Fact Check: Germany’s Tesla plant still operational, contrary to online claim of shutdown. By Reuters Fact Check. March 28, 2025 12:41 PM UTC Updated March 28, 2025 Germany ...

Tesla sales in Germany and Britain fell to their lowest point in more than two years in April, cementing a wider trend of Europeans shunning the U.S. automaker, despite growing demand for battery ...

This does not help Tesla’s prospects in Europe, particularly Germany. Only 20% of voters sided with AfD, and Tesla shouldn’t necessarily count on them being potential customers.

In fact, no Tesla cracked the UK's top 10 best-seller list last month, something that has regularly happened in the past, although that may be due to having just two models for sale in most markets.

KBA said Tesla sold 1,210 cars in Germany in May, down 36.2% from a year earlier. Sales from Chinese rival BYD (002594.SZ) , opens new tab increased ninefold to 1,857 units in May.

A boycott of Tesla vehicles is gaining momentum in Germany due to Elon Musk’s consistent meddling in the country’s politics and promotion of a fringe far-right party.

But Tesla's sales fell by 62 percent—the automaker registered just 512 cars all month. For context, 120,331 new cars were registered in the UK last month , of which 24,558 were BEVs.

In Europe, Tesla’s cars first became available in Norway in 2014. It began production at a factory outside Berlin in 2022 — the same year that BYD started selling cars in Norway and the ...