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The sales of the Tesla electric cars decreased sharply across many of its main European markets, amid a violent reaction against Elon Musk's interventions in the region's policy.
The largest EV manufacturer in the world in January recorded only 1,277 new cars in Germany, according to the German Federal Transport Authority, a decrease of 59.5 percent compared to the same month last year. The country hosts the only Tesla manufacturer in Europe.
sales Electric vehicles It slowed sharply in Germany and France last year after a decline in government subsidies, but the demand began to recover recently.
Tesla decreased at a time when the German EV market in January grew more than 50 percent on an annual basis, prompting its market share from 14 to 4 percent.
In France, Timing Sales decreased by 63 percent in January, while Tesla cars recorded in Norway decreased by 38 percent. In the United Kingdom, the recordings decreased by 8 percent from the previous year.
Metias Schmidt said that one of the factors behind Tesla sales in Germany may have been that consumers were waiting for the a promotion model, which was scheduled in the first half of 2025. However, other experts blamed a violent reaction against the Musk political participation.
Musk made an unprecedented intervention in German policy before the Federal elections on February 23, to become the richest and strongest Supporter of the far -right alternative to Germany (AFD).
The party, which is seen by German business leaders as well as the prevailing political parties, has won the support of the owner of X and the main assistant of US President Donald Trump. Opinion polls indicate that it is the right track to achieve the second position in the vote of this month with the highest level in the record for more than 20 percent of the votes.
Musk last month Alice hosted WidelAFD leader, on his social media platform to discuss its 75 -minute discussion and falsely claimed that Adolf Hitler was a socialist.
While some of those familiar with the party questioned the wisdom of this line of discussion, they also expressed the hope that Musk would strengthen their attractiveness among some sectors of voters, especially young people.
Musk extracted from sharp criticism from Chancellor Olaf Schools and his main opponent, the leader of the Christian Democrat Friedrich Mirz, for supporting a party that called for a mass deportation of immigrants, plays with the slogans of the Nazis and partially classified as a right -wing extremist through German Home Intelligence in Germany.
A businessman from the southern western Baden -Forgember state told the German media that he was “completely overlooked” with orders to collide with Tesla's owners who read: “I bought this before Illon wore a crazy.” He said he had received up to 2000 requests on one weekend.
Brussels officials have also formed their investigation in the role of X since the Musk intervention, which asked for a platform to deliver internal documents on its recommendation algorithm.
