While Tesla’s global sales have taken a significant hit during the first quarter of 2025, the electric vehicle (EV) brand has seen a boost in sales in Ukraine.

Increased competition from lower-cost Chinese EV manufacturers have made Tesla prices more affordable for some Ukrainian consumers.

According to Ukraine’s Association of Car Manufacturers, the demand for electric vehicles was on the rise in February and March, with Tesla leading in sales of used electric cars.

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    3 days ago

    Translation: used Teslas are now so unpopular, that only people regularly bombarded by Russia are willing to buy them (they probably dustrust Chinese cars more).

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    3 days ago

    Any bets they’re buying the Swastikars to use as sacrificial power sources for some kind of IED’s…

    😂 🤣

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      They could be the IED. Self drive to target trigger on brake or crash… Probably just strip the cyber truck for parts and batteries it wouldn’t make it to target

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    … on the rise in February and March, with Tesla leading in sales of used electric cars.

    Hey, wait a minute

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    3 days ago

    They might be cheap, but I’d worry Musk would deactivate them remotely at any time.

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      At the end of the day, it’s a unibody steel frame with some electric motors and batteries.

      Ripping out Elon’s shitty electronics and replacing them with something better isn’t going to be in the ‘too hard’ basket for Ukraine.

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        2 days ago

        Look up Rich Rebuilds on YT. He not only defied Tesla by rebuilding one from totaled Telsas with otherwise functional parts. But he also built one with (iirc) a V8 gas engine.

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        2 days ago

        Uhh can i get a massive upront 0 interest loan to start a new company to do exactly this(and to also learn how to do this…)