Tesla has faced a similar slide in sales elsewhere in Europe as people protest against CEO Musk.

Autos trade group Mobility Sweden said new vehicle registrations of Tesla models were down 80.7% in April amid a backlash against the political activity of CEO Elon Musk.

Tesla registrations were 203 in April, down from 1,052 a year before.

It was one of the worst-performing automakers for the month in the Nordic country, and sat in contrast to an overall 11% rise in new passenger vehicle registrations to 24,292.

Polestar Automotive, a Swedish electric automaker and one of Tesla’s competitors, saw its sales hit 535 in April, an 11.5% increase.

    • GaMEChld@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      1 day ago

      I can’t believe it will last. Bubble has to pop. International sales in the toilet, Cybertruck failing, domestic sales down, supply chains in shock from tariff chaos, and on top of it all, it’s PE ratio makes no sense compared to all other manufacturers.

      The entire stock price is based on nothing but Elon Musk and the world is starting to look at him as an idiot.

  • Formfiller@lemmy.worldEnglish
    32·
    2 days ago

    I hope this evil apartheid Nazi welfare queen gets a lube free dildo of karma everyday for the rest of his life

  • Grizzlyboy@lemm.eeEnglish
    54·
    2 days ago

    The story of Elon will be a phenomenal one. Icarus af. He could have ended world hunger and much more, but decided to become a nazi cunt and ruin everything. Money can’t buy intelligence.

    • madcaesar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      411·
      2 days ago

      To become a billionaire you have to be a piece of shit human being. No billionaire is ever going to solve world anything, because again… They are trash human beings.

      • JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        422·
        2 days ago

        There are two reasonably good ones, as far as I know - Gabe Newell and Bill Gates.

        The rest though… yeah.
        The world would be a very different place if every billionaire was anything like those two.

        • Twig@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          6·
          1 day ago

          I’d recommend listening to the Behind the Bastards episode on Bill Gates if you think he’s a good person.

        • BearGun@ttrpg.networkEnglish
          32·
          2 days ago

          Gates became a billionare by being a trash human being, then probably decided he didn’t want that to be his legacy so he started being somewhat less of one. He’s doing significantly better than most, but still probably a net negative.

          • black0ut@pawb.socialEnglish
            1113·
            2 days ago

            He isn’t even being better than anyone, all he does is publicity stunts while not fixing anything. Everything he has donated was for tax writeoffs.

            • JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyzEnglish
              175·
              2 days ago

              Uh huh. The man who has donated roughly 100 billion in total - apparently as “tax writeoffs” - including funding the Gates foundation which spent countless billions treating malaria, aids, tuberculosis, polio, hiv and a myriad of other things, hasn’t fixed anything because billionaire = bad.

              • A7thStone@lemmy.worldEnglish
                201·
                2 days ago

                As he lobbies for stronger pharmaceutical IP (that he’s invested in) in African countries; when mosquito nets would have been more effective. If you follow the money all of gates philanthropy ultimately benefits gates. He’s a trash human like all billionaires, he’s just really good at PR.

                • drhodl@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  23·
                  1 day ago

                  At least he isn’t sacking thousands of government workers, and probably isn’t defrauding the government…

  • lobotomo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    421·
    2 days ago

    I have literally since they were released wanted a Tesla…right up until he decided to start this right wing bullshit.

    I have for a few years now said if in 2015 he decided to become a recluse and just revel in his companies grandeur he might be the next Edison or maybe more accurately Ford. Possibly Hughes.

    Now we are aware of how much of a petulant, unfunny child this dickhead is. He and his reputation is ruined.

    • AntelopeRoom@lemm.eeEnglish
      9·
      2 days ago

      I was going to buy a Tesla in 2021, the only reason I didn’t was I needed a car immediately and they had a several month waiting list. If it had been available, I would’ve taken it. Even test drove one. Now, I will never buy a Tesla. I would rather have a Rivian anyway.

    • drhodl@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 day ago

      I even bought LOL-GAS personalized plates, in anticipation of buying a Tesla, but that aint happening now. I still have the plates, though, so maybe one day they’ll adorn a Chinese EV…

    • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
      291·
      2 days ago

      As a Scandinavian I too am proud of my brother Sweden. 👍😀
      But you have to take it back about being “best”, when you obviously are only 2nd best! 🇩🇰

        • InvertedParallax@lemm.eeEnglish
          171·
          2 days ago

          Ok, thanks, we all needed a laugh :)

          But seriously, don’t ever change a thing about yourself, you’re too valuable as Russia’s speedbump.

        • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 days ago

          I don’t think racism is worse here than most places. Most people here who are against emigrants, have no problem with their emigrant neighbor or emigrant green grocer, it’s this weird phenomenon where the ones they know are OK, it’s all the others that are the problem.

          Mostly standard fear of the unknown, which is a universal human trait.

              • SoGrumpy@lemmy.mlEnglish
                3·
                1 day ago

                Ok I was just trying to help you understand the correct use of those words, as you are a Dane and English not being your native tongue.

                You are talking about them from your POV as a Dane. That makes them imigrants. If a Dane moved to the USA, he would, from your POV, be an emigrant.

                In other words; a foreigner is always an imigrant, a fellow native leaving is always an emigrant.

                • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  1·
                  1 day ago

                  OK, so what if I as a Dane are talking about people the leave their country that isn’t Denmark to settle in a country that also isn’t Denmark?

        • KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          1·
          1 day ago

          And that different to Sweden how? I think the difference is that the Danes are more likely to be more open about it. More than half of Sweden backed the racist right wing party in the last elections.

    • KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      I don’t know what makes it the best to you, I personally hate it here and the people/society is pretty selfish and apathetic, so generally not healthy.

      • InvertedParallax@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        1 day ago

        Apathetic in the large scale, but very warm and friendly at the smaller one.

        I lived in the American South, I find this to be much more to my liking as the smiling faces seem less likely to be covering deep, hateful racism looking for an excuse to resort to violence.

  • Liberteez@lemm.eeEnglish
    18·
    2 days ago

    I take comfort in knowing that their sales were already bad before all of this

  • butsbutts@lemmy.mlEnglish
    10·
    2 days ago

    i was looking at BYD EVs this week, they seem alright? even tho they are mega tariffed

    • ShooK@lemm.eeEnglish
      6·
      2 days ago

      My biggest issue with BYD would be maintenance in my location. I got dealers for American, Japanese, but nothing for anything Chinese. My normal independent shop I use doesn’t want to touch our hybrid either.

  • Rhaedas@fedia.io
    23·
    2 days ago

    Tesla has and is doing exactly what Musk said the goal was for Tesla, long ago. To spur EV sales for other competitors, since Tesla could never meet a full market demand. Congrats Elon, you not only did that, you’ve backed away to give everyone a bigger share of the market. You genius.

    Oh, what? You didn’t mean to do this? Are those tears? Be a big boy and suck it up.