{"id":18343,"date":"2025-04-02T14:37:26","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T12:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/02\/tesla-quarterly-sales-slump-13-amid-backlash-against-elon-musk\/"},"modified":"2025-04-02T14:37:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T12:37:26","slug":"tesla-quarterly-sales-slump-13-amid-backlash-against-elon-musk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/02\/tesla-quarterly-sales-slump-13-amid-backlash-against-elon-musk\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla quarterly sales slump 13% amid backlash against Elon Musk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drop is likely combination of ageing lineup, increased competition and backlash to Musk\u2019s politics<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/tesla\">Tesla<\/a> reported a 13% drop in vehicle sales in the first three months of the year, making it the electric vehicle maker\u2019s worst quarter since 2022. It\u2019s another sign that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/elon-musk\">Elon Musk<\/a>\u2019s once high-flying electric car company is struggling to attract buyers.<\/p>\n<p>The drop is likely due to a combination of factors, including its ageing lineup, competition from rivals and a backlash from Musk\u2019s embrace of rightwing politics. It also is a warning that the company\u2019s first-quarter earnings report later this month could disappoint investors.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/apr\/02\/tesla-sales-down-elon-musk\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/de6249ddaf05ff0ad0cfe0f2376111e5d5db1784\/0_126_5000_3001\/master\/5000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=6590df2ac9f43bb5c72be79b2fad409b\" title=\"Tesla quarterly sales slump 13% amid backlash against Elon Musk\" \/>Drop is likely combination of ageing lineup, increased competition and backlash to Musk\u2019s politics<br \/>\nTesla reported a 13% drop in vehicle sales in the first three months of the year, making it the electric vehicle maker\u2019s worst quarter since 2022. It\u2019s another sign that Elon Musk\u2019s once high-flying electric car company is struggling to attract buyers.<br \/>\nThe drop is likely due to a combination of factors, including its ageing lineup, competition from rivals and a backlash from Musk\u2019s embrace of rightwing politics. It also is a warning that the company\u2019s first-quarter earnings report later this month could disappoint investors. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drop is likely combination of ageing lineup, increased competition and backlash to Musk\u2019s politics Tesla reported a 13% drop in vehicle sales in the first three months of the year, making it the electric vehicle maker\u2019s worst quarter since 2022. It\u2019s another sign that Elon Musk\u2019s once high-flying electric car company is struggling to attract &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/02\/tesla-quarterly-sales-slump-13-amid-backlash-against-elon-musk\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tesla quarterly sales slump 13% amid backlash against Elon Musk<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":18344,"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\/18343"}],"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=18343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}