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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Lauren Almeida

Tesla sales slump across Europe amid backlash against Musk

A woman sitting on a trailer loaded with cars
An anti-Musk protester outside a Tesla dealership in California. In the UK, the company registered just 512 new vehicles in April. Photograph: Amy Katz/Zuma/Rex

Sales of new Tesla electric cars are sliding across Europe, data suggests, amid a political backlash against its billionaire chief executive, Elon Musk.

The figures from the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) showed registrations for new Teslas halved in April compared to the same month a year earlier, despite a broader rise in battery electric vehicles overall.

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