Tesla Sales Plunge Over 40% in EU Amid Anti-Musk Hate Fest
This May 12, 2020, file photo shows the Tesla plant, in Fremont, Calif. A jury in San Francisco says Tesla must pay nearly $137 million to a Black former worker who said he suffered racial abuse at the electric carmaker’s San Francisco Bay Area factory.
The car company’s share of the EU’s EV market has dropped from 21.6% to 10.3% over the past year, with registrations on the European market falling 43% in the first two months of 2025, new data by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association shows.The slowdown in sales, attributed partly to the retooling at Tesla’s Gigafactory in Germany, also comes amid a coordinated global campaign of hate targeting Musk, from vandalism to arson and attempted bombings, as DOGE slashes bureaucracy and guts USAID funding. Last week, Musk revealed that George Soros invested over $7.5 million into groups targeting his car company. Musk expressed confidence earlier this month that Tesla “will be fine long-term.”AmericasGeorge Soros Funneled $7.6 Million to One of Five Groups Targeting Tesla