VW has overtaken Tesla as Europe's top EV seller
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Volkswagen EV registrations rose more than 150% year-over-year while Tesla saw the biggest decline among the top 30 brands.

Summary

  • Volkswagen beat Tesla in European EV sales across the first three months of 2025, data shows.
  • Registrations for VW EVs are up more than 150%, while Tesla lost huge ground.
  • However, the Model Y and Model 3 remain Europe’s top two most-registered EVs.
  • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    11·
    14 hours ago

    If a country is dumping in your market and threatening your own industry you impose tariffs to compensate or you risk losing jobs and you’ll have a much bigger issue to deal with.

    I hope you’re not the kind of person that complains about the middle class disappearing because right now you’re defending what made it disappear.

    Also, welcome to the world, which isn’t just the US, this thread is about the European market where Biden didn’t impose tariffs.

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      14 hours ago

      I hope you’re not the kind of person that complains about the middle class disappearing because right now you’re defending what made it disappear.

      Cheap cars aren’t what killed the middle class.

      Also, welcome to the world, which isn’t just the US, this thread is about the European market where Biden didn’t impose tariffs.

      Nope. Just kicked open the door so trump could.

      • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        12·
        11 hours ago

        Opening the door to Chinese stuff and killing the manufacturing industry in North America and Europe is one of the main things that killed the middle class.

        Trump didn’t impose tariffs on China in Europe either.

        You have a serious reading comprehension issue, you should go back up the chain and reread everything but this time take the time to actually understand the message.