Tesla sales fall in UK, France and other EU countries after Elon Musk wades into politics Sales of Teslas in the UK have dipped after Elon Musk’s waded into British politics with repeated attacks on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
This will be £195 per year for most people affected, but drivers of new electric cars with a list price exceeding £40,000 will be charged up to £620 per year because of the expensive car supplement.
The number of registrations of Teslas was 1458 in January compared to 1581 in the same month last year, a decline of 7.78 per cent, according to figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
The SMMT said 139,345 new cars were registered in the UK in January, down 2.5 per cent compared to a year earlier.
And the small fall in January follows a bumper 57 per cent rise in registrations in December, compared to a year earlier, to 8,645, according to the SMMT.
