BMW overtakes Tesla. BMW has taken the lead in the European battery electric vehicle market for the first time, overtaking US automaker Tesla • World News
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BMW overtakes Tesla. BMW has taken the lead in the European battery electric vehicle market for the first time, overtaking US automaker

The German concern BMW AG has, for the first time, outpaced the American company Tesla in the sale of electric cars in the European Union.

  • sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    2 months ago

    As much as I would love to invest in a BMW, are they still selling subscriptions to access features like dashboard camera recordings and heated seats? I don’t remember if they walked that back, but I don’t trust them enough to not implement it in the future again if they did.

  • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Bit early to celebrate isn’t it?

    Tesla has sold 178,700 models in Europe through July, compared to BMW, with 97,525,

  • Justin@lemmy.jlh.nameEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Reminder that Tesla is still under union blockade in Sweden for refusing to recognize any Swedish unions, and has been flying in strike breakers from other EU countries.

      • Justin@lemmy.jlh.nameEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Here’s an article from this week on the situation:

        https://arbetet.se/2024/08/22/fackets-stamning-av-tesla-fastnade-i-den-fackliga-postblockaden/

        The Mechanics’ Union sued Tesla in June for violating the Swedish Union Reprentation Law, however, the Labor Court has not been able to serve Tesla since they are under blockade by the Postal Workers’ Union. The Labor Court has now contacted Teslas lawyers to get the ball rolling.

        Not too much happening on the strike front unfortunately. There was a fun incident where Tesla couldn’t sell cars because the postal workers wouldn’t deliver the license plates to them, and by law it’s only the national postal service that is allowed to deliver license plates. They seem to have worked out a workaround though where Tesla is picking up the plates themselves.

        The unions have the cash and support to continue the strike indefinitely, so the end result will either be that Musk takes his weird antiunion ideology blindfold off, or Tesla leaves Sweden.

  • vapeloki@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I just got my BMW i5. The car is provided by my employer. But I would buy it myself. It is well thought out, has a usable dashboard l, head up und so much convenient stuff.

    Also, the build quality is great. Compared to the garbage provided by tesla it is a different world

    • person420@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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      2 months ago

      It’s something I’ve been considering getting but the one thing that really gets me about it is it’s essentially an ICE car with its engine swapped out for a battery and electric motor. It’s so big and heavy.

      I haven’t gotten to test drive one yet, so maybe it doesn’t feel as bad when driving. I know not really the same class (though surprisingly close in cost) but I’ve been leaning towards the mach e GT (one thing Tesla got right is their supercharger network and Ford can take advantage of that).

      I’m also half hoping they come out with a sedan built from the ground up as an EV. I considered the i4, but at that price there’s a lot of great cars that would probably be better.

      Did your company buy them or lease? I don’t think I can bring myself to actually buy an EV. I’m still not sure how the battery will be in 10+ years.

      • vapeloki@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        We are leasing our cars.

        Regarding the feel: The car does feel surprisingly light. Besides his 2.2 metric tons.

        At least here in Europe, the Tesla superchargers work with the car.

        Not sure if this generation is already available in the US. I am german, so BMW is a natural choice ;).

        Currently, BMW is using the same base for combustion and electric cars to safe costs ans be more flexible how to fit the chassis. That may be a reason for the success.

        Nor sure how the price in the US is, the list price for my nearly fully equipped i5 is around 90k€. The only thing I am missing is the pneumatic dampeners. They come only with red or blue breaks, and company policy does not allow for “racing looks”.