{"id":17979,"date":"2025-03-05T12:37:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T11:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/05\/teslas-uk-sales-rise-despite-threat-of-backlash-over-musks-political-role\/"},"modified":"2025-03-05T12:37:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T11:37:22","slug":"teslas-uk-sales-rise-despite-threat-of-backlash-over-musks-political-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/05\/teslas-uk-sales-rise-despite-threat-of-backlash-over-musks-political-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla\u2019s UK sales rise despite threat of backlash over Musk\u2019s political role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sales of battery-powered cars jumped in February, with Model 3 and Model Y most popular after Mini Cooper<\/p>\n<p>Sales of Teslas in the UK rose by more than a fifth last month as demand for battery-powered cars increased, despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2025\/feb\/25\/i-felt-nothing-but-disgust-tesla-owners-vent-their-anger-at-elon-musk\">the prospect of a buyer backlash <\/a>over Elon Musk\u2019s controversial and divisive behaviour since becoming a key figure in Donald Trump\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p>Almost 4,000 Teslas were sold in the UK in February, with the Model 3 and Model Y proving the second and third most popular after the Mini Cooper, according to the latest new car registration figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/mar\/05\/teslas-uk-sales-rise-despite-threat-of-backlash-over-elon-musk-political-role\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/3f607edf58e4af0506227ea4e2f03d57120634a8\/82_540_4946_2969\/master\/4946.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=c4a7aa689ba1114982e57adf90f1aa4f\" title=\"Tesla\u2019s UK sales rise despite threat of backlash over Musk\u2019s political role\" \/>Sales of battery-powered cars jumped in February, with Model 3 and Model Y most popular after Mini Cooper<br \/>\nSales of Teslas in the UK rose by more than a fifth last month as demand for battery-powered cars increased, despite the prospect of a buyer backlash over Elon Musk\u2019s controversial and divisive behaviour since becoming a key figure in Donald Trump\u2019s administration.<br \/>\nAlmost 4,000 Teslas were sold in the UK in February, with the Model 3 and Model Y proving the second and third most popular after the Mini Cooper, according to the latest new car registration figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sales of battery-powered cars jumped in February, with Model 3 and Model Y most popular after Mini Cooper Sales of Teslas in the UK rose by more than a fifth last month as demand for battery-powered cars increased, despite the prospect of a buyer backlash over Elon Musk\u2019s controversial and divisive behaviour since becoming a &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/05\/teslas-uk-sales-rise-despite-threat-of-backlash-over-musks-political-role\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tesla\u2019s UK sales rise despite threat of backlash over Musk\u2019s political role<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":17980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17979"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}