Summary

Tesla’s EU vehicle sales dropped 49% in January and February 2025, with registrations falling to 19,046.

Analysts link the decline to Elon Musk’s political alignment with Trump and nationalist European parties, sparking backlash, including arson and vandalism at Tesla facilities.

Compounding issues, newer Chinese-made EVs are surpassing Tesla sales in Europe, with Tesla’s market share falling from 18.4% to 7.7% year-to-date.

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      10 days ago

      I’m kinda on board for the arson as well. There are a lot of people who don’t give a shit about who they support if they can get a car for cheap. But if that car brings the with it the risk of being set on fire or just generally vandalised then maybe that would make self serving cunts rethink their purchase as well.

      Weird to say, but trash new teslas

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      10 days ago

      Not just a Nazi, but a chickenshit Nazi.

      If you’re gonna be a Nazi, be one. Don’t deny it after you’re noticed.

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      9 days ago

      I saw a clip from some TV station, with someone claiming people should buy Tesla now, because it will never get this cheap again.
      And then he raved on about how Musk is a tech genius, who would make Tesla a robot/ai company.

      Idiots like that cannot be helped. Even if Musk succeeds with AI which is unlikely, chances are slim that it will be Tesla that benefit from it. Robotaxi is not even close. And chances are that Musk ruined the chance for Tesla to actually compete on it, when he decided against using lidar.

      Unless Tesla cook the books for Q1 2025, Tesla stock is likely to take another huge nosedive when the financial report comes out.
      Sales have plummeted violently, so unless they book the cars on storage at unrealistically high values, the result for Q1 will probably be in the red.
      You simply can’t have a company that operates at less than 10% margin, lose almost half their revenue, while still having the cost of production capacity, without also having serious losses.

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    9 days ago

    I keep seeing these numbers from Europe, but have yet to see North America numbers. I’m curious to see if sales are tanking in the US even harder.

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      I think it would require massive changes from the top down:

      • New CEO
      • New Board of Directors
      • Focus on quality over stupid gimmicks like fart mode
      • Focus on existing issues over self-driving moonshot that’s been promised & delayed for close to a decade now.

      And so on…

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        9 days ago

        I believe you missed the joke. He is referencing WW2 and the involvement of Volkswagen.

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    The guy who sure made a big deal of “I don’t care” during cancellations and “💩” for official comment requests, suddenly demanding empathy and getting the Republican caucus and media circuit to throw him a pity party is undoubtedly the “white persecution” he continues to push.

    Who needs satire.

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      Hopefully it’s a dead cat bounce. Falling shares often recover slightly, before continuing their fall. Only time (and action) will tell.

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        All the big money is getting out, or likely doing a brief pump while they’re shilling to all the redhat suckers to become future bag holders.