Tesla falls on the slowdown in European sales, concerns tariffs on Trump

Tesla On Wednesday, shares fell by almost 6%as data from Europe showed a sales slowdown last month and investors are increasingly concerned President Donald Trump Tariffs plan.

On Tuesday, the European Association of Car Manufacturers (ACEA) showed that in February, Tesla noticed a 40% drop in new vehicles in Europe, and the total battery sales increased by 26%.

Meanwhile the White House – Note On Wednesday, President Trump will announce new tariffs for automobiles on the afternoon. The President started on April 2 as the “Liberation Day” and “Great” for unraveling his plan to bring heavy tariffs for foreign trading partners, but Trump hinted earlier this week that authors could come earlier.

Movements of this scale became the usual phenomenon for Tesla shares. In 14 separate days this year, Tesla shares received or lost at least 5%. Eve on Wednesday as well as drop 2% in NASDAQ, followed by a five -day stock that included A 12% jump on Monday.

The year’s trend was reduced, especially since President Trump started his second term in January and brought Tesla CEO Elon Musk With him to the White House. From the date of the inauguration of the TESLA stock decreased by 36%, after the fall 28% in February, the most steep fall for any month since December 2022.

Following ACEA report on Tuesday, RBC analysts wrote in a note that February numbers presented only about 11,000 Tesla car registrations in Europe, and emphasized that the monthly data “cannot testify to valid demand.”

Analysts note that new car buyers in Europe can carry out the “Update” model or “new affordable model” they expect in the second half of the year.

Tesla will fully increase the production of the recycled version of its model Y SUF next month. The company has implemented partial shutdown at certain factories earlier this year to modernize production lines.

Some future EV buyers have been disabled with the delay of Moscow’s political rhetoric and its work for the Trump administration, where it has efforts to reduce the federal government’s expenses, reduce the federal labor and stated that it wants to privatize numerous services, including social security.

William Blair’s analysts wrote in a note on Wednesday that “retreat from Musk’s offensive” led to “damage to the brand and even vandalism”, because Tesla at a time when the supply of the company was influenced by his model in switching, and “Chinese competition continues to rise”.

However, the firm supported the TESLA promotion recommendation, pointing to the growth of the energy company for storing energy and its prospects for a trip without drivers. Musk promised that the Robotaxi Service in Austin would start in June. The company has not yet started production of its specialized robotic, which was named Cyber.

Alphabet Waymo is already running a commercial Robotaxi service on Austin and other markets. And in China, several automakers offer an equivalent of full-controlled Tesla-becting self-government, partially automated control system-in quality standard options rather than paid service.

In China this week Tesla renamed its FSD system “Intelligent car driving“According to CNEVPost, after earlier branded it as” full ability to self-government. “The Tesla system in all markets still requires a person behind the wheel, ready to drive or brake at any time.

See: Expectations tesla “near the bottom”