{"id":81193,"date":"2025-03-14T11:57:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T15:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=81193"},"modified":"2025-03-14T11:57:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T15:57:03","slug":"tesla-is-done-in-germany-94-say-they-wont-buy-a-tesla-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=81193","title":{"rendered":"Tesla is done in Germany: 94% say they won’t buy a Tesla car"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A survey of over 100,000 Germans revealed that 94% won\u2019t buy a Tesla vehicle. It doesn\u2019t bode well for the automaker, whose sales had already been falling off a cliff in the important European market.<\/p>\n

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In 2024, Tesla saw a 41% reduction in sales in Germany compared to 2023 despite EV sales surging 27% during the year.<\/p>\n

This has already raised red flags about Tesla\u2019s future in Germany, but it is nothing compared to Tesla\u2019s performance so far in 2025.<\/p>\n

Tesla\u2019s sales were down 70% in the first two months of 2025<\/a>, and again, that\u2019s compared to its already poor performance in 2024.<\/p>\n

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There are many factors at play, including increased EV competition and the Model Y changeover, but in recent months, industry experts have attributed Tesla\u2019s decline in the country to Germans being upset with Tesla CEO Elon Musk\u2019s meddling in local elections and promoting the far-right AfD party.<\/p>\n

Musk is currently under probe in Europe for his political meddling, and his reputation has crashed in Germany after a couple of Seig Heil salutes at Trump\u2019s inauguration and several questionable posts promoting fascist and Nazi ideologies, like this one yesterday:<\/p>\n

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This does not help Tesla\u2019s prospects in Europe, particularly Germany. Only 20% of voters sided with AfD, and Tesla shouldn\u2019t necessarily count on them being potential customers.<\/p>\n

AfD has been staunchly against Tesla and even ran ads like this:<\/p>\n

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Now, a new survey of 100,000 Germans by T-Online<\/a> about Tesla showed that only 3% of respondents would consider buying a Tesla vehicle:<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s a rejection that couldn\u2019t be clearer: More than 94 percent of t-online readers say they won\u2019t buy a Tesla\u00a0again. Only three percent said they would still consider a car from the former electric pioneer. Around 100,000 readers voted\u2014a record turnout. The message is clear: Germans are turning their backs on Tesla.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Those are impressive results, and they explain Tesla\u2019s current sales in Germany.<\/p>\n

Some Tesla shareholders hope that the new version of the Model Y will help reverse the trend, but those poll results don\u2019t look good.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, Tesla\u2019s Model 3 sales are also crashing in Germany, which suggests that Model Y is not the only problem.<\/p>\n

Electrek\u2019s Take<\/h2>\n

Those results are wild. We are back to like 2015 Tesla when no one knew are cared about the company.<\/p>\n

Now, everyone knows about it, but no one wants to touch it.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, it is coming at a time when there are plenty of other EV options, and it looks like the EV transition is going to continue in Germany, just without Tesla.<\/p>\n

With these results, I\u2019m starting to think that Tesla is going to have to scale back in Germany.<\/p>\n

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