Summary

Tesla’s sales in Germany fell 59% in January, reaching their lowest level since July 2021, as CEO Elon Musk’s political activities may be damaging the brand.

Musk’s support for Germany’s far-right AfD and controversial remarks about the country’s history have drawn criticism. Tesla also saw declines in France and the UK, key European EV markets.

Other factors, such as production changes and inventory shortages, contributed to the slump.

Competitors like Volkswagen and BMW gained market share, and rival EV makers are actively courting disaffected Tesla customers.

  • @[email protected]
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    92 hours ago

    as CEO Elon Musk’s political activities may be damaging the brand

    May be damaging the brand?
    I suppose this is one of the rare occasions where we can say without further investigation or study, that it certainly is a result of Nazi President Musk’s political activities.

  • @SlopppyEngineer
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    83 hours ago

    Musk is going to sue everybody that hates Nazis probably.

    • @[email protected]
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      216 minutes ago

      No it’s because of:

      ‘Conspiring against a business’ just like he sued advertisers not advertising on x anymore after he insulted them.

  • @[email protected]
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    7 hours ago

    Good.

    As soon as my lease is up I’m out of this fucking swasticar.

    Fuck Elon, fuck the Tesla board for enabling him, I hope they all get cancer.

    • @[email protected]
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      -76 hours ago

      Well I’d say cancer’s a bit much, I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy. Plus, they have money, and cancer can be mitigated with all the money.

      Now, a persistently massive bed bug infestation, severe erectile dysfunction, head lice, singed up for a Jehovah’s Witness mailing list, voodoo curses, there are much better ways to have them suffer.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 hour ago

        Probably just a Swamp German it’s a theme with them, e.g. using “contract the bubonic plague” to mean “fuck you”.

        • gonzo-rand19
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          It would have if he had gotten real treatment instead of just eating fruit. He literally had the only type of pancreatic cancer that we could treat at the time.

        • @ricdeh
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          134 hours ago

          He didn’t even try (in the beginning). Money and early treatment would absolutely have saved his life.

          the Apple mastermind eventually came to regret the decision he had made years earlier to reject potentially life-saving surgery in favor of alternative treatments like acupuncture, dietary supplements and juices

          Forbes

          • @then_three_more
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            32 hours ago

            Yes but it didn’t because he thought he could drink kale juice or something instead of spending on it. So you just need cancer and a belief in quack medicine.

        • @[email protected]
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          54 hours ago

          To be fair he was also a dumbass in that regard and repeatedly refused to get actually treated in favor of holistic bullshit.

          Iirc he’d have lived quite a lot longer if he had.

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    As much as I hate elongated muskrat, this is Not a very good article, doesn’t really explore the reasons behind the fall and instead pushes a narrative.

    AFAIK there is an overall decrease in EV sales, Tesla is also announcing the new Model Y soon which is probably having a hold off effect for new buyers, either looking for the newer model or a good deal on the older model.

    And the viable alternatives from the competitors will also eat into their sales more than anything, Renault R5, new Fiat Panda, new Citroen EC3 that starts from like 20k.

    Those who wanted a tesla likely already have one, the rest are taking the alternatives, that are either smaller or better built.

    Tesla is going from the EV to get to a niche pick for people who like tech and fast acceleration over comfort, affordability.

    • @[email protected]
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      81 hour ago

      Tesla lost substantial ground in an EV market that was up 54% for the month

      There’s a big increase in EV sales and Tesla are selling 59% fewer cars than they did last year. That’s a massive slump in their fraction of the market.

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        Ahh you are right, I did miss that, I would expect the sales of teslas slump regardless though, because the one screen setup is retarded and now there are viable alternatives.

  • @[email protected]
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    146 hours ago

    To put this into perspective, there were 207640 new cars registered in January, of which 1277 were Teslas. That’s a measly 0.62 percent of total new car registrations.

      • @ricdeh
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        -84 hours ago

        Please don’t call for the destruction of property of total strangers, that’s very disrespectful.

  • @reddig33
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    438 hours ago

    When are the investors and employees going to wake up and kick Elon out of Tesla?

    • Blaster M
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      198 hours ago

      Watch this be a 400 IQ move for Musk to cut away the one thing that his Red peers don’t like: icky clean energy things

      • @[email protected]
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        Yeah the cyber truck would sell a lot better if it was a diesel.

        The headlights aren’t blinding enough either.

  • Jeena
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    178 hours ago

    Nobody wants to be seen in a Nazi-Mobil, not even in Germany, I guess?

      • Flying Squid
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        116 hours ago

        Even if they’re on Musk’s side, Germans can recognize a shit build car when they see one.