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Tesla’s sales in Germany plunged 59 percent in January, the month when Elon Musk, the company’s chief executive and a close adviser to President Trump, chided Germans for focusing too much on “past guilt” for Nazi-era crimes and urged voters to support a nationalist party in the country’s general election. As Mr. Musk has been intent on slashing the U.S. budget through an initiative he calls the Department of Government Efficiency, the electric vehicle company he runs has been steadily losing market share across Europe. The automaker’s sales were down...

A Tesla car charges outside the US carmaker Tesla’s German factory near Berlin, on November 20, 2024 in Gruenheide, eastern Germany. Tesla sales in Germany fell by 60%.

Tesla sales have careened lower in Germany in January, as sales of the electric vehicle company headed by Elon Musk tumble across Europe.

The German trade group VDA reported that Tesla new-vehicle registrations fell 60% in January, which is the biggest percentage drop for an automaker that’s sold at least 1,000 cars in the country.

Tesla Inc.’s sales plummeted 59% last month in Germany, where Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk asserted himself in national politics like never before.

The US manufacturer registered only 1,277 new cars in January, its lowest monthly total since July 2021, according to the German Federal Motor Transport Authority. Tesla lost substantial ground in an electric vehicle market that was up 54% for the month, suggesting Musk’s vocal support for the far-right Alternative for Germany party likely dragged on demand.

Tesla has suffered a sales slump in France amid a growing backlash against Elon Musk from the country’s drivers. The electric carmaker registered only 1,141 cars sold in France last month, down by almost two thirds from 3,118 last year. Tesla’s performance lagged the wider industry and total EV sales, which were down 6.2pc and 0.5pc respectively, according to figures from French industry body La Plateforme Automobile. The drop in sales in the EU’s second largest EV market comes as Mr Musk attracts controversy for his increasingly vocal interventions in...

OSLO, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Tesla (TSLA.O) lost market share in Sweden and Norway in January, car registration data showed on Monday as the U.S. electric vehicle maker faces a test of popularity following billionaire CEO Elon Musk's high-profile foray into politics. A total of 405 new Teslas were registered in Sweden last month, down 44% from January of 2024, while registrations in Norway fell to 689, a decline of 38% over the same period, despite soaring overall demand for cars in the two countries. While Tesla's Model Y crossover...

Tesla Inc. registrations plummeted 63% last month in France, the European Union’s second-biggest market for battery-electric vehicles. The manufacturer registered only 1,141 cars in January, the fewest since August 2022, according to French industry association La Plateforme Automobile. Tesla underperformed the overall industry and total EV sales, which dipped 6.2% and 0.5%, respectively.