Tesla car sales in France fell by 59 percent in April, accumulating more bad news for an electrician company run by US President Donald Trump Billionaire Advisor Elon Musk.
The French body PFA, which compared registration indicators from April last year in the same month, also said that since the beginning of 2025, there were 7,556 Tesla registrations in France, which is 44 percent lower than in the same period in 2024.
Diving in the third largest EU car market is followed by the European Car Manufacturers Association (ACEA) on the first quarter data, which showed that Tesla sales have fallen by 45 percent in the total block.
According to analysts, Musk plays a prominent role in Tesla in Europe near Tesla.
Musk is known for helping US federal agencies and programs, including overseas – and twice at the gesture at the Trump Inauguration Rally, which historians said they looked like the Nazi greetings.
The billionaire has said that he intends to resign from his role as an informal leader of Trump's Cutting Cutting the Cutting of the Government Department to focus more on Tesla.
On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal announced that the Tesla Board had launched procedures several weeks ago to find Musk's successor to be CEO.
The decline in the sale of Tesla in France came in April against the background of the sale of stagnant electric vehicles.
Car sales decreased by 5.64 percent, registration totaling 139,000.
PFA leader Nicolas Le Bigot said: “We are on the market a worrying level, which is very low compared to the pre -cheese period.”
He attributed the decline to the “economic uncertainty” for French buyers.
“Everything exacerbated by the trade war -related uncertainty that Trump has brought to all countries,” he said.
Pfa said that in April, in the case of a general sale of cars, the US-European Stellant Group saw, which puts 12 percent of Jeep, Peugeot, Fiat and Maserat's vehicles.
Renault sales increased by two percent and Volkswagen's registrations fell by 8.5 percent.
This story was originally reflected on Fortune.com
