The manufacturer registered only 1,141 cars in January, the fewest since August 2022, according to French industry association La Plateforme Automobile. Tesla underperformed the overall industry and total EV sales, which dipped 6.2% and 0.5%, respectively.
Oh no, how could that even happen, I have no clue!?!!!?1!
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I think you are misunderstanding the order of operation.
This data is likely why President Musk is acting the way he is, he needed a way out and he appears to have gotten it.
He knew this was coming before the public.
I think you’re imaging too deep into it and assuming Musk is smarter than he is.
Musk is acting like an idiot because he’s trying to overthrow the US into a techbro-fash state and promote the same internationally, his sales in France aren’t why he is doing that.