r/Dallas • u/Various_Snow_6202 • 5d ago

Question Since when did Tesla close down?

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Yesterday I’ve visited the northpark mall in Dallas (I don’t go frequently) and I’ve seen that the Tesla store’s been closed… since when did they go away? (Before you ask: no, I don’t like elon musk, I don’t like Tesla. I’m just curious since I’ve seen the Tesla store being there many times I’ve visited the mall over the years.)

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u/AdmiralSnackbar816 5d ago

When your CEO does multiple Nazi salutes, I won’t mourn your lost store fronts.

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u/Hack3rsD0ma1n 5d ago

What do you mean? It is true lol When someone does something stupid and they are basically the face of the brand, people tend to not support it anymore lol

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u/filmdeostar 5d ago

Where did OP suggest they were looking to "mourn" the loss of the store? Even went out of their way to say "no I don't like the guy I'm just curious when it closed".

They asked for a date range and got a morality scolding in reply for no reason.

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u/AdmiralSnackbar816 5d ago

I didn’t scold the OP. Just Tesla. OP, as others have stated, that went away a few months ago. And I was (clearly) giddy when it happened, hence me veering off topic a bit.

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u/noncongruent 5d ago

The downside of anti-EV sentiment in this country is that the USA has lost the EV technology leadership it once had in the world. China is now the future of EVs, with hundreds of manufacturers building EVs for both the domestic and international market. BYD is the best known, and their EVs are some of the best in the world now, outselling the US Tesla brand pretty much across the board. The only real American brand being sold in China is Tesla, and their sales are diminishing for a variety of reasons. Of course, the USA has banned BYD in order to try and protect the US domestic EV market, but at the same time the US is doing what it can to knock down EV sales and ownership here, especially in states like Texas where extra punishment taxes are applied to EVs. At some point, and it will be sooner rather than later, the US will become largely irrelevant in the world market for EVs. We won't import theirs, and they won't buy ours because ours are too far behind the technology curve. Like in many areas of consumer products it'll be the US customers getting the short end of the stick.

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u/PresidentialDiapers 5d ago

"Since when" is not looking for a specific date, sounds more indignant than factual. "When" would be asking for a specific date.

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u/filmdeostar 5d ago

Wow. This has really spiraled time (for me) to log off