Around 10 French clients with leases on Teslas are suing the US carmaker, run by Elon Musk, because they consider the vehicles to be “extreme-right” symbols, the law firm representing them said on Wednesday.

  • @KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world
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    1064 days ago

    Ok, this doesn’t sound too crazy in context.

    They aren’t owners, they are suing to be released from their lease contracts because they feel they suffered “direct and concrete” damage from the way Teslas are now associated with “Elon Musk’s actions”.

    • gian
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      22 days ago

      They aren’t owners, they are suing to be released from their lease contracts because they feel they suffered “direct and concrete” damage from the way Teslas are now associated with “Elon Musk’s actions”.

      As long as they agree to return the car…

    • @WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Of course it’s not crazy. The CEO went all in on being a fascist piece of shit, and brazenly open drug addiction, which has directly damaged the assets of all of his businesses, their customers assets, and the entire brands.

      If, within the next 5 years, Elon isn’t billions in debt and destitute, that’s how you know we all live in corporate dictatorships masquerading as “democracies”.

  • @glimse@lemmy.world
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    353 days ago

    If your Nazi landlord put up a sign in the front yard that says “THIS RENTER GIVES MONEY TO NAZIS,” you’d probably want to end your lease, too

  • @someguy3@lemmy.world
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    274 days ago

    They feel they suffered “direct and concrete” damage from the way Teslas are now associated with “Elon Musk’s actions”, the GKA law firm said.

    They are demanding the Paris commercial court order their lease contracts be terminated and legal costs reimbursed, it said in a statement

    As funny as this is I can’t see it going anywhere.

    • TimmyDeanSausage
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      3 days ago

      But also, please use deodorant and stop being so rude to American visitors in paris. I get that a lot of us are shitty tourists, but some of us are just regular people who are there for work (and not paid as well as you’d think to be there for that work).

      Edit: said France when I meant Paris cause I’m a stupid American ;)

      • @phantomwise@lemmy.ml
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        73 days ago

        There no need to feel so special, people in Paris are rude to just about everyone. My condolences to anyone who has to work or live there 😬

        • TimmyDeanSausage
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          -12 days ago

          I didn’t say I was special. I just experienced the vitriol as an American. I can’t speak to other people’s experiences.

          • @Allemaniac@lemmy.world
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            12 days ago

            It’s not that the french distaste the yankees specifically, they distaste any human creature that isn’t from Napoleon’s ballsac