European sales of Tesla cars fell for the fifth month in a row as the company continues to suffer from repercussions by Elon Musk to reduce costs in the Trump administration.
New Tesla car sales decreased by 27.9 % in May of the previous year, according to data from the European Automobile Manufacturers Association.
It fails to keep pace with the broader trend of sales growth, as electric car sales jumped by 27.2 % in the region and total car sales increased by 1.9 %, according to EAMA.
The automotive company was a bank-style, the Y-full-wheel drive, to increase sales abroad.
However, the outbreak of protests and sabotage aimed at Tesla on the role of Musk, which has now ended in the White House Ministry of Efficiency, has left behind the brand's permanent damage.
“The damage of the Musk brand than his political class with Trump feels more in Europe with sales remain very weak,” Dan Evez, a playbush secretities analyst, told the “The Post”.
“[The] The Y and the Model update should be able to convert some of these opposite winds, but the reality is that the EV EV market in Europe is still an upper way to Musk and Tesla. ”
The European market share in Tesla decreased to only 1.2 % in May – a decrease from 1.8 % in the previous year.
Customers have been converted to competing Chinese automobile companies, which sold 65,808 cars in Europe last month and their share of the market doubled to 5.9 %, according to Jato Dynamics data.
Tesla BYD competition recorded nearly many vehicles such as Tesla in May after the MUSK brand exceeded the previous month.
In the first quarter, the company, which is based in the headquarters of its profits to $ 1.3 billion after reporting the annual revenues that jumped from Tesla to break the brand of $ 100 billion.
Total car sales decreased by 0.6 % in the European Union so far this year, but the demand for EVS was growing.
Electric batteries (Bev), hybrid components (PHEV) and electric hybrid compounds (HEV) jumped by 26.1 %, 15 % and 19.8 %, respectively, so far this year.
The sales of these electric cars constituted 58.9 % of the European Union passenger car recordings in May, an increase of 48.9 % in the previous year, according to data.
