Summary
Tesla’s European market share is declining sharply, with EU registrations dropping 40.9% in November 2024 compared to last year, and year-to-date registrations down 15.2%.
Including the UK and EFTA, Tesla’s registrations fell 13.7% this year.
The drop stems from reduced government EV incentives and growing dissatisfaction with CEO Elon Musk.
Despite Tesla’s decline, overall EV registrations in Europe have remained stable as competing automakers gain ground. Tesla remains the largest EV producer in Europe but faces growing pressure from rivals capitalizing on its waning dominance.
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I used to be really keen on Teslas but a combination of Elon and stories of poor quality and after sales support have killed the brand for me.
They could be the best cars on Earth and Elon’s fuckery would be enough for me to do every tiny bit I could to keep their stock as low as possible.
The new model 3s are improved upon also in quality I heard and soundproof
Poor build quality was mostly ramping up to mass production. They mostly got that under control after the first couple years. At least for me, no longer an issue.
I don’t know about support - I no longer read complaints so that probably A good sign, they no longer have the excuse of rapidly growing sales taking all the parts, and they did put money into support starting a couple years ago.
The ceo on the other hand … you really can’t fix that
RIP Tesla. I will never buy one ever again and now champion against them amongst friends & family. Good riddance.
riddance
Thanks, updated.
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Tank god
Tank Girl.
Tank, fish
Handed back my model 3 leasing car in September. As long as they are the right wing nutcase is involved I will not buy anything from them again.
other automakers have stepped up to try and fill the gap left by Tesla,
Absolutely, IMO VW group has made a stellar job with the MEB platform, and are selling very good Electric cars at competitive prices.
VW group has of course the VW ID series, Skoda Enyaq and Elroq, Cupra Tavascan and Born, Audi E-Tron 4-6-8, Porsche Taycan.This is a very impressive lineup IMO. And generally they have lower noise and better driving comfort than Tesla. Allegedly drive assist systems are way better than Tesla. No sudden phantom breaking, and no weird warnings about traffic that is completely irrelevant. Common for all is that they are all very good cars, without the weirdness of a Tesla. VW group has about 14 distinct models, so you have way better chance of finding a perfect fit than with Tesla.
Apart from that, if you don’t give a shit politically, we also have some decent Chinese options. Xpeng is very attractive IMO.
The best selling EV here is the Skoda Enyaq, and that’s absolutely with good reason, there is just about nothing to fault on that car IMO, it is also my own personal favorite, although I hate to go mainstream.
To quote Elon Musk:
You’d be a fool to buyanything buta Tesla today.To be honest, VW EVs are extremely boring and overpriced. I would rather buy Volvo, Polestar, KIA or Hyundai. The fully specced ID.3 is something like 53K which is insane for such a small car. Their cars are simply uninspiring.
try a Taycan if you ever get a chance! not literally VW but definitely not boring
Even the
Taycan? It’s the only crossover I like. But yeah way overpriced.Edit- Macan not Taycan
not a crossover! not even remotely close
You are correct, I was thinking of the Macan. Thanks!
Maybe you’re talking about the previous models? The platform starting with ID.7 is amazing. Yes, I replaced my Tesla with an ID.7. Two of my friends waited a bit longer and grabbed the GTX ID.7 Tourer model instead - now voted best EV of 2024.
The price of my ID.7 was slightly more than the much smaller Model 3, and way cheaper than Polestar and KIA.
The problem I have with id7 is that it is bigger on the outside, smaller on the inside and not as fun to drive. Having said that, I recently got to drive a new Model3 and the changes the last 5 years has not done it any favours. Quieter, yes, but that’s about it for the positives.
You might not like the interior/exterior changes other than the reduced noise, but it’s also much more aerodynamic, and it is exceeding the range estimates even on 70mph tests instead of rapidly dropping off below estimates at those speeds (which the tests aren’t meant for). That’s also a big improvement. That and noise are the big ones IMO.
Sure, better range is always nice, if that’s the case, but I didn’t drive it enough to be able to come to that conclusion. The power usage from previous owners was as expected, though.
Ya, I don’t think the power usage was that much different for normal driving, it just excels better now at prolonged high speeds. Some of that has to be the improved aerodynamics since the impact of drag is quadratic at high speeds, but probably some motor/power train efficiencies as well?
I’ve driven Kia, Hyundai, etc. Trust me, you don’t want one of those. The Ioniq 5, one of the higher-end Hyundais, has absolutely shit ride quality. I test drove that, got back into my old diesel E-class (and I mean OLD. 2003) and felt like the E-class was the slowest thing ever, but 10x as comfortable as the Hyundai.
I did end up getting a newer car, but it wasn’t an EV, it was a 2019 C-class, because it was a lot more affordable than any new car in early 2022 and also way more comfortable than any EV that would’ve been “only” twice the price I paid. That’s because VW or BMW didn’t really have a proper lineup yet and MB and Audi were only doing really expensive models.
Now that the Germans have somewhat proper EV lineups and Volvo is turning around as well, the Koreans are just going to be the cheapo EVs, much like they were cheapo ICEs. They can have cool designs, pretty good infotainment, etc… But the ride quality is abysmal because they cheap out on everything that isn’t visible or numerically significant.
There’s so much in a car that the size alone doesn’t tell you, nor do numbers. The Ioniq 5 has a McPherson strut for the front suspension. My C-class (which I’ve since sold because I now drive so much, I can’t justify a car that has room to depreciate, I put 80k on it in the last 8 months), had multi-link front. In the Ioniq 5, I didn’t feel very confident cornering at a high speed on a back road. In the C-Class, it was soooo much better. But then you’d think maybe if the Ioniq 5 wasn’t as great for spirited driving, maybe it felt better over bumps? Also no, it felt MUCH worse. Way crashier. You could feel every bump in the road. And bear in mind, I didn’t even have Airmatic suspension or anything.
Now if you truly can go drive a Polestar, a Mercedes and a Hyundai and tell me that the Hyundai felt like the best car to you - go for it. But personally I’ve been ruined by the fact that I’ve driven extremely depreciated luxury cars for 8 years out of the 10 I’ve had a driver’s license and a nearly new executive car the other 2. I can feel every single imperfection in a car’s ride quality at this point lol
Ah, an extra fun fact: The best car I’ve owned in my last ~8 months of driving shitboxes, was a V8 Cayenne. For years I figured “but it’s just a Volkswagen with a Porsche badge, it can’t be that great”, but I was so wrong. The first gen Cayenne isn’t as sporty as the newer ones, but it could still corner pretty damn good for a big hunk of SUV, yet handled bumps really well too. It had locking diffs and a low-range transfer case. It was an absolute beast in every way. Unfortunately, one of those ways was fuel economy and though it was OK once I had LPG installed, the tank was so tiny, I had to refuel it every 200 km, so it also had to go.
Personally the ID3 is a bit too small for me, but the ID4 is pretty good, but the Skoda Enyaq is just a tad better.
If you want something more interesting maybe the Cupra Born is more your style.
But the cars you mention also have their benefits, Kia and Hyundai have more features as standard, but it’s not quite the quality of VW from what I understand from reviewers.
If you want something that isn’t boring there is also BMW, but they are a bit expensive IMO.
Polestar is a bit of a mixed bag from what I understand, and they have financial difficulties. But some people seem to simply love them.
There is also the Ford Explorer, which is also built by VW on the MEB platform.I agree VW and the Skoda Enyaq are a bit boring,for instance the speeder is calibrated so it doesn’t jerk the car when floored, it’s designed and built to be safe, practical, reliable and comfortable.
I guess it doesn’t get much more boring than that, but it is also makes it a very pleasant car to drive and use.Anyways we certainly have many great alternatives to Tesla now, also without having to go Chinese.
I had never seen the Born before. To me it looks just about as bland as anything. What makes it interesting to you?
It’s a more sporty hatchback, not one of those bulky SUV cars. A heck of a lot prettier than Polestar and KIA. The new KIA 3 is outright ugly IMO.
I hate crossovers but I actually like the
Taycan. I love everything Porsche makes. Too bad I’ll never be able to afford one.I didn’t know they had an electric version of the
Taycan. That’s awesome.Edit - Macan not Taycan
There has never been a non-electric Taycan, it has always been a pure battery EV
It’s also not a crossover. Sedan or wagon. And I can say firsthand that the wagon is outstanding
You are correct on all counts. I was thinking of the Macan. Thanks!
I’ll never afford that either. But if the xiaomi su7 was available here at the typical China price + 50%, I’d seriously consider that.
https://www.drive.com.au/reviews/2024-xiaomi-su7-review-international-first-drive/Are those switches below the screen programmable? If so that’s really awesome.
I hadn’t heard of VW MEB and searching it says they just cancelled it because of poor sales?
Soon, we’ll find out VW’s electric line is a scam and they’re actually somehow gas-powered. Somehow. I mean sure you never fill it with gas, but
I get the joke, but it’s misplaced IMO, everybody cheated with emission numbers, and it turned out VW wasn’t even the worst of them.
The VW powerline is actually very good, and their electric engines among the absolute best in efficiency and build quality. They are also easier to repair than most, and definitely easier than Tesla.
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From a climate standpoint, my gasoline car does indeed kill fascism.
It kills everyone. Fucking briliant.
And oil money is quite entangled with nazi money.
Go on drive your Ford? VW? Lmao.
Maybe you and the ten douchebags that downvoted me could laugh a little easier if your heads weren’t so far up your own asses.
I bought this and knew Elon was crazy
Polestar sells something for a similar price and better quality, and without awkward associations with a billionaire nazi.
“but he’s an entrepreneur genius” -s
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Thank you for contributing, Elon
Woops
I like your sarcasm flag *nix style rather than DOS
I always read it as a close tag in HTML or BB where you tag something and then close that tag later
Like what forums used to let you do (many still do tbf)
I just figured it was an accident from typing Americanly on a Finnish keyboard. The Finns put the - where the American / is.
Now, though, your version frames the Finnish keyboard differently. It’s like the Finnish keyboard is *nix and the American keyboard is DOS.
No way I’m giving my money to that fascist, I don’t care how good or bad his cars are
Damn shame too, cause the second gen Roadster is the car I’ve been dreaming of: hard top convertible, sporty, electric, faster than rabbits fucking. But I will never, ever own a Nazimobile.
I hope it at least inspires other automakers to bring back sporty convertibles. Until then I’ll hang onto my 350Z Roadster forever. If that never happens, I guess I’ll have to eventually convert the car to electric. I’m so sick and tired of every battery car being a god damn crossover. They’re too big and corner like shit because of their size.
There’s going to be an electric Boxster in 2025.
Nazimobile
so no Volkswagen, BMW, heck perhaps no big car company?
Ford in the early days. Henry Ford practically was a Nazi.
Companies arent people. Don’t treat them as such. What’s important is who is running the company now and what the company stands for.
“His” cars are dogshit for the price. The only thing they have going for them is they are fast. Which makes them dangerous since people drive em fast and then cannot stop, since huge battery equals weight. The build quality is dog, the rear door will happily close on your fingers, and sometimes it’ll just brick itself because F you.
And it’ll watch, listen, and report on you the entire time!
I don’t see how people fall for these grocery-store smartphone appliances on wheels, but their predictable, dangerously entitled driving patterns tend to check out.
I don’t like Teslas either due to Musk, the touchscreens, the build quality and their anti self repair antics.
But the model 3 is very reasonably priced for what it is.
And just because something weighs more doesn’t mean that the stopping distance is longer, because more weight means the tires are pressed onto the road harder, which means more grip.
Nah, there’s plenty of comparable cars for the same price. I’ll take a Hyundai ioniq any day. Europe, at least. In the us…dunno… but not tesla anyway
Yes, there are other EVs available that are also reasonably priced. I just wanted to say that the Model 3 doesn’t have dogshit value like the commenter I responded to claimed.
When my car gets too old I will get an EV and it will certainly not be a Tesla, but that has more to do with the company behind the car than the car itself in my case.
Well, there’s a huge list of issues that it has. Owners have made a list and some workarounds…dunno, At its price…yeah, that’s kinda dog shit.
I know someone who has a model 3 and he likes it, and I haven’t seen this list yet, so either these issues are minor to most people or my acquaintance just has luck with his car.
It’s slowly becoming a point of abject loathing. Many of us openly laugh at Tesla drivers, not in the least because they’ve taken the crown of “deadbeat drivers” from BMW & Mercedes a long time ago. See an asshole on the road? 66% chance it’s a Tesla.
If you need to cut someone off, best to do it to a Tesla as the car is likely to prevent collision and you get to piss off a musk simp
How about not creating dangerous and potentially deadly situations in traffic, no matter how much we disdain the cars brand or think the other driver is an asshole?
You cut off the Tesla, the Tesla breaks, the car behind crashes and the whole thing might turn into a mass accident with dozens of injuries and some people killed…
The thing is that Tesla driver has likely already cut off several people that day. The new bmw/mercedes
I’m not talking about anything at speed that you’re assuming anyway. But now I gotta ask if you’re embarrassed driving your Tesla?
I am from Germany. I am used to people pulling crazy reckless maneuvers in their BMW, Mercedes, Audi or now Teslas too. But they pull this shit at 220 kph, so any slight miscalculation and you get half a dozen people killed.
European view: I always thought I’d love a Tesla when I make the move to electric.
Would never, ever buy one now and it’s purely because of mister half a trillion election purchasing oligarch.
100% agree. I used to dream of owning a Tesla, I used to love Elon Musk. But now that I found out who he really is… meh, I’ll never ever buy a Tesla.
My parents got one somewhat recently (😒) and I have to say, features are also a negative point. Model Y door override is so inaccessible it might just as well not exist. No haptic control for most things except indicators as they are required by law.
Other than that it’s a car like any other, so no reason to support Tesla specifically.
I got myself an i3 2017 a few months back and while you can tell it’s a first gen EV and only basic non-BMW features (no Android Auto, only basic BT) I much prefer the i3. No random braking on the road, no crazy lane corrections. Not as powerful as the Tesla, but I drive in Eco, anyway.
I love Tesla for what they did for the EV market, but I’ll happily attribute that to the original founders and engineers. M*sk was only PR; if the car was half as tech geeky they’d still be where they are today.
I’m guessing Elon endorsing the “drive your car into a crowd of Christmas shoppers” party is not going to help.
What’s the link between the AfD and the terrorist?
EDIT: https://taz.de/Anschlag-auf-Magdeburger-Weihnachtsmarkt/!6058115/
He’s from Saudi Arabia but he hates islam and thinks the german government conspires to turn Germany into an Islamic country. He has ties to multiple AfD officials as evidenced by his Twitter account.
What a plot twist
Turns out the real terrorists were the fascists we made along the way…
You mean apart from parroting AfD talking points and retweeting Elon Musk?
The Elon Musk who endorsed the AfD before the man drove into the crowd?
I was just asking for context, which I’ve since found (see edit). Chill man ✌🏻
Be careful, he lives here.
Sorry, but it’s been a major part of this story so it felt like a loaded question.
His own cars have already been doing that more than enough. So maybe he feels a bond with AfD over this incident?
Get ready for the “full self-driving” defence.
Is there a point where Tesla’s board will oust him to save the brand?
that would be really funny and i hope it happens
I personally will never consider a product he’s attached to.
I’d support him being attached to one of his rockets at launch
Nope. They are tied to the hip. From what I see the Board are just cashing out as it sinks.
Who else is on the board besides him and his brother?
TBH I don’t know. I assumed it was a normal board of directors that has a check and balance to the CEO. I should have known it wasn’t.
Edit- Actually, there is a traditional board. My question still stands then. https://ir.tesla.com/corporate
The state of Delaware ruled in a lawsuit that the Tesla board is under control of Musk and not really an independent board as it should be
That’s…odd. Why even have one then?
for appearances? so you can pass the buck somewhere? … etc
Even his brother tried to get him to back down on all this craziness, but he didn’t listen.
I’m guessing he then shut up and accepted his riches? Lol just wait, people show you who they really are…
Well, Elon blocked his own brother on Twitter after it, so something went down.
Reminder that the Tesla strike in Sweden is still ongoing.
I have a Model 3 at the moment. I’ve had it for almost 5 years and it’s generally been great - cheap to run, quiet and comfortable on longer trips but still fun to drive on back roads.
Recently it had its first major breakdown, and although Tesla service did manage to take care of it, it’s got me browsing for new EVs - but now, buying a Tesla is not the foregone conclusion it once might have been.
First, they have been making some truly stupid design choices in their latest facelifts (deleting the indicator stalks and gear selector).
Second, their CEO has now gone completely mask-off fascist.
Third - after a few years for the competition to catch up, we now have genuine alternatives from other marques which are just as good if not better EVs than Tesla’s offerings.
I think my next car will likely be a Polestar 2.
