Tesla Inc. registered only 863 new vehicles in France Last month, its lowest total in more than two years, even when the car manufacturer increased the production of its most popular model.
The sales of the car manufacturer collapsed 59% in April, according to the French industrial association Car platform. The registrations of Tesla In the second largest electric vehicle market of the European Union They have fallen 44% during the first four months of the year.
The company began to deliver its redesigned utilitarian sports car Model and To European clients in early March, after changing production lines in assembly plants around the world, including those of Germany. This transition process cost the company several weeks of production and contributed to its worst quarterly sales since 2022.
The poor April performance probably reinforces the concerns that the executive director Elon Musk is moving out potential customers in Europa.
Musk, meanwhile, has asked that USA retire from NATO and stop financing European defense.
The Wall Street Journal Wednesday night reported that members of the Board of Directors of Tesla They contacted several executive search firms to find the next CEO of the company. The company’s president Robyn Denholm described the report as “absolutely false” and said in X that the Board has a “great confidence in its ability to continue executing the exciting growth plan ahead.”
Manufacturer’s vehicle sales throughout Europa They fell 37% during the first quarter of the year, a much more pronounced decrease than the 13% fall worldwide. The company’s registrations in other important markets in the region, such as United Kingdom y Germanythey will be informed in the next few days.
The actions of Tesla 0.3% rose at 5:30 am on Thursday in New Yorkbefore the start of the regular negotiation day. The values have fallen 30% so far this year.
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