Elon Musks Tesla Sales collapse completely in Europe, even when the EV market increases
London (AP) – Tesla sales in Europe were submerged in the middle last month, even when growth in the electric car market accelerated the rhythm, according to the data published on Tuesday.
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.
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, sales of electric vehicles of all manufacturers increased approximately 28%. Meanwhile, car sales with gasoline and diesel collapsed.
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The 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 has been staggering protests and boycots on musk wading politics, but also faces other factors that include an alignment of aging and intensification models of the competition of brands of rival electric vehicles, particularly China.
The commercial war of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, has also rejected Europeans to buy US 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.
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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.