Re:The Walls Are Closing in on Tesla
by tick_tock_tick on Sunday January 18, 2026 @05:36AM
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It's literally the best selling car in Norway with a over 50% increase in sales YoY.
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Norway is an anomaly.
Examples for Europe, 2025 vs. 2024:
Sweden: -68%
Belgium: -53%
Germany: -48%
France: -37%
Switzerland: -28%
Portugal: -22%
Italy: -18%
Re:The Walls Are Closing in on Tesla
by omnicognate on Sunday January 18, 2026 @05:48AM
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Norway representing a wopping 1% of EU car sales. [1]
[1] https://www.best-selling-cars.com/europe/2024-full-year-euro...
The rest of the European market is a "bloodbath".
https://electrek.co/2026/01/06/tesla-full-2025-data-europe-t... https://www.reuters.com/business/tesla-registrations-slump-f...
Re:The Walls Are Closing in on Tesla
by Winblows11 on Sunday January 18, 2026 @05:52AM
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Is this important market?
Norway is just 5-6 million population. Does being number 1 in Norway even mean anything?
UK is near 70million. Germany 80million. What about the stats for those? How many Teslas were sold as percentage in UK?
Re:The Walls Are Closing in on Tesla
by Ferret7446 on Sunday January 18, 2026 @06:04AM
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IIRC Norway is one of the few markets where EV growth is positive rather than negative, due to their abundant electric gen and other factors
Re:The Walls Are Closing in on Tesla
by robin_reala on Sunday January 18, 2026 @06:24AM
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I don’t think you do recall correctly. Electrek has European EV sales at +33% in 2025 over 2024. It’s not possible for Norway to turn a negative in the rest of Europe into an overall positive. https://electrek.co/2025/12/11/global-ev-sales-jump-21-in-20...