New Tesla registrations in key European markets surged in March, signaling a shift in sales trends. <\/p>\n
Registrations nearly tripled in France, approaching a two-year high, and more than doubled in the Nordic countries, according to Wednesday\u2019s data, News.Az<\/a> reports, citing Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tesla<\/a>, the world\u2019s most valuable automaker by market capitalization, had lost nearly half of its European market share in 2025 due to rising competition, particularly from Chinese brands, a lack of new models, and reactions to CEO Elon Musk\u2019s political positions.<\/p>\n However, since launching more affordable versions of its Model Y and Model 3 in the U.S. and Europe late last year, Tesla\u2019s European registrations\u2014a key sales indicator\u2014have rebounded, showing growth again in February.<\/p>\n Tesla’s March registrations accelerated especially in France, Norway, Sweden and Denmark.<\/p>\n In France, 9,569 new Teslas were registered, data from French car body PFA \u200cshowed \u2060on Wednesday, a 203% increase from a year earlier. That was just below an all-time high of 9,572 vehicles registered in December 2023.<\/p>\n Overall, monthly car sales in France grew for the first time since October.<\/p>\n In Norway, Sweden and Denmark, Tesla registrations were up by 178%, 144% and 96% at 6,150, 1,447 and 1,784 vehicles, respectively, data from OFV, bilstatistik.dk and Mobility Sweden showed.<\/p>\n They rose by 89% to 1,806 cars in Belgium, 72% to 1,819 in the Netherlands, 32% to 2,920 in Italy, 25% \u2060to 2,477 in Spain and 1.7% to 674 in Switzerland, according to Febiac, RAI, the Italian transport ministry, ANFAC and auto-suisse. They fell by 1.7% in Portugal to 1,189, ACAP data showed.<\/p>\n