No more Teslas in China? Elon Musk’s company is not selling these models in the Asian country
The ongoing trade war between Washington and Beijing has led Elon Musk’s Tesla to stop orders on these two models in China.
Billionaire backer of President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, has distanced himself from the White House’s tariff policy, even going so far as to call one of the architects of the plan a “moron” on X.
In light of the announcement that import duties on many Chinese goods would be increased to 145 percent and Beijing’s response that many US goods would be taxed at 125 percent upon import, Tesla is reducing its offer in China.
According to Reuters, two of the Tesla models manufactured in the United States, the Model S and the Model X, have been removed from the EV company’s website in China. The EV market is competitive in China, and the tariffs imposed by China make these cars, which are produced in the US, too expensive to compete.
Tesla sales fall around the world
Additionally, since Musk has publicly aligned with Donald Trump, Tesla sales are underperforming.
Eletrek, an EV market outlet, reported that sales of Teslas are down across Europe, even though demand for electric vehicles is growing. Comparing the first quarter sales from 2024 to 2025, some countries have seen a staggering decrease in the number of Teslas purchased.
In Germany, where just over 13,000 Teslas were purchased last year, sales have dropped by 62 percent. The United Kingdom, a non-EU member, was the only European country to see sales increase, rising by 6 percent, while on average, sales have fallen by 37 percent on the other side of the Atlantic.
Before additional tariffs had been imposed on cars coming into China from the US, Tesla sales had also taken a beating. Reuters reported last week that year-over-year, sales have fallen by 11.5 percent, and further decreases, prompted by tariffs, could bring orders down even further in the coming months. Tesla will be releasing its earnings report for Q1 2025 on April 22.
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