Tesla's German car sales more than halve in October as wider EV sales jump

Post by mjamesaustin » Wed, Nov 05, 2025, 8:51 PM UTC

schiffern wrote: post #12

justapassenger wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not releasing any new model in half a decade (let's forget about cybertruck - tesla already did) didn't help either.

Nope, bad strategy advice. Tesla is battery-limited, not demand-limited. Adding models would only add complexity without meaningfully increasing revenue. It helps to know basic fundamental facts about the company.

Post by hiddencost » Wed, Nov 05, 2025, 8:52 PM UTC

submeta wrote: post #36

Elon promised too much (self driving cars coming next month, this time for real), and the market has realized that after the 25th promise, he‘s not going to deliver. Also, Elon should have stick to cars and rockets. His venturing into politics, and into media (with buying X) didn’t help him either. He got demystified, and demolished his image of a super focused half-einstein, half-edison. Now more of an half-Trump. A…

Post by yangikan » Wed, Nov 05, 2025, 8:53 PM UTC

TheAlchemist wrote: post #15

moosedman wrote: post #2

I don’t understand how the Tesla fanboys don’t realize how badly he’s torched his consumer base with his politics…

It's not only politics, although it certainly didn't help. Tesla did not release new cars, except for Cybertruck, for how long ? 5 years ? 10 years ? Their lineup was great initially, and there was 0 competition. Now there is a lot of competition and their lineup did not change at all. Their car business is dying. That's why they try to be an AI & Robotics company. Edit: Here is a good link to follow the sales data -…

Post by fundatus » Wed, Nov 05, 2025, 8:53 PM UTC

Post by Iulioh » Wed, Nov 05, 2025, 8:55 PM UTC

afavour wrote: post #39

It'll be interesting to see how this plays out. Tesla has been way, way overvalued for a very long time. If that starts to change I suspect it'll change very quickly and Musk's status might see a dramatic change.