There is a change coming and the BMW VW Group is winning the race on electric vehicles. At least this is the case in Europe right now.
February 2025 numbers show that Trump’s right-extremism political posts on social media are tanking Tesla’s sales numbers in Europe. The fact that Elon phased out its most popular model in Europe is certainly having a negative impact on Tesla sales, as well.
The numbers show people in Europe are moving on to European brands like VWs and BMWs. Tesla’s sales in Feb 2024 fell by 44% vs Feb 2023. And the stock is taking a dive, as well, according to reporting by Reuters.
Meanwhile, in the US, Tesla owners are on social media complaining their cars’ values have dropped dramatically. And some of them are being targeted by malicious mischief.
It is definitely not a good time to own a Tesla.
BMW, VW and Mini Cooper Sales are Up!
Clearly these are the brands that are taking up the slack in European sales. BEVs of BMW, VW and Mini Coopers are up by 180% in the same Feb 2023/Feb 2024 comparison period.
These cars are typically very popular in Northern California anyway, but the sales numbers took quite the jump in February, at least in Europe. Likely, the US market will duplicate this trend as politics heat up even more in the coming months.
Want to Buy a Tesla?
There are an extraordinary number of Tesla vehicles for sale right now in the greater San Jose area. A quick check of AutoTrader shows about 650 of them with price tags of around $20k each. There are posts on social media claiming people are not selling them, though, because they can’t get even $6k for their own Telsa.
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