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Tesla sales dropped 60% in Germany

Tesla’s sales have dropped nearly 60% in January in Germany compared to the same period last year. The same thing is happening throughout Europe.

Earlier this week, we reported that Tesla’s sales crashed throughout all European markets in January.

The two main reasons are believed to be the introduction of the new Model Y and the disapproval of Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his meddling in politics, which is especially not appreciated in Europe.

At the time, we didn’t have the number from Germany, but now we do.

Reuters reported that Tesla’s sales were down [website] in January:

German road traffic agency KBA’s website on Wednesday showed the number of newly registered Tesla cars fell [website] to 1,277 in January, while the overall German market was down just [website] at slightly more than 207,000 vehicles during the month.

This is undoubtedly a Tesla problem because the German auto market was down just [website] in January, and the battery-electric market was up [website] during the period.

These are now Tesla’s sales in Europe in 2025 compared to 2024:

Country Jan-25 Jan-24 % YoY Germany 1,277 3,150 [website] UK 1,293 1,581 [website] France 1,141 3,118 [website] Netherlands 926 1,610 [website] Norway 663 1,109 [website] Spain 269 1,094 [website] Sweden 394 730 [website] Denmark 451 763 [website] Portugal 380 551 [website] Total 6,794 13,706 [website].

This is pretty nuts. Obviously, Tesla will use the Model Y transition as an excuse, and there’s some truth to it. However, Tesla was transitioning the Model 3 around the same time last year, which also negatively affected 2024 sales.

Now, it’s true that Model Y is more impactful than Model 3, but I think it’s also clear that the Musk effect is at play too, it’s just impossible to tell by how much.

But I do think it will be quite disastrous, especially considering the Model Y refresh is not significant enough to convince people who are on the fence.

It feels like the negative sentiment toward Tesla is still gaining momentum rather than slowing down.

That’s not good for the EV industry. At least they have more options in Europe. It will hit even harder if we start seeing a similar impact on Tesla in the US.

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Ford's BlueCruise Is Outselling GM Super Cruise By A Huge Margin

General Motors was the first business to offer a hands-off driving assistant, beating Ford to the punch.

Yet Ford has quickly surpassed GM in terms of how many hands-free capable vehicles are on the roads.

A lot of this comes down to how widely available each corporation makes its technology.

General Motors beat Ford to the punch, offering a hands-free driving assistant years before the Blue Oval could match that capability. First to market doesn't mean first place, though, as Ford proved Wednesday. The corporation presented that it has 675,000 BlueCruise-enabled vehicles on the road today. That's nearly double the number of Super Cruise-capable cars GM has on the road: 360,000.

Frankly, this comes as no surprise to me. Having sampled both systems, I find GM's implementation of hands-free driver assistance to be smoother, more confidence-inspiring and enhanced overall. But there's a reason I don't have it on my Chevy Blazer EV.

Like with most GM products, you have to pay up for expensive trims, option packages or both to get Super Cruise. Ford, on the other hand, provides all of the hardware for BlueCruise on every Mustang Mach-E, and makes the tech widely available on many high-volume products like the F-150 pickup.

Photo by: Chevrolet A Chevy Silverado EV with Super Cruise.

GM, on the other hand, had a much more tepid start. It originally only offered the technology on the Cadillac CT6. That was a big, expensive Cadillac sedan in a market that didn't want big sedans, didn't want expensive sedans and certainly didn't want Cadillac sedans. It then offered it on the Chevy Bolt, a perplexing decision given that this technology shines on long highway drives, something the compact, slow-charging Bolt was never great at.

The General has started to rectify this. Super Cruise is now available on the Chevy Silverado, Tahoe, Traverse, Equinox EV, Blazer and more. It's also available on some Cadillac, Buick and GMC models. But it usually requires a substantial upfront commitment, and in my experience, many cars stocked on dealer lots don't have the option box checked. Even if you do get it, you'll have to pay monthly after the first three years.

Photo by: Ford Every Mustang Mach-E comes with BlueCruise hardware. That's a huge deal, as it's one of the best-selling EVs on sale.

Ford has a different strategy. customers can pay upfront for a long-term license to use BlueCruise. Or they can pay for it monthly. But since the hardware is included on many products anyway, it's no wonder that Ford has far more BlueCruise "enabled" vehicles on the road, even if their subscriptions aren't active. Given that Ford offers only a 90-day trial and GM includes Super Cruise for three years, I'd wager that GM has more actively enrolled drivers at any given time.

Still, it reveals one of Ford's strengths. While many companies will try out new technologies on a small basis, Ford is bold about rolling things out to a wide variety of end-individuals. GM's cautious approach means that despite beating everyone to market by years, it doesn't seem to be widely perceived as a leader in hands-free driver assistance. Many buyers aren't going to spend $3,000 on something they've never heard of, but if they get a 90-day trial on their Mach-E anyway, that may convert them.

For these companies, though, what really matters is how many people are willing to pay it. Based on GM's last study, things are looking good for Super Cruise.

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This Chinese EV Has An Unbelievable Parallel Parking Cheat Code

The Denza Z9 GT has a cool parallel parking party trick.

Using some EV engineering magic, the car can parallel park in even the tightest of spaces by power braking into place.

This feature might seem like a gimmick, but it's a prime example of just how flexible EVs can be.

Parallel parking has always been one of those driving rites of passage. Some folks are naturals, while others—well, let's just say those are the ones that inevitably sell curb-rashed wheels on Facebook Marketplace. Many modern cars have some kind of auto park feature built in to help, but none do it as cool as the Denza Z9 GT.

Built by a premium arm of Chinese automaker BYD, the Z9 GT is a sleek EV with a 100 kWh battery pack, three electric motors and nearly 1,000 horsepower. It's also hiding an epic feature up its sleeve: the ability to parallel park. We aren't talking about the traditional "maybe-it-will, maybe-it-won't" process of reversing, turning, going forward, turning again, reversing some more, only to settle on a half-assed parking job. This car pulls off a full-fledged Michael Jackson-esque moonwalk right into a free space. Check it out to see what I mean.

Let's talk about how it works. As mentioned above, the Z9 has three electric motors—one powering the front wheels and two at the rear. And because modern EVs are marvels of software and electrical engineering, those motors can be controlled independently. That's Denza's secret sauce.

When it's time to parallel park, the driver of the Z9 pulls nose-first into an empty space. They can then choose one of the wheels using the car's infotainment screen and use the car's exterior cameras to draw a line that tells the car how to pivot into its spot.

Those electric motors get put to work instantly. First, the car's rear-wheel steering angles its wheels. Then, the motors apply torque in opposing directions to each rear wheel (meaning that the inside and outside wheels rotate in opposite directions to suck the car into its spot). Meanwhile, the car's front wheels rotate forward to prevent the car from reversing into the vehicle behind it. Finally, the outermost front wheel is locked to provide a pivot point for the vehicle.

Here's a visual to show exactly how each wheel moves:

We're certain that drivers who struggle with parallel parking would love this feature, and tire shops are almost certainly giddy with excitement seeing the above video. I'm sure that using the feature in moderation will likely spare the tires, but everyday street parking will eventually take its toll on your rubber.

Still, it's hard to deny that this is just downright cool. It's like the grown-up version of power braking, or maybe a scene from the universe's most boring version of Tokyo Drift where Sung Kang plays a valet instead of Han.

Beyond the Z9 GT's party trick, its parallel parking prowess outlines one of the coolest things about EVs: flexibility. With electric motors and software doing all of the heavy lifting here, engineers have so much room to design capabilities that simply aren't feasible (or possible) using ICE powertrains and mechanical gearboxes. Sure, it's a gimmick now. But it's also a glimpse into what cars can do, and not just how they drive.

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