Tesla sales plunge in Europe, adding to carmaker's woes
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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 opened a "gigafactory" in
Germany in 2021, capable of building 375,000 cars annually but "likely
to be underutilized for some time," Ars Technica reported.
Competition from China is part of the problem, but Musk's embrace of
right-wing politics also appears to be toxic to many EV buyers
https://www.semafor.com/article/05/07/2025/tesla-sales-plunge-in-europe-adding-to-carmakers-woes
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