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No way it's only 13%.
In Canada they were clearly trying to fake sales to steal tax credits from the government. Canada froze their funds and told them to fuck off. The U.S. won't stop Musk from faking sales to make it look better than it is. Guaranteed Musk is up to some fuckery.
I assume that's in the US only. The sames drop in Europe is far worse (40 to 80% depending on country) because they are less receptive to fascists than the US.
Emphasis: globally
Edit: also note, "Tesla reported". I wouldn't trust them to be giving accurate numbers, so it's actually probably a lot worse.
There's no way those numbers are real: https://apnews.com/article/tesla-sales-recall-trump-byd-b6f5da15be491d16e3020598e3ddf861
Canadian sales are fabricated and they are down in China too as BYD eat their lunch. Where else would the shortfall come from?
I thought I remember reading that UK numbers went up. But I wonder if that's a situation like the Canadian "sales" they had recently...
https://fortune.com/europe/2025/03/06/tesla-uk-sales-rise-growing-ev-adoption-european-backlash-elon-musk/
They've gone up, but it looks like it might be to get ahead of the April tax on cars over £40k. We might see a reduction in sales April onwards, and as the article points out the sales increase is below that of other brands.
Still not ideal though.
The Canadian "sales" where three Tesla dealerships each averaged one car sold for every single minute during a three-day weekend? No, that was totally legit.
That would make more sense
Never underestimate political apathy.