Tesla Sales Plunge 63% in EU’s Second-Biggest EV Market
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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.

      • SamboT@lemmy.worldEnglish
        445·
        14 hours ago

        Sorry i had a moment. But theres no point to putting so much effort into expressing hatred for tesla and i just think its kind of obnoxious. I get it but just dont buy them.

        • SulaymanF@lemmy.worldEnglish
          8·
          7 hours ago

          We’re not talking about disagreements over sports teams, Musk is using people’s money to scam a ton of people and influence elections by pushing extremists into government and openly break laws. He’s a malignant individual.

          • SamboT@lemmy.worldEnglish
            17·
            3 hours ago

            Just because its a serious topic doesnt mean circlejerking suddenly becomes a good use of time.

        • Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.worldEnglish
          27·
          14 hours ago

          Tesla deserves raw, spend your whole night raging online, never buy, avert your eyes hatred.

          Because they aren’t just associates with, but are an extension of, a demonstrably dangerous to billions anti-democratic greedy Nazi wannabe (which is a Nazi in common parlance).

          No respect, no apathy, no acceptance of Nazis when the corpses of the last ones to barely beat them at the cost of a generation are barely cold.

          • intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
            33·
            13 hours ago

            That’s actually really insightful. You see hatred as primarily having an effect on the target. I see hatred as primarily having an effect on the hater.

            • Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              13 hours ago

              It really is two ways of thinking.

              I see a fight-or-flight response to a threat and a decision made. Stressors are a two way street and the fight choice doesn’t always or even often leave both sides unharmed.

          • SamboT@lemmy.worldEnglish
            216·
            13 hours ago

            Yes okay but i we can hold that conviction without being constant with it. If it did something positive then I wouldnt critcize it. Seems pointless.