Tesla sales have fallen across Europe (Image: Getty)
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Data from the found that Tesla sales across the EU, EFTA and the UK fell by more than 45% in January.
Total sales of the vehicle were down 45.3% with 9,945 cars leaving forecourts over the first month of the year.
This is compared to a total of 18,161 exactly one year before with Tesla’s market share falling to 1% from 1.8%.
Tesla sold just 1,277 new cars last month in Germany, its lowest figure over one calendar month since July 2021.
Sales have slumped by over 45% last month (Image: Getty)
The move has had a which has dropped by more than 9%.
data revealed that In January, new EU registrations of hybrid-electric cars were up by 18.4%.
This was down to significant growth in the four biggest markets with sales up a whopping 52.5% in France.
Spain saw EV sales figures up 23.5% with Germany increasing EV sales by a hefty 13.7 over the past month.
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The numbers suggest that motorists were simply turning their backs on Tesla for other brands instead of electric vehicles altogether.
Meanwhile, Tesla registered for the first time ever.
The news comes amid ’s controversial decision to wade into international politics over the past few months.
Musk is a major part of ’s new administration and runs the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
However, he has also waded into European politics as he openly backed the AfD ahead of the German elections held last Sunday.
In Britain, Musk has been critical of Sir with rumours he is prepared to make a major donation to ’s Reform UK.
Figures show that demand for brand-new petrol and diesel vehicles has dramatically fallen across the continent.
Petrol registrations saw a sizeable decline of up to 18.9% with diesel sales also down by as much as 27%.