▲ 141 ▼ 'Tesla shame' bypasses Norway as sales jump despite Musk's politics (www.reuters.com) submitted 11 months ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to c/europe@feddit.org 44 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Bob@feddit.org 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JasSmith@sh.itjust.works 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) I can confirm the 2023, 2024, and 2025 Model Ys all have indicator stalks here in Norway and Denmark Skoda is part of the VW group, which was found guilty of cheating emissions standards. The environmental damage caused by this is nearly incalculable, but studies indicate 1,200 people dill die prematurely as a result in Europe alone, and 60 in the U.S. They estimate that 2,600 more deaths could have been prevented had VW fully recalled and retrofitted all affected vehicles by 2017 - but they did not. Hyundai has also been found to be cheating emissions standards, and were found to be using child labour in Alabama. I'm sorry but if you think a Nazi salute or political donations are worse than child labour and killing thousands of people, I think you need to realign your priorities. Lastly, Musk clearly doesn't support tariffs: Musk said he offers his advice and has been on record voicing his opposition to tariffs. If you would join me in not buying from VW or Skoda, we could send a message to these companies that killing people and using child labour is wrong. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] steiner@nrw.social 1 point 11 months ago @JasSmith @Bob you are right. Good that there are other companies that you can still support and don’t need to worry about VW or Musk… permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JasSmith@sh.itjust.works 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) I can confirm the 2023, 2024, and 2025 Model Ys all have indicator stalks here in Norway and Denmark Skoda is part of the VW group, which was found guilty of cheating emissions standards. The environmental damage caused by this is nearly incalculable, but studies indicate 1,200 people dill die prematurely as a result in Europe alone, and 60 in the U.S. They estimate that 2,600 more deaths could have been prevented had VW fully recalled and retrofitted all affected vehicles by 2017 - but they did not. Hyundai has also been found to be cheating emissions standards, and were found to be using child labour in Alabama. I'm sorry but if you think a Nazi salute or political donations are worse than child labour and killing thousands of people, I think you need to realign your priorities. Lastly, Musk clearly doesn't support tariffs: Musk said he offers his advice and has been on record voicing his opposition to tariffs. If you would join me in not buying from VW or Skoda, we could send a message to these companies that killing people and using child labour is wrong. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] steiner@nrw.social 1 point 11 months ago @JasSmith @Bob you are right. Good that there are other companies that you can still support and don’t need to worry about VW or Musk… permalink fedilink source parent
[–] steiner@nrw.social 1 point 11 months ago @JasSmith @Bob you are right. Good that there are other companies that you can still support and don’t need to worry about VW or Musk… permalink fedilink source parent