While other car brands with electric cars on their programs are making progress, Tesla has lost more than half of its sales in Europe in January.
Registrations of Tesla cars in Europe have halved. This is despite a general increase in sales of electric cars in the European market.
Data from the European Automobile Manufacturers Association ACEA shows a 34 percent increase in the number of registered cars.
Overall, however, the car market on the continent declined by 2.6 percent.
The largest increases in electric car sales were recorded in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. Specifically, electric car sales in Germany increased by 53.5 percent during January.
After a year without subsidies for new cars, Tesla has fallen significantly from an otherwise unshakeable first place. Instead, it is Volkswagen's ID. 7 that takes first place. A car that the Germans, on the other hand, have difficulty selling elsewhere. Read more about it here.
The decline for Tesla can have several explanations. It could be due, among other things, to the fact that drivers are waiting for the recently facelifted Model Y. A car that Tesla can deliver in early March. So in just a few days.
Only at that time can anything really be said about Tesla, other than that on paper it has declined, for the same reason.
However, it's not just Tesla's electric cars that are experiencing less interest right now.
Sales of petrol and diesel cars fell by 18.9 percent in the European market. Registrations of plug-in hybrid cars also fell by almost nine percent.
However, this may be related to new EU legislation that forces car brands to build more electric cars to avoid emissions penalties in the billions.
