Summary
Tesla’s sales in Europe collapsed in April, plunging over 50% in several countries despite an overall 23.9% rise in EU EV sales.
Sweden saw an 81% drop, the Netherlands 73.8%, and France 59%.
The refreshed Model Y failed to revive interest as buyers turned to alternatives, citing CEO Elon Musk’s controversies or superior competitors.
Tesla’s Q1 EU market share fell from 2.4% to 1.3%. Including the UK and EFTA, sales dropped 37.3%. Globally, 2024 was Tesla’s worst delivery year in two years, raising doubts about a near-term recovery.
I do my part here in Denmark (which is chock full of Tesla), by giving the middle finger to every Swastikar that passes me by on my commute by bike.
I’m kind of amazed how many unvandalised Teslas there are here in Copenhagen.
At least we are not letting Tesla start a self-driving test on our streets as Norway is doing.
Surely you could manage two middle fingers as long as you’re not in a sharp turn!
I am ashamed to say that, even after 15 years in cycling cities, I have never learnt to bike with hands on the handle.
I think it’s part of my personality: 20 years ago when I still drove a car I was fixed with my hands at 10 to 10 on the wheel and I approach every keyboard with my left hand in the WASD shape.
I have never learnt to bike with hands on the handle
my hands at 10 to 10
I’m not sure if you are a terrible driver and bad typer or great driver and good typer…
Good. Destroy it!
They should scour military stockpiles for any left over ww2 explosives and use them to demolish all tesla factories and dealerships. Give those old material their final hurrah in taking down fascism.
Burn baby burn
It’s a completely overvalued company. Other car companies have a much higher production rate, sell more cars, at a much better quality, and have more market share, yet don’t “enjoy” the same kind of market valuation. In Germany, Teslas are on par with Dacia in terms of production quality, yet Dacia sells cars at a fraction of the cost of Tesla. In other words, it’s a bubble. One way or another, it will burst, and if it takes the nazi boss in charge down with it, even better.
They need to calm down with that title. It’s only been a few months. Unfortunately people forget way too easily.
I suspect Americans may forget, but maybe not Europeans given that him and Trump insulted their national pride. Same with Canadians.
I do hope Americans never forgive and never forget on this one.
What baffles is how completely overbought the stock is and how it refuses to collapse. There must be some big whales propping him up.
Europeans will forget.
Let’s put it like this: Antifascists won’t forget.
Here in the EU we have more than one country that was in fact rebuilt from the ground up centered around an Antifascist identity.
My country, Italy is one of them, and yes, we have at the government a woman who represents a party which is direct descendant of the fascist party, but that’s why you get students and professors in the universities and common people rallying together for Palestine AND against the neo-fascist government’s decrees.
There is an end in sight for Musk, one I can promise: this all ends when every fascist is dead.
Even if they do, Tesla is being unseated as the “default” electric car in the consumer mind, which will persist even if they forget why.
good point
The only reason they may never come back is just how good BYD alternative models are. Tesla doesn’t have the edge anymore, and it was coasting on brand loyalty and reputation.
Well, that reputation is a Seig Heil now.
On the flip side, titles like this will help people to not forget.
There’s a pretty decent chance of major government action to support the company can be bought. Shit, musk may help build a very expensive situation for himself.
Fucking wonderful!!!
More of this please!!
“Drive” the value of the Swastikar into the fucking ground.
🤡 😂 🖕 🖕
I don’t understand why their stock is still 51% higher than it was one year ago.
It went down significantly since the beginning of the year (~-25%) but less that it went high after November election (~+100%).
Because Tesla stock is essentially a meme stock and always has been. It’s not based on the actual boring making of cars, but rather the strength of musk’s bullshit powered reality distortion field.
There’s always some vaporware next big thing that he pitches, but never actually delivers on which is used to justify their ridiculous valuation.
What baffles me is that conservatives usually don’t believe in global warming and don’t care about the environment so they are less likely to purchase an EV. So why is Musk courting them? Presumably he did a lot of damage to the brand. And it doesn’t help either that the Cyberpunk is one giant flop, similar to Fiat Multipla.
Honestly hoping conservatives start buying EVs en mass to own the libs.
Most cannot afford them.
I think that was his strategy too, but he went way overboard – full nazi even. I think he also took too many drugs and lost control.
hes hoping to get into the AI space like thiel with palintir, ive said it he largely abandoned “TESLA” already
Take it to Zero. This company has to go.
The SuperCharger network needs to be spun off into its own company. It’s one of the few positive things to come out of the company, especially now that the Tesla NACS plug/socket has become the SAE J3400 open standard and most EV manufacturers have announced support for it. It’s the only international EV fast charging network that can be seen as comparable to similar gas/petrol chains.
Their battery storage division that manufactures PowerWalls, MegaPacks, etc. should also be saved (perhaps spun off as well). Those are good quality home & grid-scale battery solutions.
Their cars, vaporware solar products, robots, etc. all deserve to go the way of the dodo as quickly as possible.
Anything that would see Muskrat profit should be boycotted and discarded.
Tesla death spiral! Now do Elon!
Womp womp
Good. Fuck that guy.
no end in sight
Can it actually go below zero? I’m new at this.
