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Tesla thinks a grabbing stick is a good replacement for right-hand drive in the UK. (www.arenaev.com)
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Order a Model S or Model X in the UK and you'll receive a left-hand drive car and a bonus grabbing stick.

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[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The issue was also heavily lobbied by Mercedes. It wasn't about profit loss, it was about people importing base and utilitarian Mercedes vehicles. Think cloth seat sedans and offroad unimogs. Mercedes fought this imports in order to uphold their prestige as a luxury manufactuer. They refused to import those things

[–] Robocopsicle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, that's interesting — and makes a lot of sense.