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Tesla faces collapsing sales in Canada's Québec province, with new registrations tumbling 85%

www.businessinsider.com Tesla faces collapsing sales in Canada's Québec province, with new registrations tumbling 85%

Tesla sales have plummeted in the province of Québec, with just 96 new Model 3 cars registered in the first three months of 2025.

Tesla faces collapsing sales in Canada's Québec province, with new registrations tumbling 85%

Tesla sales in Québec plunged 85% in the first quarter, mirroring sharp declines seen in Europe.

Canada has frozen $43 million in Tesla EV rebates due to Trump's tariffs and fraud concerns.

Musk's DOGE work sparked backlash, boycotts, and dealership vandalism across the US and Europe.

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In hindsight, it's so wild that five short years ago this motherfucker was thought of as a visionary.
- He's a modern day Edison [this is an insult].
  
  Nah, Edison actually invented things, even if he was a shitty person.
  
  That is very true. Or a Steve Jobs. Lots of rarified men out there happy to take credit for things other people created.
- With the recent threats against Greta Thunburg, I like to remind people that Tesla provided her a car that she spent a significant part of a year touring the USA in.
- This was cringe 15 years ago but now, oh wow- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfiRd4Y5z_g
  
  Star trek discovery outcringed it
  https://youtu.be/4bgMCNXzNtE
  
  Lesson learned: wait till someone is dead to name drop them in your sci-fi 🤣
  
  True. Always safer. I cringed when I heard Lorca use his name but now it makes sense given the plot of Discovery.
- I really miss ten years ago, when I had a faint glimmer of hope that he might not be a complete piece of shit. He really showed his character with the "pedo guy" debacle and has been on a steep downward trajectory since.
  
  Very true. The last straw for me was the incident where he carried a sink around the Twitter offices. Immediately nuked my Twitter and switched to Mastodon afterward.

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