Tesla loses as an electric car maker in Germany massively in importance and is now even behind that crising carmaker OpelÂ
. Since the end of the year, the US group has only sold 11,441 cars in the Federal Republic and fell back to eleventh place in the statistics of the largest electric car manufacturers, as can be seen from Monday data. A year ago, Tesla was the fourth largest electric car manufacturer in Germany.
At a large distance, the market leader at the electric cars in Germany is Volkswagen: The Wolfsburg car manufacturer cracked the brand of 100,000 e-cars sold in the first eight months of the current year. In second place stands BMW With almost 55,000 electric cars, followed by Mercedes with almost 49,000 vehicles. Opel sold a good 13,000 electric cars, which is almost 4000 more than in the previous year.
The Tesla sales have been under pressure in many markets worldwide for monthsÂ
. It plays a role in the fact that traditional carmakers have now launched an extensive range of electric cars and thus increases the competition. Tesla has revised his most important model Y, but has not launched a new vehicle for years. In addition, there is the political commitment of Tesla boss Elon Musk (54) that is criticized by some customers.