Fucking Brits
On behalf of my countrymen I can only apologise.
I honestly dislike him as much as you and it’s worrying that we’re increasingly turning into another US.
As others have mentioned though, the road tax rules (we pay very few tolls) have changed in the UK in April meaning it’s now a lot more expensive to buy EVs than it has been in the past.
I expect that if you looked at other manufacturers in the same time frame their sales would have increased a lot more than Tesla’s.
Pleased to see DE with the biggest drop.
Wish their voting habits would follow that lead as well
Or the voters their leader. half /s
Funny how that works.
Ashamed to live in America’s 51st state right now 😮💨
Greenland or Canada?
England 😮💨
You’re ruining it, UK.
It surprises me because the UK (or at least London seems to be the source of all the funny swasticar billboards).
If it makes you feel any better we’re ruining a lot of other stuff too.
In more ways than one…
This country’s full of basic pricks, and that graph proves it
I saw on another thread from a month ago or so it’s because you can finance one comparatively cheap, like 100 quid less per month, than other similar cars which means people are still buying them. Sorry I can’t find the link but also yes I agree with your statement.
It’s also because vehicle tax changed at the start of April. Any registered before April 1st this year you’d pay £0 tax a year on them, any after there’s a yearly tax.
Not quite. Even existing EVs (with some exceptions for older vehicles) will be charged the new basic VED rate of £195 when they are next due to renew (which could be in up to a year’s time).
What EV purchasers were trying to avoid was the expensive vehicle supplementary tax of £425/year for cars with a list price of over £40k, which EVs purchased/registered since the start of April are no longer exempt from.
As the vast majority of new EVs on the market fall into that price bracket (including all Teslas except the base tier Model 3), suddenly the yearly tax for most new EV purchases jumps from £195 to £620/year.
Oh I misread it.
So my little 2014 ecoboost Fiesta will now not be £0 either?
Assuming your Fiesta produces < 100g/km CO2, looks like you’ll now be paying £20/year (as it was manufactured before 2017, different rules apply) - could be worse!
That ain’t bad. Wonder if they’ll do an information campaign so people know, or just leave it like the changes to pedestrian priority in the highway code.
TERF Island in fascism shocker
The UK is pretty much the 51st state at this point, our PM is bending backwards to give Trump everything he asks for nothing in return an we’re re-writing our laws based on demands from american based lobbying groups.
Wait until the next quarter. A big tax break came to an end on EV’s at the start of April.
Tesla’s after April will be taxed at about £600 a year, instead of £0 a year.
That’s why they are not a part of the EU.
Ahh, good old Blighty! There’s a large part of our public who are always chomping at the bit to fucking disappoint the world. Twats.
Right? I swear I see more brand new Teslas driving around my mid-sized town every day. Boils my piss.
Some of the lads here have absolutely got to tug the forelock whenever possible.
Didn’t realize the Tesla logo symbolized a down arrow.
To me, it looks like an IUD or a uterus and fallopian tubes graphic.
Fuck’s sake, UK, care to get your shit together?
I needed some good news
FFS! Why do we Brits (in the aggregate) lack brains and gumption? This same stupidity led to Brexit. I am personally mocking anyone I know with a SwastiCar, albeit friendly ridicule.
Honestly mate I’ve given up, I’m looking into going back to uni part time to upgrade my qualification and then start aggressively job searching for somewhere and anywhere but here.
I’m sick of this idiot island. I’ve got 5 years until Farage gets in and truly sends the country down the shitter.
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I’ve hardly heard anything on the news about TeSSla issues, or musk doing Nazi salutes etc.
Nothing on the BBC? Surely The Guardian covered it?
SCHLAND!!!
Brexit means Brexit!
Everybody is talking about the UK. And I’m just thinking why is Norway so low?
It would be great to see the absolute values, too.
I would guess, if sales were already very low, then it would be difficult to change the minds of the remaining few.
Can’t say without the raw data, though.
That reasoning could explain Italy and Spain, but Norway is an early adopter of EVs. The early adopter really, they have far more EVs per capita than any other country.
Edit: but I do agree that without absolute numbers or relative market share numbers, we only know half the story. All ev sales could be massively up compared to last year, while Tesla’s only remained stable.
Buying a new Tesla in 2025 says something about you as a person, and it isn’t something good…
Join global protests against Tesla in much of the US, various parts of Europe, part of Canada, etc.
(and there are multiple upcoming across the UK, if you are in the UK and disappointed at this graph)
