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Judge for yourself: in 2020, which was devastated by the Covid crisis, all manufacturers showed double-digit declines. All except Tesla, which limits the loss to the unexpected – 1%. The stability of this “small” brand, which did not get any of its cars into the top 100 sales, was praised by the entire automotive press. In 2021, the American resumes the march forward, and not a little: it progresses by … 258% and moves to 17th place in the ranking of manufacturers, doubling Nissan, Suzuki or DS. But the biggest surprise was the success of the Model 3, which unknowingly became the best-selling electric car in France. In 2023, Model Y will live up to all predictions. Who could have predicted that a foreign electric SUV with a price of 40,000 euros could one day enter the top ten most registered cars in France and maybe even get the title of the best-selling car in the world? Tesla owes its success to its eccentric owner, Elon Musk, whose creative madness and audacity seem boundless. The problem is that the main Achilles heel of Tesla is the same Elon Musk, whose behavior with peers sometimes amounts to sociopathy. But recently, the Yankee genius hit a snag. At the same time, he acquired 136 Swedish mechanics, to whom he refused a collective agreement, a long time ago. Musk probably didn’t know that Sweden is one of the most unionized countries on the planet. As a result, as a sign of solidarity, the country’s truck drivers refused to transport Teslas, dockers refused to unload them at the port, vendors refused to sell them, and postmen refused to deliver their mail, blocking the process. distribution of license plates. This blockade even extends to all of Scandinavia. Vikings are cute, but don’t tickle their whiskers too much. In any case, we thank them for finally giving us the opportunity to encounter this brand that is completely unlike any other.

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