AJ Sadauskas<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.chinwag.org/@FediThing" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FediThing</span></a></span> Here's the numbers from that article:</p><p>"The Texas-based electric carmaker sold less than 16,000 vehicles across Europe last month, down 44% on average across 25 countries in the EU, the UK, Norway and Switzerland, according to data compiled by the research platform Jato Dynamics.</p><p>"Tesla’s market share fell to 9.6% last month, the lowest it has registered in February for five years. In January, its sales across Europe fell 45%, from 18,161 in 2024 to 9,945."</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/24/tesla-sales-eu-slump-elon-musks-donald-trump-byd" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/202</span><span class="invisible">5/mar/24/tesla-sales-eu-slump-elon-musks-donald-trump-byd</span></a></p><p>And just to clarify, that appears to be less than 10% of the EV market:</p><p>"Tesla commanded 1.8% of the total [car] market and 10.3% of the BEV market in February, down from 2.8% and 21.6% respectively last year.</p><p>"It sold fewer than 17,000 cars in the European Union, Britain and European Free Trade Association countries, compared to over 28,000 in the same month in 2024."</p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/teslas-february-market-share-europe-drops-despite-ev-pickup-2025-03-25/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/business/autos-tra</span><span class="invisible">nsportation/teslas-february-market-share-europe-drops-despite-ev-pickup-2025-03-25/</span></a></p><p>And the impact is likely to be a triple-whammy, given carbon credits are a major source of Tesla's profits: <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@ajsadauskas/114217003220367536" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">social.vivaldi.net/@ajsadauska</span><span class="invisible">s/114217003220367536</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Elon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elon</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/BEV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BEV</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/auto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auto</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/transport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transport</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a></p>