{"id":24699,"date":"2026-02-18T15:47:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=24699"},"modified":"2026-02-18T15:47:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:47:36","slug":"teslas-new-sales-data-is-absolutely-brutal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=24699","title":{"rendered":"Tesla&#8217;s New Sales Data Is Absolutely Brutal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"relative \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"archive-post-thumb article-featured-image w-full h-auto mb-3 object-center\" src=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/tesla-europe-sales-2026.jpg?quality=85&amp;w=1152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/tesla-europe-sales-2026.jpg?w=280&amp;h=187 280w, https:\/\/futurism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/tesla-europe-sales-2026.jpg?w=289&amp;h=193 289w, https:\/\/futurism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/tesla-europe-sales-2026.jpg?w=300&amp;h=200 300w, https:\/\/futurism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/tesla-europe-sales-2026.jpg?w=308&amp;h=205 308w, https:\/\/futurism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/tesla-europe-sales-2026.jpg?w=324&amp;h=216 324w, https:\/\/futurism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/tesla-europe-sales-2026.jpg?w=370&amp;h=247 370w, https:\/\/futurism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/tesla-europe-sales-2026.jpg?w=580&amp;h=387 580w, https:\/\/futurism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/tesla-europe-sales-2026.jpg?w=594&amp;h=396 594w, https:\/\/futurism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/tesla-europe-sales-2026.jpg?w=600&amp;h=400 600w, https:\/\/futurism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/tesla-europe-sales-2026.jpg?w=660&amp;h=440 660w, https:\/\/futurism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/tesla-europe-sales-2026.jpg?w=768&amp;h=512 768w, https:\/\/futurism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/tesla-europe-sales-2026.jpg?w=1024&amp;h=683 1024w, https:\/\/futurism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/tesla-europe-sales-2026.jpg?w=1041&amp;h=694 1041w, https:\/\/futurism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/tesla-europe-sales-2026.jpg?w=1128&amp;h=752 1128w, https:\/\/futurism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/tesla-europe-sales-2026.jpg?w=1152&amp;h=768 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1152px) 100vw, 1152px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" alt=\"Tesla's vehicle sales across 13 European markets are absolutely atrocious compared to the same point just two years ago.\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"article-featured-image-caption\">\n\t\t\t Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins \/ Futurism. Supply: Frederic J. Brown \/ AFP through Getty Photos\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"pw-incontent-excluded article-paragraph skip\">Over the previous few months, Tesla has been making a <a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/advanced-transport\/elon-musk-shutting-down-tesla-car-factory-robots\">major pivot<\/a> away from its extremely profitable electrical automobiles towards <a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/future-society\/elon-musk-tesla-robot-forget-cars\">humanoid robots<\/a>, a pet obsession of CEO Elon Musk\u2019s. That restructuring marketing campaign appears to be forward of schedule, with Tesla\u2019s electrical automobile gross sales plunging to astonishing lows.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph skip\">The EV maker hit a four-year low within the US final month, promoting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/news\/tesla-u-s-sales-fall-for-fourth-straight-month-in-january\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">17 percent fewer cars<\/a> in January in comparison with the identical interval final 12 months, indicating the corporate\u2019s core enterprise is falling aside as Musk focuses his consideration elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph skip\">An much more stark scenario is taking part in out throughout the pond. In keeping with an <a href=\"https:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2026\/02\/15\/tesla-sales-down-tremendously-in-uk-norway-netherlands-germany-spain-sweden-denmark-portugal-switzerland\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">analysis by <em>CleanTechnica<\/em><\/a> utilizing knowledge from <a href=\"http:\/\/EU-EVs.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EU-EVs.com<\/a>, which tracks battery electrical automobile registrations in European international locations<em>,<\/em> Tesla\u2019s general gross sales in January of 2026 had been down precipitously from the identical level simply two years in the past. Throughout 13 European markets, Tesla automobile gross sales had been down 49.5 % between January 2024 and January 2026, primarily based on public automobile registration knowledge. In comparison with the identical level in January 2025, gross sales in 12 of those markets had been down 23 %.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph skip\">Tesla\u2019s European loss leaders embody Norway, the place gross sales dropped an astonishing 93 % in two years, from 1,108 items in January 2024 to a measly 83 in January of this 12 months. Within the UK, registrations went from 1,591 items to simply 714, a 55 % fall. The Netherlands, in the meantime, noticed gross sales drop 81 %.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph skip\">There have been some small vivid spots, like Eire, the place gross sales elevated from 66 in January 2024 to 143 in January of this 12 months. Finland, too, noticed a 33 % rise over the 2 years, from 169 automobiles to 224.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph skip\">Sadly for Tesla\u2019s shareholders, these aren\u2019t practically sufficient to cease the hemorrhaging. Although Musk\u2019s political antics have undoubtedly performed some <a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-byte\/musk-nazi-salute-german-gigafactory\">heavy brand damage<\/a> throughout Europe, he\u2019s not the one purpose for the hunch. Tesla\u2019s faltering gross sales additionally come amidst tense labor disputes in <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/truly-beyond-words-teslas-conflict-with-a-german-labor-union-is-getting-out-of-hand-2000719975\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Germany<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c5y9082q0jjo\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sweden<\/a> as a tidal wave of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/autos-transportation\/where-chinese-automakers-have-gained-most-ground-europe-2026-02-11\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Chinese-made EVs<\/a> floods the zone. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph skip\">Whether or not the corporate is even focused on boosting its efficiency in Europe is unclear, but when these numbers are any indication, it might be a significant uphill battle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph skip\"><strong>Extra on Tesla: <\/strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/tesla-self-driving-fine-print\">Tesla Admits That Its Cars May Never Fully Drive Themselves<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/advanced-transport\/tesla-europe-sales-2026\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins \/ Futurism. Supply: Frederic J. Brown \/ AFP through Getty Photos Over the previous few months, Tesla has been making a major pivot away from its extremely profitable electrical automobiles towards humanoid robots, a pet obsession of CEO Elon Musk\u2019s. That restructuring marketing campaign appears to be forward of schedule, with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24701,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[3833,1468,2282,444,876],"class_list":["post-24699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech","tag-absolutely","tag-brutal","tag-data","tag-sales","tag-teslas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24699"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24700,"href":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24699\/revisions\/24700"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}