Tesla sales plunge a whopping 76% in Germany

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Tesla Inc.’s registrations plummeted in Germany last month as Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk irked voters taking part in the country’s closely contested federal election.

Sales plunged 76% to 1,429 cars, according to the German Federal Motor Transport Authority. Tesla’s showing was in stark contrast with overall electric vehicle registrations, which jumped 31% in February.

Through the first two months of the year, Tesla’s sales are down 71% in Germany and 44% in France, the two biggest EV markets within the European Union.
In the UK Tesla’s registrations are up 11% through the first two months. @Celloo Deng

Tesla Inc. suffered another big drop in China.  The US carmaker led by Elon Musk saw shipments plunge 49% from a year earlier to 30,688 vehicles, according to preliminary data that China’s Passenger Car Association. That was also well down from the 63,238 units Tesla shipped from its Shanghai factory in January — already a slow month due to the Lunar New Year holiday.
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[27monster27 15,855]

Even with the AFD rise, I have hope for Germany. Leftist social media has beat rightist in terms of popularity, which is a good start because the information war over social media is so huge. This on top of that gives me more hope. I won't hold my breath though.

[Economy 52,844]

The US is slowly going to isolate itself. 

 

Yes tarrifs if they stay for a while should succeed in reshoring some manufacturing but that is going to come at a cost of some exports as well (and higher prices from domestic production) resulting in a less dynamic and less competitive economy

 

Its also going to ironically reduce US influence overtime which seems to be exactly what Trump wants to flex

[Lucas 31,110]

That's great news! Unfortunately still 1 out of 5 germans voted for a nazi party 

[Freezie03 968]

We have truly become the laughing stock of the world. This country is basically unrecognizable from what it was in 2015.