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Early car sales data for January is starting to arrive from countries across the pond, and they paint an alarming picture for Tesla. Sales are crashing in France, Germany, and the UK—all affluent countries that are key markets for Tesla's electric vehicles. Coming on the heels of a large financial miss, it's just one more problem for the automaker.

Tesla sales dropped around 13 percent across Europe in 2024, but so far this year, the scale of the problem is far greater. In France, sales of new Teslas fell by 63 percent, while total car sales in the country fell by just 6 percent, with EV sales dropping just half a percent.

Germany was already looking like lost ground for Tesla—its 41 percent drop in 2024 accounted for most of Tesla's lost sales across Europe. That must make the 59 percent drop in German Tesla sales recorded during January even more painful on the profit and loss statements.

Across the Channel, the British auto industry just released its sales data for January. Here, Tesla sales fell less precipitously—just 12 percent. However, battery EV sales were 35 percent higher in the UK in January 2025 than in January 2024. The cake is growing, but Tesla is getting to eat less and less of it.

In fact, no Tesla cracked the UK's top 10 best-seller list last month, something that has regularly happened in the past, although that may be due to having just two models for >sale in most markets.

Large declines have also been recorded in Sweden (44 percent), Norway (38 percent), and the Netherlands (42 percent).

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[–] pyrflie@lemm.ee 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Why would they, Telas are lemons. Can't be serviced, filled, or repared. They also have fulfillment issues.

You can't get them, they don't run, and they can't be repaired.

Why would you want one.

[–] 800XL@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Sure am glad all the car companies decided to use the Tesla charger as the standard. /s

[–] FlowVoid@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

It's an open standard now, it doesn't really matter that Tesla was the first. So it's a good thing, kind of like iPhones switching to "Android charging cables".

[–] kerrigan778@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Elon gonna start using the EU for not buying his cars

[–] jaemo@sh.itjust.works 10 points 16 hours ago
[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 17 points 18 hours ago

Elon Musk should have his wealth forcefully redistributed

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Tesla doesn't deserve to tarnish the great inventor's name. Elon more specifically. But who knows, possibly the company's management team are all mini Elons. The workers they are not at fault.

[–] Klnsfw@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 2 hours ago

At this point, they became homonyms. Nothing more.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 64 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Europeans don't want to drive a Swasticar? Why? Did something happen to make them dislike Nazis for some reason?

[–] LouNeko@lemmy.world 21 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Looks at my VW

*Erika intensifies*

[–] Bdtrngl@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

At least the current vw CEO isn't openly a Nazi and they make good cars; unlike muskrat and his swasticars.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

I wouldn't fuck with VW after their "eco-diesel" bullshit from a decade or two ago. But I would probably still prefer them to Tesla if they were the only two car companies.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 7 points 17 hours ago

Their news cars are more expensive and more weird than the old ones, while the competition has been catching up, so it might be that, too...

[–] slingstone@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago
[–] ShotDonkey@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well for obvious reasons. But also bcs their product is crap quality. My neighbour keeps on pouring grand after grand for stupid repairs into his model S

[–] Jericho_Kane@lemmy.org 14 points 1 day ago

That can't be, teslas never break and don't need maintenance. Many people said it, smart people

[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 17 points 23 hours ago

I thought the Powerball and may even some solar stuff they were doing would suit our needs. The last few years quickly removed any such notion from my mind; not touching anything tied to that nazi manbaby

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 27 points 1 day ago

Well, I did Nazi that coming

[–] Venetas@discuss.tchncs.de 31 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I'm not going to sell a perfectly useable Model Y after a year just because the CEO is a cunt. But I'm going to tell everyone that he's a cunt with 30 stickers plastered all over the useless rear window

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 day ago

Sell it to who, Ben? Fucking Aquaman?

Good choice, no point throwing it away if it was too late for you to realize, but it's more powerful as a platform to disavow Musk and Tesla.

The US is collapsing and all I got was this lousy car

[–] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fair point. I won’t judge Tesla drivers. I’ll judge Tesla drivers that don’t have a load of stickers on their car.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I'd judge Tesla drivers if they bought the car this year.

[–] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

lol. Stupidly I didn’t consider that anyone would still buy one. New or secondhand.

[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, I mean who is their market now? Anyone who isn't a nazi or ignorant isn't going to want to be seen driving one. And I get the impression that right wing folks are more into fossil fuels.

[–] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 2 points 14 hours ago

I get the impression that right wing folks are more into fossil fuels.

Yup. I’d say they’re intentionally stupid.

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[–] spirinolas@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Maybe Musk should sue them...

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[–] Frostbeard@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

Read that Tesla pushes December in Norway for padding end of year numbers, resulting in a stagnant January. I think that concutive stagnant months is what would indicate how sick we are with Musk

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

May every business that brings this man profit tank until he learns some empathy.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 6 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Rich people don't have human emotions.

Being rich literally turns you into a sociopath or psycopath.

Hoarding that much excess wealth induces mental disorders.

The only solution is to redistribute their wealth

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Hoarding that much excess wealth induces mental disorders.

I was wondering if epigenetics may speak to that, in some cases

The only solution is to redistribute their wealth.

For the rest of us. I'm curious if it addresses the sociopathic tendencies of the original wealth hoarder?

ETA: that was a quick search for that study and I certainly don't understand it well.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

I don't think taking away their money would instantly fix their sociopathic tendencies, but it would allow them to actually engage with real human society again and the community and experiences from that would help to build empathy again.

But the reason for stripping them of their wealth is that they're dangerous, we don't give nukes to violent schizophrenics.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 14 hours ago

But the reason for stripping them of their wealth is that they're dangerous, we don't give nukes to violent schizophrenics.

This is being very vividly illustrated, irl.

[–] buzz86us@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago

Having competition tends to do that 🤷

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