Tesla sales plunge 63% in EU’s second-biggest EV market
Tesla sales plunge 63% in EU’s second-biggest EV market
Tesla Inc. registrations plummeted 63% last month in France, the European Union’s second-biggest market for battery-electric vehicles.
Summary
Tesla’s registrations in France dropped 63% in January, their lowest since August 2022, far outpacing the broader total EV sales' 0.5% decline.
Tesla registrations across EU countries fell 13% last year, with Germany accounting for much of the decline.
Sales in Germany, Tesla’s biggest European market, also fell 41% last year due to an aging lineup, competition, and subsidy cuts.
CEO Elon Musk’s political involvement, including support for Germany’s far-right party, may be affecting demand.
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The people who buy electric vehicles are left-leaning people who believe in climate change. If I were a major Tesla shareholder I'd be howling to have Musk ejected while the company still has a chance to retain some goodwill.
Why? Shareholders do not care about the health of the company so long as its stock price is high. And Teslas stock price is not based on any fundamental principle of investing.
Their market cap, or the total value of all their shares, is currently worth more than the next 30 largest auto manufacturers COMBINED.
Let me put it this way: Every single car sold in the United States this year could be made by Tesla and they still wouldn’t even be close to being worth what they are right now based on company fundamentals. Thats how insane this is. Shareholders of the company couldn’t be happier and yet their company is declining in sales and killing off its customer base. Absolutely insane.
People are still betting big on Tesla’s self driving and other technological advances.
Value of a stock isn’t just the current market success, but also perceived future value.
That said, Tesla is overvalued for sure.
I think that type of speculation is acceptable usually but their self driving tech hasn’t significantly improved in a while and has been out for years, so those expectations should be mostly priced in by now.
You add that to their falling sales figures and the fact that they spent crazy money developing cyber truck and have had multiple recalls on it already, the stock is completely out to lunch. Usually they’re somewhat in touch with reality. Like Apple is a bit out to lunch but its movement is still news-based somewhat. Not the case with Tesla, they’re not out to lunch they’re out till next year in Tahiti
I'd say they're more betting on his ability to convince road safety regulators to allow his automated death trap Johnnycabs onto American roads.
That sounds like a bubble that needs a pin 📌
Why? Shareholders do not care about the health of the company so long as its stock price is high.
And so long as it continues to remain high as long as they remain shareholders. Do Tesla shareholders really think Tesla is going to keep its value? Do they think that what Musk is doing as CEO is really helping enhance that value? I mean, when was the last time he actually did any work as Tesla CEO?
No they don’t think it will hold that value, yes they think that musk is helping enhance it (and I agree), no they don’t think his actions as CEO are helping their core fundamentals, and quite possibly his last actions were years ago unless you count him being at their press events as work.
This isn’t unique to Tesla btw, they’re just the largest example. Nvidia is also right behind them.
They already hedged their bets long ago. Only main Street is gonna be left holding this bag. Yall need to get real. The world is falling apart and people still think the rich are gonna do something.
I don't think you understand what "hedging their bets" means.
It means they invested a few of their spare billions into opposing technology and companies while you sit at home deciding if you are buying eggs or milk this week.
You dropped this 🤡
So, they're not Tesla shareholders?
Shock, you can own shares from multiple companies at once. Competitors, even.
Ah, so they no longer care about how their Tesla shares perform, because they've invested in multiple companies. Gotcha! You're great at investing, I can tell.
Ah, so you're one of those "deliberately misunderstand" trolls. Goodbye.
And you're one of those "oops, I realized I was wrong so I accused someone of being a troll and made my escape" posters.
Unfortunately his fan Bois are all nazis now. They may claim they aren't but nazis lie.
There's a difference between "elon fan bois" and the various shareholders in Tesla and potential electric car buyers.
I'm specifically talking about fan bois that currently own Tesla. I am amazed at the number of fellow owners that say they will still by Tesla. Lots of them own stock and think as long as share price goes up, that nothing is wrong.