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[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 months ago

I haven't broken through the paywall, can someone explain why a drugstore chain is being quoted? Do German drugstores sell cars or run deliveries or something?

[-] don@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago

The chain has a fleet of 800 vehicles, 34 of which are teslas. It seems as though they were going to replace the others with teslas over time, but due to Elon, they decided not to.

They also say they will maintain the teslas they do have, so as to be environmentally responsible.

[-] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 months ago

I'm afraid there isn't that much meat to the story... Here I'll give you the quotes relating to Rossmann, the rest is padding or embedding context if we want to be charitable.

“Elon Musk makes no secret of his support for Donald Trump. Trump has repeatedly described climate change as a hoax—this attitude is in stark contrast to Tesla’s mission to contribute to environmental protection through the production of electric cars,” Raoul Rossmann, Rossmann’s spokesman for the management, said in a statement.

Thirty-four of Rossmann’s 800 vehicles are Teslas, the company’s spokesperson told Fortune. The company plans to continue using those vehicles for “sustainability and resource conservation.”

Rossmann is the first major business to cite Musk’s political stance as a reason to halt future Tesla purchases. Other European companies have dropped orders from Tesla for different reasons.

[-] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Elon never cared a bit about environment and shit, that's why he wants to land on some other inhabitable planet.

It just happened that there was a void in the market and Tesla was at the right time, introducing expensive luxury ev with long range when the only other options were expensive shitboxes with limited range. Suddenly there was an option to get something that would be worth owning at that price range.

If he really cared the environment he would push for a small and light city vehicle instead of a huge heavy truck with a giant battery that can't be used for actual work

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