US EditionTeslas are getting torched in Berlin as surveys show Germans are deserting Elon Musk’s carmaker in droves
- A recent survey shows that 94% of Germans will not purchase a Tesla vehicle, signaling a significant loss for the brand in Germany.
- Tesla's sales dropped by 41% in 2024 despite a booming EV market, and fell 70% in early 2025.
- Elon Musk's political involvement and controversial statements have upset German consumers, contributing to the brand's decline.
- The results indicate that German consumers are increasingly turning away from Tesla, leaving the company's future in Germany uncertain.
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Teslas are being torched around the world
The Germans have gotten extremely mad at Elon Musk. Before it was just protests and projecting "Heil Tesla" and "Boycott Tesla" with a picture of Musk doing his Nazi salute onto the side of his Gigafactory outside of Berlin. Now people are so angry...
Teslas are getting torched in Berlin as surveys show Germans are deserting Elon Musk’s carmaker in droves
Surveys conducted by Caliber and T-Online both show a sharp drop in favorability for Tesla among Germans. Sales in the first two months of this year plunged a combined 71% amid controversy over Musk's embrace of the AfD as well as a scheduled production shutdown. In an affluent residential neighborhood of Berlin, four Tesla vehicles burnt to a crisp in the early morning hours of Friday after unknown vandals set them ablaze. This latest act of a…
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