Tesla has released its Q1 2024 delivery and production numbers: confirming the suspicion that it is not growing anymore. It’s...
  • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    3 months ago

    I’m not an analyst, but I think most EV makers are experiencing that demand is slower than expected this year.

    431,000 deliveries would still be a small growth year-over-ear, but it would be a massive quarter-to-quarter drop.

    This is normal for most companies. Q4 is top quarter, and Q1 is bottom quarter in most industries.
    I think if you aren’t on the Musk cool aid, this isn’t a huge shock. Tesla is not the “miracle company” Musk and his fans claim.

  • Hypx@fedia.io
    1910·
    3 months ago

    Tesla is a massive financial Ponzi scheme that uses the hype of BEVs to prop the up stock price. At some point, the hype and lies (plus the end of most subsidies) comes to an end. This will eventually bring down Tesla and reveal that BEVs are not some panacea technology.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      For anyone who thinks BEVs are some panacea tech, I’ve got a battery electric bridge to sell you.

      The real solution is less driving. Invest in mass transit, separated bicycle lanes, and mixed zoning near transit hubs. Encourage heat pumps instead of separate furnaces and AC units. Encourage local hydrogen production as battery storage for manufacturing sites with excess solar and wind. And so on.

      BEVs just perpetuate the same problem that got us here and make people feel good for doing very little. They should exist, but they aren’t the solution to our problems.