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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Steve Fowler

What Elon Musk’s next moves could mean for Tesla and EVs

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New car sales stats don’t make happy reading for Tesla right now. Here in the UK, January saw a 50 per cent drop in sales numbers, following a nearly ten per cent decline across the whole of 2025. That year-long drop was mirrored across much of the rest of the world, too.

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