Tesla faces an unprecedented boycott.
Protests appeared in the showrooms and sabotage against Tesla cars all over the world because of the affiliation of CEO Elon Musk to President Donald Trump and other extremist right -wing parties. Musk was also a driving force behind the “Ministry of Government efficiency”, his government project behind the mass fire of federal workers and possible future discounts on social security. Of course, throwing the so -called “Roman greeting“The gesture also affected the sales of Tesla.
The boycott led to a decrease in sales of EV cars in Tesla Up to 76 percent In some markets. However, only potential Tesla customers are the ones who move away from the company. Tesla owners want to go out now.
Tesla is missing one way or another $ 1.4 billion
according to New data From EdmundsMarch 2025 witnessed the highest monthly share of Tesla Trade-ins at all. Drivers were circulated in a record number of Tesla compounds this month. Tesla models of 2017 or the latest or the most recent of 1.4 percent of all vehicles circulated on March 15.
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This rises by a full percentage of last March when Tesla cars make up only 0.4 percent of commerce In addition, Edmunds analysts said that this number is likely to rise with the passage of the second half of the month and receives more commercial data.
Edmonds says that in February 2025, Tesla accounted for 1.2 percent of all trade, so this month’s numbers have already exceeded last month, and there is a lot of time remaining to go. According to Edmunds, this data excludes trade towards new TESLA purchases, so these customers are not traded in the newer Tesla.
Edmonds data also showed that interest in buying new Tesla cars has decreased to their lowest levels since October 2022. Its peak was previously in November of last year by 3.3 percent.
As for Tesla owners who are looking to sell their EVS, MASHABLE I mentioned earlier How the prices of the Tesla user are reserved due to musk. On average, the price of used Tesla vehicles has decreased by 10 percent, which is a significant decrease in the value of used cars that are made by other brands of cars.