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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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[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

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

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Sad but true

And still "Top Managers" wonder why...

[-] [email protected] 35 points 2 days 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.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 days 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!!

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

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

[-] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago

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

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

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

[-] [email protected] 63 points 2 days 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.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

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

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

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

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[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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.

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

And their stock is still too damn high!

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

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.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Never understood the appeal of Teslas. I tried one once and the finishes are truly the worst I've ever seen in a car. Inside the vehicle, it's really Dacia tier

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[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

Let's hope they drop even further 🙏

[-] [email protected] 90 points 3 days 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.

[-] [email protected] 59 points 3 days ago

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

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[-] [email protected] 20 points 2 days 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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[-] [email protected] 26 points 2 days ago

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

[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago

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

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

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

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

That would also tank the stock price though.

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[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

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

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

Even MAGAs are embarrassed to drive one of his Nazi mobiles

[-] [email protected] 52 points 3 days 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.

[-] [email protected] 51 points 3 days 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. 🤣 🤣

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

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

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[-] [email protected] 30 points 3 days ago

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

[-] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago

“You could charge it with solar for free”

“Fuck you libtard”

😂

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

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

[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago

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

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[-] [email protected] 18 points 2 days 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

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[-] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago

Needs to be in the negative worldwide.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Liquidate Musk

[-] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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

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