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‘I’m giving up my Tesla because of Elon Musk’

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Sales of Teslas in many of the company’s key markets are falling.

Tesla sales in France fell to 1,141 in January , down almost two thirds on the same month a year earlier .

In Germany , the EU 's biggest electric car market, they were down 59pc in January .

YouGov ’s popularity tracker for Tesla has fallen from 42pc in October 2020 to 28pc in January .

The proportion with an unfavourable’ view of the Tesla boss has risen from 40pc in April 2022 to 71pc .

A three-year-old Model 3 goes for 21,939 , some 3,000 less than a year ago .

A disproportionate number of Teslas are acquired on lease deals which means they are easy to return.