Tesla still takes a sales hit in Europe – Jalopnik

Have a nice Monday! It is October 6, 2025, and this is the morning shift – your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from all over the world, in one place. Here you will find the most important stories that make Americans drive and make ends meet.

In the edition of this morning we look at the newest sales flop of Tesla, as well as the big new investment of Stellantis in the United States. We will also look at the goals of the Chinese autonomous car developers in Europe and the difficult year of Aston Martin.

Tesla’s recently had a rough in Germany, largely because of CEO Elon Musk’s love for the extreme right -wing political party of the Nation AfD. Most Germans are not fans, and they prefer that in their handling of Tesla – or the lack thereof. It has previously hurt the figures from the company, and it seems that things remain down trend. By Reuters:

Tesla’s sales volume in Germany fell by 9.4%in September, said the German traffic agency KBA on Monday, although the total sale of battery
Electric vehicles rose by 31.9%year after year.

Registrations of new Tesla cars had risen in parts of Europe in September, eliminated by the updated model Y. But the American maker of electric vehicles remains under pressure from the growing competition, political recoil against CEO Elon Musk and an aging line -up.

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The number of Teslas sold in the January-September period decreased by 50.3% to 14,845 units compared to the same period last year.

50% is what we would call in the industry a huge decrease. Possibly even a spiral.

Stellantis is great in making his car -Line -up again great, and now the company is ready to invest 11 digits in its American activities to keep doing this. The automaker has already promised $ 5 billion in American investments, and now the rumor mill says that another $ 5 billion is on the road. By Automotive news:

Chrysler -parent Stellantis is planning to invest around $ 10 billion in the US, because the troubled maker of Jeep SUVs and RAM trucks re -concentrates on the market that is crucial for his profit, people who are familiar with the situation told Bloomberg.

In the coming weeks, the car manufacturer can announce around $ 5 billion in fresh money, in addition to a similar amount that was reserved earlier in the year, said that the people who refused to be identified about discussing information that is not public. The investments for several years can be cleared in plants – including reopens, recruitment and new models – in states such as Illinois and Michigan, people said.

Stellantis is aimed at reclaiming the success of the Jeep brand in the past and is considering new investments in Dodge, which could lead to a new Dodge V-8 muscle car, and possibly even the Chrysler brand in the long term, some people said. Discussions are underway, no final decision has been made and the amount and the targeted projects can still change, the people said.

“Focus again[ing] On the market that is central [Stellantis’] Profit “is logical in a vacuum, but this flies in the light of the global automotive and regulatory trends. It is a daring move, cotton.

The United States are not great in Chinese technology, especially when it competes with the automotive market that our president keeps so much. So, instead of adorning our coasts with their autonomous technology, Chinese car manufacturers just go across the pond to Europe. By Reuters:

Blocked from the American market, Chinese self-driving technology companies accelerate their push in Europe, set up the head office, Stopping data deals and traffic tests-some alarm from local rivals gives cause for competitive problems.

In China, the world’s largest car market, more than half of the cars sold, including many entry-level models-now autonomous driving technology, sometimes offers standard.

Beijing urges its companies to dominate the development of autonomous vehicles worldwide, while making national regulations to offer a clear route map at home.

That expansion is already underway. Reuters spoke with a dozen managers who described how Chinese companies use Europe as a
Beachhead for global expansion, mirrors the push with electric vehicles.

“We focus on Europe for our worldwide future,” said Dong Li, Chief Technology Officer of Qcraft, who announced plans for a new German headquarters on Munich’s car show last month, with reference to a more open environment than in the United States.

Are autonomous vehicles the solution for our needs? No, not really. Is this another sign of the United States that falls behind the world, enters the Chinese American century of humiliation? Yes. Yes that’s it.

Aston Martin is not a large car maker in terms of scale, but it earns enough money to keep the lights on. It tries at least – this year has been a bit of a rough attempt. By Automotive news:

Aston Martin Low his prospects for the second time this year, a new blow to the British Automaker as rates and faltering demand for years of turning.

The newest warning underlines how the automaker continues to fight the implementation struggle, volatile markets and tense finances despite repeated rescue efforts.

After all The pentation of his prospects In July at American rates, Aston Martin said that the sale will expand this year with a central to high-single figures, weighed by weakness in North America and Asia.

The total deliveries in the third quarter fell 13 percent to 1,641 vehicles, according to a business declaration on 6 October.

Aston turns away from the volume and to more coach builds up for the ultra rich – probably a smart move in a world where they are increasingly the only people with a discretionary expenditure budget – but it means that those delivery numbers cannot tell the whole story quickly. That is, if they haven’t done that yet.

My school was Bosnia and Herzegovina in Model Un once. We didn’t do much.

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