Tesla Loses a Major Record for the First Time Amid Musk Backlash
Source: daily beast
Janna Brancolini Updated 05.22.25 7:04AM EDT /
Tesla cars were outsold by a rival electric-vehicle manufacturer in Europe for the first time. The Chinese company BYD sold 7,231 fully electric cars in April compared to Teslas 7,165, according to the automotive data firm Jato Dynamics. The numbers represent a breakthrough for BYD as Tesla has dominated the European battery electric vehicle market for years. BYD only began operating beyond Norway and the Netherlands in late 2022, but has apparently benefited from Teslas reputation tanking since CEO Elon Musk joined President Donald Trumps administration. This week, it emerged that even King Charles III decided not to go with Tesla when he bought a $210,000 fully electric SUV. Instead, the eco-conscious monarch chose to buy a Lotus, a historically British brand that now has a 51 percent Chinese ownership stake and manufactures in Wuhan, China.
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of, musky must be having a sad!!
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A close-up of Elon Musk in the Oval Office during a meeting between President Donald Trump and South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa on May 21.
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Moostache
(10,983 posts)Musk can do one thing and one thing only to help them - resign today and divest 100%. If he is profitting from Tesla, the company is toxic global waste at this point.
Remember - EVERYTHING Trump touches DIES. EVERYTHING!!!
Irish_Dem
(79,805 posts)Musk would have to completely divest and the company will have to be rebranded.
Walleye
(43,817 posts)You own every bit of this now and your company will suffer. Stupid is as stupid does
WinstonSmith4740
(3,416 posts)Trump tantrum in 3, 2...
https://www.cryptopolitan.com/us-investigates-byds-connections-to-ccp/
ShazzieB
(22,214 posts)I can't really see Schlump bothering to throw a tantrum about this. It's Eloon's misfortune, not his, and he only cares about things that directly affect him personally. He is the center of his own universe, and all others are interchangeable stage props, even someone who's helped him out as much as the Muskrat has.
I think he's much too preoccupied with his dreams of the new toy Qatar wants to palm off on him give him to care about Musk's business problems.
Irish_Dem
(79,805 posts)Musk installed Trump into the White House and destroyed the federal government and workforce for Trump.
Musk got a lot of negative press, took the hits for Trump, and pissed off Trump's cabinet.
Trump is done with Musk.
Yes discarded like trash.
Trump is the only star of the show. Everyone else is just a prop.
mahina
(20,428 posts)Irish_Dem
(79,805 posts)Blues Heron
(8,378 posts)Torchlight
(6,314 posts)He has become persona non grata in trumpland, so he becomes one of the unfortunate few ghosted by privilege's passive defense and gets bit hard by the consequences of his own actions.
Hekate
(100,132 posts)He aint gone yet, not by a long shot.
ToxMarz
(2,757 posts)IronLionZion
(50,819 posts)There are tons of better alternatives now. Muskrat has really shined a bright spotlight on that and raised awareness of his competitors. The electric vehicle market is growing but Tesla's share of that market is shrinking. Good job super genius.
Cheezoholic
(3,532 posts)Buddyzbuddy
(2,124 posts)May it be the start of things to come.
beaglelover
(4,428 posts)I'm so happy to almost be done with my Tesla. It was a decent car but I just can't drive in anymore in good conscience. The Cadillac is a SWEET ride. LOVE it so far!
Picaro
(2,333 posts)This isnt just because Musk is a raving Nazi K-hole. Teslas products are no longer competitive. Their styling is awful, the software is buggy, and the prices are higher than some of the major competitors. At this point Tesla cant catch up.
There was a Cybertruck in the parking lot of the golf course I play at and I couldnt believe how ugly it is and that someone bought it for that exorbitant price.
Tesla is done.
Couldnt happen to a greater asshole.
This will take awhilebut the board will fire him soon. If he didnt own so much of the stock hed be gone already.
PortTack
(35,811 posts)Exp
(760 posts)
mwb970
(12,078 posts)Wow. Just wow. That thing is ten times uglier in person than in photos. Aggressively, intensely ugly.
yardwork
(68,975 posts)Phoenix61
(18,702 posts)Moosepoop
(2,075 posts)Failed murder attempt? Just cracking wise, but... you're not paranoid if they really are out to get you...