Tesla’s sales in several key European markets continue to decline sharply in Q2 2025, despite the new Model Y, which was blamed for disappointing sales in the first quarter, now being available.

Over the past couple of years, Tesla’s sales in Europe have been declining.

In 2024, Tesla delivered 11% fewer vehicles in Europe compared to 2023 – despite having ramped up production at its Gigafactory Berlin, where it produces Model Ys for the European market.

While this was already a bad sign for Tesla, sales started to decline at a much sharper rater in 2025 compared to an already bad 2024.

  • Shootingstarrz17@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    1 day ago

    Good. It’s scary that I’m starting to notice more and more cyberfuck muskrat mobiles in my area. It’s expected though… I do live in the rural-ish south…

  • Hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    2 days ago

    I expect the new models to be harmful to sales.

    Because tesla rarely makes changes to their cars year over year, you can buy a tesla now and have one that looks like you bought it before elon publicly went off the deep end. There’s still plausible deniability with most of their models.

    But now, anyone buying a model Y is getting a car that obviously could only have been purchased during trump’s second term. There’s no plausible deniability. The distinctive front and rear light bars scream:

    “I chose to buy this car after watching the CEO do the nazi salute twice on national television.”

  • mercano@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    2 days ago

    It’s not until the last sentence of the article that they acknowledge what’s most likely the actual cause for the rapid fall off in sales.

    Tesla is being squeezed out of the European market, in large part due to most consumers’ dislike for its CEO.

  • Buffalox@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    2 days ago

    Remember Tesla sales in EU were already low in 2024. So when they decline here as much as they do compared to that, it’s actually worse compared to 2023!

    Analysts here (Denmark) say that Tesla will probably never come back to 2023 levels!

  • manualoverride@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    2 days ago

    Has anyone else noticed any slightly negative comment on YouTube regarding Musk/Tesla gets immediately shadow banned?