New York – Tesla’s sales fell for more than half last month in several European countries in a sign that Elon Musk could fight to revive the company after he changes his work from Washington to direct the car manufacturer again.
Tesla sales collapsed in April for more than two thirds of the previous year in Sweden, the Netherlands and Denmark, according to automobile groups and government agencies on Friday. Sales in the Austin company, Texas, fell 59% in France and 38% in Norway.
Countries are not the main drivers of sales in general, but they are the first to inform the results of April and, therefore, an advance of possible problems in other places as Tesla wobbles protests and boycots on musk entering politics.
In Germany, where He told voters his country It was lost if they did not vote for a candidate widely ridiculed by their extreme views, Sales sank 62% In the first three months this year. German sales for April are not outside yet.
Financial analysts covering Tesla are concerned about the violent musk reaction, but warns that it is not clear exactly how much to blame politics for the coup. Other factors Delete sales Include the alignment of Tesla aging models and the new offers of rival electric vehicles, such as China Byd.
Tesla also had to close the factories for several weeks this year while updating his utilitarian vehicle Sport Model and more selling, pinching the supply. And the company is still waiting for European regulators to approve their partial autonomous characteristics in their cars, a great point of sale in the United States and China.
“We could see that sales return once they get it,” said Morningstar analyst Seth Goldstein, although he added on April’s figures: “It is never a good thing when you have great sales thus decreasing.”
The disappointing numbers arrive just over a week since Musk told investors at a telephone conference of the first quarter that he would go from his work in Washington as cost of Cost Court of President Donald Trump. Musk has closed to the complete government departments as head of the so -called government efficiency department, or Doge, and has taken tens of thousands of public workers out of their work.
In the call, Musk said he would be Pass only one or two days a week In the duxtation work as of May, accessing to demand that it restarts in his work as executive director of Tesla.
The action has been increasing from that advertisement despite the falling financial figures. Profit in the first quarter fell 71%.
The success of sales in April was the worst in Sweden, where Sweden mobility said they fell 81%. According to the Dutch Commerce Association, Bovag and Moviility Denmark, followed by 74% in the Netherlands and a 67% drop in Denmark, respectively.
The Norway Traffic Information Council reported a 38% drop in that country.
A brilliant point: Tesla was able to sell more cars in Italy, according to a report by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transportation of Italy, registering a 3% gain for the month.
