Tesla’s UK car sales halve in October, New Automotive data shows

TESLA’S UK car sales halved year-over-year in October, data from research group New AutoMotive showed on Wednesday, echoing the steep falls the US electric vehicle maker saw in other European countries.

There were only 495 new Tesla UK registrations in the month, down 51 per cent from the 1,013 registrations last year, the data showed.

Tesla has been struggling to pull up numbers in some European countries including Spain, the Netherlands and Nordic markets. The automaker’s aging models are failing to attract buyers as legacy manufacturers and Chinese rivals are flooding the market with newer and cheaper models.

Overall, total new registrations in Britain fell 17.7 per cent to 121,896 units for October, according to New AutoMotive.

An unprecedented cyberattack at UK’s largest carmaker Jaguar Land Rover hit the country’s production statistics significantly, after its UK factories were closed for almost six-weeks. The company said it will partially resume some manufacturing operations earlier in October. REUTERS