Tesla suffered a drop in sales in California last year. The new registrations for the vehicles of the Tesla electric car manufacturer fell by 12 percent in the US state of 2024, as was the result of data from the association of new car dealers in California.
“Things don’t look so good for Tesla in the Golden State. The dominance of Tesla on the market for electric vehicles continues to falter because the brand recorded its fifth quarterly decline in approval in a row, ”the association said. In addition to a hard competition and high interest rates, the role of Tesla boss Elon Musk have tightened the decline in sales in the US elections.
The worldwide deliveries of Tesla declined last year due to high credit costs and the competition of Chinese and European car manufacturers for the first time. Tesla’s recent quarterly figures were disappointing, but Musk heated up the expectations of investors with the fact that a short time New, cheap Tesla model will come onto the market.
Tesla threatens from the new US government: In November, Reuters reported that Donald Trumps (78) Planning the transition team to delete the tax credit of $ 7500 for the purchase of electric vehicles as part of a more comprehensive tax reform.
If the new government under Trump does this at the federal level, California could introduce government tax credits as part of a new proposal, for which Tesla’s electric vehicles would probably not be considered, the governor Gavino Newsom’s office had declared at the time.