Tesla Loses a Major Record for the First Time Amid Musk Backlash

[riversedge]

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 Tesla’s 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 Tesla’s reputation tanking since CEO Elon Musk joined President Donald Trump’s 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!!

Link to tweet

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]

1. Turns out that no one wants a Nazi car...who would have guessed?

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]

14. I think the Tesla brand is toxic forever.

Musk would have to completely divest and the company will have to be rebranded.

[Walleye]

2. Sorry Elon, there's no such thing as a part-time racist Nazi

You own every bit of this now and your company will suffer. Stupid is as stupid does

[WinstonSmith4740]

3. You knew this had to happen.

Trump tantrum in 3, 2...

https://www.cryptopolitan.com/us-investigates-byds-connections-to-ccp/

[ShazzieB]

6. I don't know...

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]

15. I agree. Trump is done with Musk.

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]

21. And scrape our data for Putin

[Irish_Dem]

22. Yes. Putin is not done with Musk who is a Russian asset.

[Blues Heron]

4. Keep up the pressure! He is feeling it for sure.

[Torchlight]

5. His exile is complete

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]

10. Not really. The photo in the OP shows muskrat in the Oval during the flaying of Pres. Ramaphosa by trump

He ain’t gone yet, not by a long shot.

[ToxMarz]

7. I'm concerned there are still over 7,000 Europeans who still bought a 'Tesler'

[IronLionZion]

8. The market has spoken

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]

9. Why is it up nearly 100 dollars from a month ago then? Just asking. Doesn't make sense to me lol n/t

[Buddyzbuddy]

11. It's the little things that begin to satiate my thirst for vengeance.

May it be the start of things to come.

[beaglelover]

12. I'm turning in my leased Tesla 10 months early tomorrow morning. Yesterday I leased a Cadillac Lyriq.

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]

13. Tesla is doomed

This isn’t just because Musk is a raving Nazi K-hole. Tesla’s 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 can’t catch up.

There was a Cybertruck in the parking lot of the golf course I play at and I couldn’t believe how ugly it is and that someone bought it for that exorbitant price.

Tesla is done.

Couldn’t happen to a greater asshole.

This will take awhile—but the board will fire him soon. If he didn’t own so much of the stock he’d be gone already.

[PortTack]

16. This is just the start. If you go look at the new Chinese EVs...oh my....teslas look like model Ts!

[Exp]

17. With more losses to come.

[mwb970]

18. I happened to see one of those Tesla "trucks" on the road yesterday.

Wow. Just wow. That thing is ten times uglier in person than in photos. Aggressively, intensely ugly.

[yardwork]

23. They really do look like dumpsters.

[Phoenix61]

19. Everything tdump touches die. Guess eloon thought he was immune.😂

[Moosepoop]

20. I'm wondering about the scar on his neck, just above his shirt collar.

Failed murder attempt? Just cracking wise, but... you're not paranoid if they really are out to get you...

[artemisia1]

24. What kind of people were the 7,165 who bought the Swastikar (TM)?