US EditionTesla sales plunge across Europe
- Tesla experienced a sharp decline in electric vehicle sales across Europe and China in early 2025, with notable drops in Germany, the UK, Sweden, and France.
- This decline follows rising competition from local and international manufacturers, including China’s BYD which grew sales by 19.4% and now challenges Tesla’s EV market lead.
- Tesla also faces backlash linked to Elon Musk’s political alignment and controversial public gestures, which alienated key European customers and triggered widespread protests.
- Sales data show Tesla’s April registrations fell 62% in the UK, 46% in Germany, and over 80% in Sweden, while overall European BEV sales rose nearly 24% in Q1 2025.
- As a result, Tesla reported its first annual sales drop in 2024 and analysts predict a continued downturn, describing the second quarter of 2025 as "a disaster" for the company.
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Tesla sales plunge in Europe, adding to carmaker’s woes
The NewsTesla’s revenues dropped still further, especially in Europe, adding to an already calamitous 2025 so far. The number of vehicles sold by the Elon Musk-led firm fell 81% year-on-year in April in Sweden and 73.8% in the Netherlands, with steep falls in Denmark, France, and the UK, despite demand for electric vehicles going up. The US saw a smaller but still noteworthy fall, Inside EVs reported. Europe is a particular issue since Tesla ope…
Tesla's Decline in China: A Competitive Shift in the EV Market
Tesla's Decline in China: A Competitive Shift in the EV Market Tesla's struggle in the Chinese market is becoming evident as April sales figures reveal a decline. The U.S. carmaker sold 58,459 electric vehicles made in China, marking a 6% decrease compared to the same period last year, according to the China Passenger Car Association.The drop is even more pronounced when compared to March, with deliveries of the Model 3 and Model Y shrinking by …
Musk faces its biggest crisis in Tesla: its sales collapse across Europe
Tesla joins a deep crisis of demand in the big European markets. Far from going back to its first quarter numbers, conditioned by the new production cycle, the giant of the electric cars that the U.S. tycoon Elon Musk signs off a month of black April and decelerates strongly in eight of the main markets of the Old Continent.From Spain (-36%) to Sweden (-81%), through Germany (-46%), Belgium (-55%), France (-59%), United Kingdom (-62%), Denmark (…
Tesla’s latest European sales numbers continue to plummet to multiyear low, as Chinese EVs soar
New Tesla car sales plunged across Europe in April even as sales of other electric vehicle brands soared, in part due to backlash against CEO Elon Musk’s support for Europe’s far-right politics, as well as growing competition from both European and Chinese EV carmakers, according to Reuters. Last month, Tesla’s new car sales in the U.K. and Germany tanked to their lowest in over two years, falling 62% and 46% year on year, respectively, even as …
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