Tesla has is losing land on the European market. In January, the sales of the car manufacturer decreased not only in Germany but also in Great Britain and France, the three major European markets for electric cars.
It is not the first time that Tesla has to deal with Elon Musk’s political statements. Sales in Germany they collapsed by 59% in January. It is not surprising, the billionaire entered the country’s politics tense. He said the Germans have “focus too much on the faults of the past“(the reference is to Nazism), he supported the far-right anti-immigration party alternative Für Deutschland (AFD), and interviewed live on X ad Alice Weidelparty leader.
Tesla has is losing land on the European market. In January the Sales of the car manufacturer They decreased not only in Germany but also in Great Britain and France, the three major European markets for electric cars.
The collapse of Tesla
In Germany, the seat of the single Tesla factory in Europe, they were only registered 1,277 new Tesla vehicles In January he explained the German federal authority for car transport. The Germans turned to national and Chinese car manufacturers for electric cars, which recorded an increase in 54 percent of the question in January.
Also in France the sales collapsed by 63 percent Compared to 2024 and 12 percent instead in Great Britain. It is not surprising. Musk wrote on X that the United States should free the United Kingdom from his tyrannical government, has also openly supported Tommy Robinson, British anti-Islam activist and former member of the British National Partyneo -fascist and white nationalist party.
In Sweden, instead it Strike of mechanics against Tesla continues for the second year, e The question of car collapsed by 44 percent In January, while in Norway the sales fell of 38 percent.
Even in the United States it is not so good for Tesla
There was a drop in the United States, albeit less steep than the collapse of the European market. In California (the largest automotive market in the United States) for example, electric cars are being sold. The registrations of new Tesla vehicles decreased by 11.6 percent in 2024, despite the total sales of electric cars and trucks have increased by 1.2 percent, according to California New Car Dealers Association.
“Musk’s influence on the brand is becoming more and more polarizing, pushing many buyers to look elsewhere,” he said Ginny BuckleyCEO of Electrifying.com, website reviews of electric vehicles. “With over 130 EV Mainstream models now available in the United Kingdom, compared to only 25 of 2020, the competition has never been so fierce and Tesla is already feeling the pressure”.
