Tesla registrations in Europe show some signs of recovery in January

Feb 2 (Reuters) - Registrations of ⁠new Tesla ⁠cars ‍in some of its largest European markets showed some signs of recovery in January, one of the ‍lowest-volume months, rising in Spain, Sweden, Denmark and Italy ​although they fell in France, Norway, Portugal, Belgium and the Netherlands.

Elon Musk's ​full-electric brand, whose market in the continent shrank 27% last year, registered 70% more cars in Spain, 26% more in Sweden, 3% more in ​Denmark and 75% more in Italy in January than in the same month of 2025, with 456, 512, 458 ​and 713 cars sold respectively, official data showed on Monday.

Its registrations, a proxy for ‌sales, fell 88% to 83 vehicles in Norway, one of the most brand-loyal countries in Europe which ​has been at the forefront ⁠of EV adoption, by 42% to 661 in France, by 3.1% to 377 in Portugal, by ‌31% to 693 in Belgium and by 67% to 307 in the Netherlands.

Tesla last year unveiled cheaper versions of its Model Y and ‌Model 3 in the United States and Europe, partly to address concerns ‌around an ageing lineup and intensifying competition from brands such as China's BYD.

But despite a pickup in overall battery-electric car sales in Europe, ‍the U.S. brand has struggled to recover market share since its CEO Musk, who led U.S. ⁠President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), backed European far-right figures.

(Reporting by Stine Jacobsen, Anna Ringstrom, Terje Solsvik, Camille Raynaud, Joao Manuel Mauricio, Mireia Merino, Giulio Piovaccari and Alessandro Parodi, editing by Bernadette Baum and Chris Reese)

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