49% of Survey Respondents Think Tesla Will Sell Fewer than 200,000 Vehicles in Europe This Year

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Tesla gross sales have dropped dramatically in Europe at the start of this 12 months (in comparison with the start of final 12 months). As José Pontes reported yesterday, they had been down 45% year over year. It was the bottom month-to-month whole for Tesla in Europe since January 2023. Consequently, within the EV gross sales model competitors, Tesla was ranked twenty sixth throughout Europe.

There are numerous potential causes for Tesla’s sluggish begin to the 12 months. The least problematic motive for Tesla would in all probability be prospects ready for the brand new Tesla Mannequin Y, and thus merely delaying gross sales till that arrives. Different prospects embrace:

• Persons are very upset over Elon Musk’s politics, lobbying for far-right events in Europe, aligning with the Trump administration within the US, and even apparently doing a double Nazi salute during Trump’s inauguration (one thing that might really align with some of Musk’s family history). We’ve got seen many reviews of longtime Tesla followers and homeowners saying they gained’t purchase a/one other Tesla due to these items.
• Tesla’s product lineup has gotten too stale, and there aren’t sufficient new choices to select from.
• The competitors has gotten a lot better. Many, many extra electrical autos have been rolled out in Europe up to now 12 months from different auto manufacturers, and so they preserve getting higher and higher. It might simply be that the rising shopper alternative throughout the continent is resulting in extra patrons discovering one thing they like extra elsewhere.
• All the above.

We must wait to see what occurs with Tesla gross sales in Europe, and causes for the tendencies, however within the meantime, we surveyed CleanTechnica readers to seek out out what you anticipate from Tesla in 2025 in Europe. Right here’s what we discovered:

The end result from a whole bunch of responses is that:

• 49% of you suppose Tesla will promote fewer than 200,000 automobiles in Europe in 2025,
• 22% suppose Tesla will promote 200,001–250,000
• 14% suppose Tesla will promote 250,001–300,000
• 9% suppose Tesla will promote 300,001–350,000
• 3% suppose Tesla will promote 350,001–400,000
• Lower than 1% suppose Tesla will promote 400,001–450,000
• 3% suppose Tesla will promote greater than 450,000 automobiles

Observe that Tesla sold about 325,000 units of the Mannequin Y plus Mannequin 3 in Europe in 2024.

We are going to see what occurs in Europe within the the rest of the 12 months and report back.