{"id":19049,"date":"2025-06-05T14:37:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T12:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/05\/uk-sales-of-new-tesla-cars-slump-by-more-than-a-third-amid-musk-backlash\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T14:37:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T12:37:55","slug":"uk-sales-of-new-tesla-cars-slump-by-more-than-a-third-amid-musk-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/05\/uk-sales-of-new-tesla-cars-slump-by-more-than-a-third-amid-musk-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"UK sales of new Tesla cars slump by more than a third amid Musk backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Electric carmaker sold 36% fewer cars year on year in May as it loses ground to China\u2019s BYD and other rivals<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/live\/2025\/jun\/05\/european-central-bank-eurozone-interest-rates-inflation-lagarde-construction-car-sales-stock-markets-business-live-news\">Business live \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sales of new Tesla cars slumped by more than a third in the UK last month as the electric carmaker lost ground to China\u2019s BYD and other rivals, amid a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/apr\/02\/tesla-sales-down-elon-musk\"> political backlash<\/a> against Tesla\u2019s billionaire boss, Elon Musk.<\/p>\n<p>Tesla sold 2,016 vehicles in the UK in May, down from 3,125 in May 2024 \u2013 a 36% drop, according to the monthly snapshot from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/jun\/05\/uk-sales-of-new-tesla-cars-slumped-by-third-in-may-amid-elon-musk-backlash\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/0036283abfd5372f006e568cc216d5e865639560\/552_0_4311_3449\/master\/4311.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=6f8843b48c8d1a9ccf858d6f68b2f53d\" title=\"UK sales of new Tesla cars slump by more than a third amid Musk backlash\" \/>Electric carmaker sold 36% fewer cars year on year in May as it loses ground to China\u2019s BYD and other rivals<br \/>\nBusiness live \u2013 latest updates<br \/>\nSales of new Tesla cars slumped by more than a third in the UK last month as the electric carmaker lost ground to China\u2019s BYD and other rivals, amid a political backlash against Tesla\u2019s billionaire boss, Elon Musk.<br \/>\nTesla sold 2,016 vehicles in the UK in May, down from 3,125 in May 2024 \u2013 a 36% drop, according to the monthly snapshot from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Electric carmaker sold 36% fewer cars year on year in May as it loses ground to China\u2019s BYD and other rivals Business live \u2013 latest updates Sales of new Tesla cars slumped by more than a third in the UK last month as the electric carmaker lost ground to China\u2019s BYD and other rivals, amid &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/05\/uk-sales-of-new-tesla-cars-slump-by-more-than-a-third-amid-musk-backlash\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UK sales of new Tesla cars slump by more than a third amid Musk backlash<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":19050,"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\/19049"}],"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=19049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}