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Europeans still aren't buying Teslas with figures out Wednesday showing sales plunged for a fifth month in a row in May, a blow to investors who had hoped anger toward Elon Musk would have faded by now.

Tesla sales fell 28% last month in 30 European countries even as the overall market for electric vehicles expanded sharply, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association. The poor showing comes after Tesla's billionaire CEO had promised a “major rebound” was coming last month, adding to a recent buying frenzy among investors.

They were selling on Wednesday, pushing the prices down more than 4% in early afternoon trading.

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[-] Kanzar@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

I am unaware of any other EV that has sentry mode on the cameras like that on the Tesla. Would absolutely love to be proven wrong.

AFAIK Kia has a Korean only release EV6 that had it, but none of the other options utilise the whole suite of cameras to record.

[-] MBech@feddit.dk 5 points 2 days ago

But is it needed on anything other than a Tesla?

[-] Kanzar@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

I've had a Ford (mid range SUV) and a Toyota (base model sedan) which were both damaged whilst parked, and nobody left a note. Lots of people posting in the community groups about carpark damage and no notes being left, and no luck with local cameras.

So yes, it is needed.

[-] MBech@feddit.dk 3 points 2 days ago

And that's a very fair point, but at least around me, the deductible costs about 100€ if someone damages my car while it's legally parked. I'm not going to worry much about someone dinging my car once in a blue moon with that kind of deductible, and I'm definately not going to pay ekstra to get a fancy camera system.

[-] Tja@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago

What about your insurance rates going up?

[-] MBech@feddit.dk 2 points 1 day ago

I just took a look on my insurances online calc. I'm contractually guarenteed to not have my rates go up no matter what.that isn't an extra thing, it's part of the base insurance. If I pay 100€ ekstra pr year, they completely remove the deductible from damage to the car while it's parked up to a repair cost of 2000€.

[-] Tja@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago
[-] Paddzr@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

A lot of smart features are not even being dreamed of by other companies... Hell, the most you might get is scanning your phone to just open the car, but not drive.

Tesla is technologically 2 generations ahead. But no one here will admit it. But do go to a dealer and ask how they compare, they at least will be honest. The most honest was Porche in my experience and surprisingly, BYD was good at listing all the things not in their car (with million excuses how it's okay and I'll get used to it).

The worst? Ford. MG also tried to make shit up how it might be added in software! Bitch please, you haven't got over the air updates working.

[-] ccunning@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Why is sentry mode the the bar to cross?

[-] Kanzar@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It's not specifically "the" bar, but the original comment was saying they didn't see how Tesla would even be considered, and I felt this feature is one reason why someone may still consider a Tesla.

For me, my dash cameras have come in handy when my vehicle was running, but the hardwire mode has not been able to handle what I wanted it to. I want my next vehicle (whenever that may be) to be an improvement over what I already have. I have personally had my vehicles damaged more than once whilst it was parked, and I have always parked well. Sentry mode would have been very bloody useful to have the responsible parties pay up. Instead, I was left with a damaged car, which was notably rather heartbreaking when one incident occurred within the first month of ownership.

EDIT: My motorcycle was hit and if I hadn't had known, I wouldn't have been aware enough to take it to the shop to be inspected in case any of the internals had been damaged. Sometimes damage can be internal and without an alert, you would be putting yourself in danger.

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