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Europeans still aren't buying Teslas with figures out Wednesday showing sales plunged for a fifth month in a row in May, a blow to investors who had hoped anger toward Elon Musk would have faded by now.

Tesla sales fell 28% last month in 30 European countries even as the overall market for electric vehicles expanded sharply, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association. The poor showing comes after Tesla's billionaire CEO had promised a “major rebound” was coming last month, adding to a recent buying frenzy among investors.

They were selling on Wednesday, pushing the prices down more than 4% in early afternoon trading.

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[-] sznowicki@lemmy.world 88 points 1 month ago

Apart of Elon being idiot why would we even consider buying Tesla anyway? Competition is much better when it comes to things like access to authorized service. Charging network is a non-issue in Europe as we have full roaming and one socket standard and brands like Kia, Mercedes or even BYD have competitive prices while all being great quality.

[-] Theprogressivist@lemmy.world 58 points 1 month ago

Also, one huge Pro to not having a tesla is not having to worry about it blowing up for no reason.

[-] P00ptart@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago
[-] rammer@sopuli.xyz 18 points 1 month ago

Or it being a death trap in an accident.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

c'mon, incidental explosions are what make life exciting!

[-] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 5 points 1 month ago

Or (hopefully?) not having private stuff the car recorded passed around the company's office for chuckles.

[-] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago

According to Tim Urban's blog article on Tesla and Muck from 2015, one of Muck's stated goals was to jumpstart the other auto manufacturers into producing their own EVs to accelerate the trend toward a more sustainable energy future. Whether that was true then or now is irrelevant, but it is nice to see EVs of many brands being made and purchased. Obligatory Fuck Muck, existential disappointment that he will forever be.

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[-] lennybird@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Rivian seems better in literally every way, isn't it?

[-] tburkhol@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

It's been a while since I looked at EVs, but my (US) experience at the time was that Tesla was one of very few companies offering sedan-shaped EVs. The US market was full of crossovers & SUVs (like Rivian), and that form factor seems antagonistic to many of the things that make high performance, long range EVs: terrible aerodynamics, high body weight, poor visibility... They're big enough to fill will batteries to compensate for the poor efficiency, but that just raises costs.

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[-] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

In Europe at least, Chinese cars.

Last month on my neck of the woods, YoY car sales were up 16% and yet Tesla was down 68% this month alone, while BYD was up 331,6% (yes, 3 digits).

With these changes, Tesla isn't even in the top 10 anymore (at one point it was #2!) and has been leapfrogged by BYD, who seems very likely to continue climbing and break into the top 3 sellers.

Tesla is dead.

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[-] Kanzar@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

I am unaware of any other EV that has sentry mode on the cameras like that on the Tesla. Would absolutely love to be proven wrong.

AFAIK Kia has a Korean only release EV6 that had it, but none of the other options utilise the whole suite of cameras to record.

[-] MBech@feddit.dk 5 points 1 month ago

But is it needed on anything other than a Tesla?

[-] Kanzar@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

I've had a Ford (mid range SUV) and a Toyota (base model sedan) which were both damaged whilst parked, and nobody left a note. Lots of people posting in the community groups about carpark damage and no notes being left, and no luck with local cameras.

So yes, it is needed.

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[-] dellish@lemmy.world 61 points 1 month ago

who had hoped anger toward Elon Musk would have faded by now

Even fucking goldfish remember what he's done. He has irreversibly associated Nazism with Tesla at the same time that cheaper and better electric vehicles are coming out of China. The only way is down and that's not going to change until he is no longer part of Tesla and a lot of time has passed.

[-] brown567@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago

There is precedent for a car brand started by a Nazi successfully shaking that image eventually

[-] towerful@programming.dev 6 points 1 month ago

Over what sort of timeframe?
Couple months? Couple years? Couple decades?

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[-] T156@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Eve if he suddenly no longer had influence over Tesla, he's ruined their reputation enough that others have had time to catch up and make better vehicles.

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 6 points 1 month ago

Cheaper and better EVs are here from lots of European, Korean, and (to a lesser degree) American brands.

It's been a long time since was "the only choice".

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[-] lupusblackfur@lemmy.world 51 points 1 month ago

🤣 🤣

a blow to investors who had hoped anger toward Elon Musk would have faded by now

Methinks they may have underestimated Elonazi's dickishness, stupidity, arrogance, and power to piss people off...

OMG that's funny. 🤣 🤣

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Not too mention Tesla stock being his slush fund to ruin the world with his Nazi bullshit

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[-] hefejefe@lemmy.world 51 points 1 month ago

Looks like Elon took the “shut your stupid fucking mouth up” advice. Too bad the damage to his image is irreversible. Oh well. I’m afraid I’m all out of tiny violins as well.

[-] Kickforce@lemmy.wtf 35 points 1 month ago

I read Musk fired the Tesla manager for Europe and North America over the low sales, as if those weren't a direct result of Musk's own actions. Like there is only one person responsible for pushing the stupid cybertruck and for associating the brand with fascism.

[-] matlag@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago

Don't you know that he's a genius and none of what he says or does can have any bad consequence? If it's not because of him, it must be because of someone else. Oh, BTW: he also fired a manager in Tesla who voiced against him damaging the brand name.

https://electrek.co/2025/06/18/tesla-manager-fired-sounding-the-alarm-explains-why-automaker-screwed/

None of these people know anything about anything. Only Elon knows!!

[-] carlossurf@lemmy.ca 29 points 1 month ago

Hey elon dont worry the right wing nut jobs are gonna start buying your teslas, ah right most of them are broke lol

[-] wabafee@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Even better they don't drive teslas cause they want those gas guzzler.

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[-] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 10 points 1 month ago

Awww go fashy, stonk crashy :'( :'( LOL

[-] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

Let's keep it going, I wanna get paid for getting a Tesla.

[-] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 13 points 1 month ago

Unless he steps down as CEO and sells all his shares I don't see a Tesla redemption arc in Europe anytime soon.

[-] Darleys_Brew@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago

Even then it’s a shitty company, cause look how long they’ve tolerated him for.

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[-] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 21 points 1 month ago

Needs to be in the negative worldwide.

[-] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 month ago

Could I have a list of these "investors?" Because they sound like fools who deserve to be tricked out of their money.

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[-] Montreal_Metro@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 month ago

At this point if a person buys teslas they are either a Nazi or ignorant and neither is good.

[-] misteloct@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago

Ignorant, e.g. the "I didn't know" crowd 1 mile downwind of the concentration camp.

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

Oh, i thought it was only down because Elon was off in Washington making America super awesome and not around to provide his brilliant leadership to Tesla

[-] xenomor@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Well, at least his big robotaxi trial is going smoothl— uh, oh no.

[-] kebab@endlesstalk.org 12 points 1 month ago

Sad part is that they’re getting outcompeted by the Chinese EVs, not the European carmakers. The whole money will just fund CCP’s ambitions instead of US ambitions, neither of which is good for European future

[-] Paddzr@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I hate how much BYD pays people off. And they're suing people in China for "damaging their brand". I guess so did Tesla that one time, but only one of them runs slave camps (including outside of China).

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[-] frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world 11 points 1 month ago

Let's hope they drop even further 🙏

[-] UncleGrandPa@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Even MAGAs are embarrassed to drive one of his Nazi mobiles

[-] rickdg@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

If you want EVs to be a thing, China has won the round on this one.

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[-] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago

I’ll be happy when there’s nothing to report because there are no more sales.

[-] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

And their stock is still too damn high!

that stock price is not rooted in anything real (and hasn't for a long time). I can't wait until that bubble bursts with a bang i can hear from Europe.

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

good. please don't stop until he's destitute.

[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 5 points 1 month ago

Ohhhh, nooohhhh...! How teeeeerrible...! I'm shóck!

[-] rustyfish@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Einer geht noch! 🎶

[-] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Liquidate Musk

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