Tesla sales plunge 63% in EU’s second-biggest EV market
Tesla sales plunge 63% in EU’s second-biggest EV market
Tesla Inc. registrations plummeted 63% last month in France, the European Union’s second-biggest market for battery-electric vehicles.
Summary
Tesla’s registrations in France dropped 63% in January, their lowest since August 2022, far outpacing the broader total EV sales' 0.5% decline.
Tesla registrations across EU countries fell 13% last year, with Germany accounting for much of the decline.
Sales in Germany, Tesla’s biggest European market, also fell 41% last year due to an aging lineup, competition, and subsidy cuts.
CEO Elon Musk’s political involvement, including support for Germany’s far-right party, may be affecting demand.
Not one more Tesla should be sold in any democratic country.
The interesting part of the story is not so much that Tesla is losing -- it's who is winning. Electric vehicles are in MASSIVE demand throughout the world. The USA has responded more or less by putting an iron curtain in place against BETTER electric vehicles produced elsewhere. Sure, our governments use some scary words around Chinese imports, but look at their cars in isolation, especially BYD. By almost any metric you can imagine, BYD products are superior. The USA is temporarily putting their head in the sand about China. However, make no mistake, in other markets where there is FAIR competition, America's lunch is getting eaten. This cannot go on forever. Hopefully our US auto producers get their heads out of their ass and start competing instead of relying on tariffs to level the playing field. Tarriffs can make Tesla competitive domestically, but if you want to dominate the world, this is almost certainly not the way forward.
Whenever I see a Tesla, I immediately think of those fucking neo-Nazis and his weekly chats with the bastard Vlad.
It's a good start. I do my part by pointing and laughing at every owner of the big, stupid, dangerous cybertruck...
Can't say I can blame them for not wanting to give their money to a Nazi.
Sadly, he's already tapped the US Treasury like a Keg.
There's another factor that jumps to mind when I think of cars in France: they buy A LOT of French cars! I don't have any statistical data, but it feels like half of the cars on their roads are French... And now that their manufacturers' offer of EVs is starting to flesh out, they probably prefer buying "local".
Not a large drop enough, let's make that 100% please
I waited until I could get my hands on a Hyundai EV because I couldn't stomach Musk. A buddy is currently considering a used Tesla because prices have cratered - but is factoring in the cost of several large 'Musk Sucks' stickers to plaster all over it.
Couldn't happen to a "better" man
And they haven't even slapped a bunch of tit-for-tat tariffs on them yet.
Good keep it going!
This has nothing to do with Musk.
