European countries generally don't like American hire-and-fire and other labor practices. Musk made it so much worse all on his own, and labor unions are pretty powerful when you piss them off too much.
[1] https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-...
[2] https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/norway...
Perhaps this story should really be about why EV sales seem dramatically lower. Was there some change in laws, economic conditions, etc?
Audi has three E-TRON models and every one of them sells better than Tesla.
That would be because the article is poorly written, in that it only lists six brands, three of them very obscure. BEV sales are up relative to July 2024: https://mobilitysweden.se/statistik/Nyregistreringar_per_man...
That is, EV sales aren't lower, they're higher.
Also, Polestar sales are up year on year. I'd be reluctant to read to much into _month to month_ fluctuations.
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