Elon Musk says European Union‚ where Tesla’s sales are low, “should be abolished”
Sales are down 25% from last year on the continent and make up just 15% of total sales.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is stirring controversy once again in Europe after the European Union fined his social media platform, X, $140 million for a number of issues, including a “deceptive” blue check mark design and not providing data access to researchers.
Over the weekend, Musk posted, “The EU should be abolished and sovereignty returned to individual countries, so that governments can better represent their people.”
It should be noted that Musk doesn’t have as much to lose in Europe as he once did. After his previous machinations on the continent, Tesla’s 2025 sales are expected to decline 25% from last year in Europe, where they are slated to make up just 15% of the company’s total sales, according to the latest estimates from analyst Troy Teslike.
Musk has called Europe Tesla’s “weakest market,” blaming the relatively low sales on European governments’ lack of regulatory approval for its Full Self-Driving tech.
Sales in Europe pale in comparison to the unit delivery numbers Tesla hits in China and the US. And faster-growing sales in the rest of the world are helping to displace declines in Europe.
For what it’s worth, Musk no longer considers Tesla to be a car company. Rather, its future is in AI and robotics, so insulting a relatively small auto market isn’t quite the faux pas it might once have been.
