specific on the things we are debating.
I'm not claiming people aren't dying in car fires in ICE cars, what I'm claiming is that it is more common to die BECAUSE of a car fire in an EV. (when weighing that EV cars are still a minority).
And we don't have that stat.
And trucks are NOT cars. Trucks are different because they have potential flammable cargo.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

But second, keep in mind that for a lot of people, most companies are still responsible members of society; “pillars of the community,” and generally worthy of trust. It’s not because they’re dumb, it’s because they’ve been propagandized into believing it.

Oh boy that is so true, I was laughing my ass off during the financial crisis about how people were shocked that banks are businesses trying to maximize profits like any other business.

They genuinely thought that banks were some sort of community institution that existed to help people with their finances, and not businesses that are selling products to make money.

Still even if people are so ignorant that they are unaware of privacy issues, they have chosen to be willfully ignorant, because this issue has been talked about non stop for decades. For nothing to sieve in at some point, you have to be a special kind of willfully ignorant.
Even people that are very low information on technology, know that the Internet is a source of potential surveillance, and having your info on the internet in any form is a potential for being surveilled. Everybody knows that all the big IT companies are trying to gather as much information as they can. And Amazon is right at the top among them.
So to claim they were ignorant of Amazon possibly collecting and sharing their data is a bit far fetched IMO.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world -4 points 20 hours ago (6 children)

Question is why they bought a Ring camera in the first place?
There is no way they can have been unaware that these gadgets can be accessed from outside.
But it was only when the evidence was put right in their face they finally connected the dots?

So my answer is quite simple: Because they are stupid, and bought a sleazy product from a known sleazy company, and when they found out it was in fact as sleazy as could be expected, they figured that maybe they didn't want to to be voluntarily surveilled anyway.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

much lower fire hazard than ICEs.

Oh for fucks sake, an ice car burning a couple of cables because of overheating in the engine compartment is not comparative to an EV battery catching fire.
You are comparing apples and oranges.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 0 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (4 children)

A car fire doesn't have to mean more than a couple of wires catching fire due to an overheated engine.
It's not like the infamous beancounter case where GM failed to recall cars where the gas tank had a high risk of catching fire.
Because it was cheaper to pay damages than to repair the car. Car fires are common, but deadly car fires are not.
Just because people die in a car that caught fire, doesn't mean they died BECAUSE the car caught fire.
That's the kind of fire we are talking about when an EV catches fire.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

That people were covered in gasoline? I don't think the stat says that.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

But he is ENTITLED to his wealth, he is obviously entitled to exploit others and to be extremely privileged.
You know that because he is rich, he is a higher class of being, a class that needs to be protected because it's only fair that some people have all the privileges.

/s (just in case)

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Yes I bet they have massive problems with Vikings roaming the streets and pillaging everything, as has always been their habit.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I strongly doubt that this is true.

Maybe there aren't, but relative to we heard about this already early on with Tesla, when there were way way less than 1% of cars on the road that were electric, and ALL electric cars were new, I think there actually was a higher frequency of this problem with EV vars. BUT and that's a huge but, batteries have improved a lot since Tesla model S was introduced. So it may not be true anymore.

without the numbers to back it up

This has almost seemed like a cover up to me, we've heard about a multitude of problems with especially Tesla, but it has been very difficult to find for instance accident statistics.
A couple of years back however some were released that showed that Tesla indeed is the most accident prone brand on the road in USA.
Here in Denmark we have seen completely unheard of failure rates at mandatory safety checks for Tesla model 3 last year with 35% failure rate! That in itself is insane, but this year the 2021 model Y had a failure rate of 45% 😱 The average i 8% and that includes cars of all ages, where the 2021 model Y had this failure rate at their first check that is when the car is 4 years old.

It's insanely annoying IMO that these kinds of data aren't always publicly available.
PS I bough a VW ID.4 and for that model the failure rate at the first mandatory safety check is less than 2%!!
Not buying a Tesla is a no brainer IMO, even the cheapest Chinese cars have way better record at these safety checks. And it's a similar picture for Germany, Netherlands and Sweden, so it's not just Denmark.

Incidentally a Tesla model Y cost about twice as much as mine in insurance! Which is also somewhat telling, although the companies again don't reveal the stats behind that difference in price.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

People refuse to believe me when I say it’s both sides.

I agree, but it is not both sides equally, it is actually better when Democrats take control. For one they are better at balancing the budgets, where Republican gives tax cuts to the rich.
Problem in USA politically is that USA has a system that naturally divides into 2 ruling parties. And those 2 parties are both right wing. There is no room for nuance, and the binary system has resulted in the extreme becoming the norm.

 

Across its full range, Tesla sold just 83 vehicles in total in January 2026, marking an 88 percent decline compared to the same period last year.

 

Article in Danish, please use your favorite translator.
I tried to make a Google translate link, but it absolutely craps out? But the one built in Firefox works OK.

 

With little innovation and lacking new models, Tesla has decided to cut prices again, this time the price of the model 3 is cut by 10%.

This may be to regain some of the lost marketshare. But it may also be because they simply have too much stock.
Cutting production is expensive, and obviously producing just to stockpile unsold products is expensive too.

I have no doubt that this price cut is an act of desperation, not a result of being competitive. Tesla is losing money no matter if they cut production or they cut the prices or they stock up on unsold product.

Whichever is the case, I had a good laugh that the Swasticars are so hard to sell Tesla has to cut prices yet again, and that's despite inflation.

Allegedly the profitability on a Tesla car was recently estimated at just 2%, so cutting the price by 10% is going to hurt for them.

Here's a link to a story about it by a major news outlet in Denmark:
https://www.bt.dk/udland/tesla-med-bombe-dumper-prisen-igen

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Buffalox@lemmy.world to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
 

Anton Gerashchenko on Bluesky story about a strike at a nuclear plant with documentation:

https://bsky.app/profile/antongerashchenko.bsky.social/post/3m56ndvbujs2i
The post contains video from the situation.

As I've been posting many times before, many workers in Russia are behind on payments. People working in factories being 3 months behind is not uncommon.
Anna from Ukraine explains the situation here. She is a good source IMO, because her English is excellent, and being Ukrainian she understands Russian, and makes frequent news updates about the Ukrainian war from various perspectives.

Anna Danylchuk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6EQ0ubmsIk

Inside Russia on youtube was first to report on the Russian population beginning to have had enough to a degree they are actually beginning to complain:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoR5_bJywWQ

I've claimed before I don't think Putin will last through the winter, and I see this as the first signs that the Russian people is about to have had enough.
The story reported by Anna and Gerashchenko tells that the workers are at least 2 months behind on wages, they were promised transportation to work, something that is important because of the lack of fuel, and public transport becoming unreliable. But they do not get the promised transportation. They were also promised 1 hot meal per day, but do not receive that either.
Finally in their homes, they are out of water and heat.

This is the economic and infrastructure collapse many have predicted was inevitable, that is now beginning to really show. And it isn't even really winter yet!

PS: The moderators removed my previous post with false accusations, so here it is posted again according to their demands.

 

1: 12.992 electric cars sold, the most electric cars sold in one month.
2: 91% market share with private buyers.
3: 73% market total market share.

 

English translation by Firefox:
FDM warns of errors in several models from Tesla, and FDM has now been successful by the Danish Road Safety Authority. FDM has previously described that there are several cases of significant veil in the rear suspension and in the steering column of the popular Model 3. Photo: Mike Blake / Ritzau Scanpix Today at 8pm. 11.07 Updated Today at 9pm. 11.08 By Ritzau

The Danish Road Safety Authority has stated that the motorists' interest organization, FDM, rightly did not approve two Tesla Model 3 by sight after the car owners had independently complained about the demand for omsyn.

FDM said in a statement.

In both cases, the sight results were due to "too much veil in bushings in rear-wheel suspension".

However, Tesla found no faults and thought the electric cars should have been approved, which led to complaints and the Traffic Agency's review. Many Teslas have "veil in the bushing"

The agency concludes that the cars had a significant veil and that the vision had been carried out correctly in both cases.

Earlier in the year, the FDM warned that there are many Teslas that have veils in bushings in the rear-wheel suspension and in the steering column. See also FDM comes with call for Tesla owners

Veils in rear suspensions mean that there is a looseness or abnormal movement in the parts that connect the car's rear wheel to the car itself.

This applies to both the Model 3 and Model Y. According to FDM, around 37,000 Model 3 and more than 40,000 Model Y have been registered in Denmark. The error is seen on newer cars

Usually you first see the problem on older cars, which have driven many kilometers, but FDM has seen several models with the error early in the life expectancy of the cars.

It creates doubts about the safety of cars, writes FDM, who has contacted Tesla to get the company to solve the problems. See also Tesla gets fined for flawed marketing

"We expect Tesla to help drivers, as it is not fair that the consumer has an additional cost of repair and possibly overhaul, because the car has a fault it shouldn't have," said Lone Otto, area manager in FDM's technical advice.

At the beginning of the year, FDM said that almost one in four Model 3 from the year 2020, which last year was for inspection, failed - among other things because of veils.

For other electric cars, the dump percentage was nine.

 

English translation by Firefox:
FDM warns of errors in several models from Tesla, and FDM has now been successful by the Danish Road Safety Authority. FDM has previously described that there are several cases of significant veil in the rear suspension and in the steering column of the popular Model 3. Photo: Mike Blake / Ritzau Scanpix Today at 8pm. 11.07 Updated Today at 9pm. 11.08 By Ritzau

The Danish Road Safety Authority has stated that the motorists' interest organization, FDM, rightly did not approve two Tesla Model 3 by sight after the car owners had independently complained about the demand for omsyn.

FDM said in a statement.

In both cases, the sight results were due to "too much veil in bushings in rear-wheel suspension".

However, Tesla found no faults and thought the electric cars should have been approved, which led to complaints and the Traffic Agency's review. Many Teslas have "veil in the bushing"

The agency concludes that the cars had a significant veil and that the vision had been carried out correctly in both cases.

Earlier in the year, the FDM warned that there are many Teslas that have veils in bushings in the rear-wheel suspension and in the steering column. See also FDM comes with call for Tesla owners

Veils in rear suspensions mean that there is a looseness or abnormal movement in the parts that connect the car's rear wheel to the car itself.

This applies to both the Model 3 and Model Y. According to FDM, around 37,000 Model 3 and more than 40,000 Model Y have been registered in Denmark. The error is seen on newer cars

Usually you first see the problem on older cars, which have driven many kilometers, but FDM has seen several models with the error early in the life expectancy of the cars.

It creates doubts about the safety of cars, writes FDM, who has contacted Tesla to get the company to solve the problems. See also Tesla gets fined for flawed marketing

"We expect Tesla to help drivers, as it is not fair that the consumer has an additional cost of repair and possibly overhaul, because the car has a fault it shouldn't have," said Lone Otto, area manager in FDM's technical advice.

At the beginning of the year, FDM said that almost one in four Model 3 from the year 2020, which last year was for inspection, failed - among other things because of veils.

For other electric cars, the dump percentage was nine.

 

Todays numbers June 5th 2025. The official numbers on Russian losses released by the Ukrainian military general staff.
Source: t.me/GeneralStaffZSU/25142

 

I'm stressing the European parts, because my post from yesterday about Russian losses in Ukraine war was removed as "off topic".
Despite this sub is about:
News and information from Europe 🇪🇺

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