We need the entire country to unite and start pointing and laughing at Tesla drivers.
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Emperor@feddit.uk 1 month ago
Although the drop in UK sales is less than a half or even a third of what it is in other European countries. So we have work to do to catch up.
Zip2@feddit.uk 1 month ago
Emperor@feddit.uk 1 month ago
Give them a hard Paddington stare, perhaps tut and roll your eyes. That’ll teach them. I saw one the other day, gave it both and I think the driver has learned their lesson.
Perhaps get some flyers to pop under a wiper if you see one parked: “this really isn’t on”.
Zip2@feddit.uk 1 month ago
“Please consider parking around the back in future to avoid the embarrassment for both of us”.
Emperor@feddit.uk 1 month ago
Oo yeah, we could have fun stickers “please could Teslas be parked on the road as they make us look bad”.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It’s true that our drop is a third of Germany and France’s, but it’s also true that they were buying far more Tesla cars to begin with.
In January 2024, Germany bought 3150 Tesla cars, France bought 3118, and the UK bought 1581. They were buying double our amount.
Germany and France’s numbers have now massively dropped, and are now in line with UK numbers.
Our percentage drop is lower only because we were already iffy on Tesla, whereas Germany and France weren’t.
viking@infosec.pub 1 month ago
France and UK have higher purchase powers than UK, thanks to Brexit, so I wouldn’t put that down to people being more sceptical.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 month ago
People in the UK are more likely to drive new cars than France, and only just behind Germany.