Tesla cars were sold remarkably less across Europe in recent months. This is remarkable since the electric car market remained stable or even grew significantly. In Belgium, for example, 45% fewer Tesla cars were sold in January 2025 compared to January 2024.

Newsweek has contacted Tesla for comment via email. California is the biggest market for electric vehicles in the U.S. and by a wide margin, accounting for nearly 35 percent of all EV sales nationwide.

EV automaker announced some pretty dismal numbers, including a net year-over-year sales decline and weak earnings numbers that included a 71% dip in net income to $2.3 billion. Despite signs pointing downwards,