Tesla

Tesla sales in Europe collapsed in almost 50% last month, even when the largest market for electric cars saw growth in the region, according to data published on Tuesday.

Tesla vehicle sales in 32 European countries fell 49% to 7,261 in April 14,228 in the same month of the previous year, according to the figures published by the European Association of Automobile Manufacturers, or Acea.

At the same time, the sales of electric vehicles of all manufacturers increased approximately 28%, according to the group data.

The numbers are the last indication of how much the Tesla brand is suffering due to the reaction against the multimillionaire CEO Elon Musk about its points of extreme right. Crowds They have gathered at Tesla’s dealerships Both in Europe and in the United States, with the protesters who oppose Musk’s work with the Efficiency Department of the Government of President Trump, which has reduced the Federal Labor Force of the United States and has been subject to multiple demands.

The protesters point to Tesla to the fortune of Dent Musk, given that much of their wealth is linked to actions of the electric vehicle manufacturer.

“2025 began as a dark chapter for Musk and Tesla as Elon’s role in the Trump and Doge administration created a life that created damage to the brand and a black cloud over history,” said Wedbush analyst Dan Iives, in a investigation note on May 23.

Musk, meanwhile, said last month that climb to climb His Dux work that begins in May to spend more time in Tesla. The profits of the EV Company First Quarter It fell very short of the expectations of analysts, with the income that falls 9% and the fall of the profits of 71%.

The latest European sales figures, which cover the 27 member countries of the European Union and five other nations outside the block, support the early data of Sweden, the Netherlands and Denmark launched earlier this month that had indicated a sales collapse.

Tesla aging model line

While Tesla has been staggering protests and boycots on musk vaining politics, it also faces other factors that include an alignment of models of aging and intensification of the competition of the brands of rival electric vehicles, particularly China.

Trump’s commercial war has also rejected Europeans to buy American brands. In recent days, Trump threatened to impose a 50% rate on EU’s assets, accusing the block of being “very difficult to handle”, before accepting delay duties until July.

In a sign that Tesla seems to be losing ground to Chinese brands cut, sales in Saic from China increased 54% in April, according to Acea figures. SAIC has a series of car brands, including MG based in the United Kingdom, known for its low -cost EV models.

Tesla is also suffering because he had to close the factories for several weeks this year while updating his utilitarian vehicle Sport Model and more selling, pinching the supply.

During the first four months of the year, European sales of Tesla fell approximately 39% to 61,320, while the automotive market of the continent, according to a time showed few changes during the same period, according to the data.

For April, car sales in the EU increased 1.3% compared to the previous year, “showing signs of recovery despite the unpredictable global economic environment,” the group said in a press release. Meanwhile, car sales with gasoline and diesel collapsed.

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