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New European car registrations of Tesla vehicles totaled 8,837 in July, down 40% year-on-year, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association, or ACEA.
BYD recorded 13,503 new registrations in July, up 225% annually.
Elon Musk’s automaker faces a number of challenges in Europe, including intense ongoing competition and reputational damage to the brand.
From an american billionaire to a chinese billionaire. Glory to Europe, never doing anything well themselves.
Forgot about VW, BMW, Audi, Skoda, Mercedes, Renault, Peugeot, Opel(vauxhall for some), Volvo and a ton more.
Volvo is not European anymore. It’s owned by a Chinese Holding Group.
I’ve test driven some of those you listed and no, they’re not better.
Fuck off mate.
My Mercedes is leaps and bounds better than a Tesla in quality control, attention to detail, comfort, and support / aftercare.
Starting to think you’re Elon at this point.
I’ve owned several and Tesla is like driving a heap of shit compared to proper cars. QC is laughably shit.
I don’t know about Europe-wide, but in Germany usually 8 of the top 10 brands (including the top 4) are European. Ford and Hyundai/Kia are the other 2.
EDIT: sales data specifically about EVs
I would rather have a European EV than a Chinese EV. But in the end of the day I will have to settle for Japanese.
So Nissan? That’s kind of European, since their alliance with Renault.
Toyota: am l a joke to you
Toyotas are great cars, but they have been dragging their heels with their EV models.
Yeah what’s up with that? They could’ve eaten the entire market twice over with their momentum.
I drove a Toyota corolla hybrid. It was fantastic. I am a fan of Toyota Corollas in general.
Good point, that data is about EVs, and Toyota doesn’t make any that sell well.