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Gemini and Siri were monopolizing modern cars. So Musk has brought Grok to European Teslas

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Tesla is starting to roll out Grok in Europe for free. The electricians of Elon Musk’s company have been betting on their own software from the beginning, leaving hardly any room for third parties. No trace of Android Auto, CarPlayor the best-known assistants, Grok arrives as that intelligent “co-pilot” aboard the Tesla. The problem is that… still very Musk. the arrival. Grok arrives as a free update on European Teslas. We can choose their voice and personality, like in the smartphone application. To start it, all you have to do is activate it from the application launcher itself or press the voice button on the steering wheel. If we have logged in to Grok, from that moment on, it will become the device’s default voice assistant. What can you do. Grok’s list of possibilities is extensive, from guiding us to a destination to locating a nearby supercharger or simply maintaining an informal dialogue with us and recommending options from our Tesla’s digital manual. In addition to this, it has quite curious functions. You can be our language teacher Has special modes for kids, like “Story Time” and trivia games It has a mode for adults (+18), controversial, “sexy”, “extravagant”. In which Teslas it will be available. Currently, this is the list of Tesla cars compatible with Grok. The requirement is that our car has an AMD processor, that the software is updated to version 2025.26 or later, and that we have a WiFi connection or the premium connectivity pack. To find out if your Tesla has an AMD processor, you must go to ‘Controls’ > ‘Software’ > ‘Additional vehicle information’. Careful. Grok, despite its potential as an AI modelis involved in recent controversies. The app has become a focus of misuse, an infinite well of content related to the naked women. Countries like France and India have already denounced itand the Government of Spain has asked the prosecutor’s office to investigate X for the possible dissemination of child pornography through the app. In this context, perhaps it is worth debating whether bringing Grok with an “adult mode” to Tesla vehicles is the most appropriate. In Xataka | Elon Musk thought that Tesla would live outside politics. Germany has shown him the hard way that he was wrong

Tesla’s enormous problem in Germany has an alarming figure and a clear person responsible: Elon Musk

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Three out of four potential buyers of an electric car reject the idea of ​​buying a Tesla. The study points to the German market, which is the first electric car market in Europe by sales volume, and explains an important part of Tesla’s failure in Europe during 2025. Three out of four. 75% of potential buyers of an electric car in Germany do not value the idea of ​​buying a Tesla car, according to a study by the German Institute of Economics in collaboration with the Technical University of Dresden. The figure, which in itself is bad, has even more meaning. And that 75% is made up of potential customers who believe it is unlikely to buy a Tesla (15%) and those who completely reject buying a vehicle from this brand (60%). The reason, as we could imagine, is not a question of competition or price. The disaster. Last year, 545,142 electric cars were sold in Germany. It was, by far, the strongest electric car market in Europe. The growth was 43.2% compared to 2024, the year in which just over 380,000 electric cars were sold. Its market share reached 19.1%, above the European average, according to ACEA. For Tesla, however, it was not a great year. In Europe, 150,504 electric vehicles from Elon Musk’s company were sold, 37.9% less than the previous year when 242,436 registrations were registered. The most problematic thing is that the company had achieved a market share of 2.3% (a good bite to eat on the electric car pie, which in 2024 was only 13.6% in the European Union. That is, almost two out of every 10 electric cars sold in Europe were from Tesla. The drop was even more pronounced in Germany. There, the drop was 48.4%, as recorded Reuters at the beginning of the year. And, with everything, It has not been its strongest percentage drop in European countries but the damage in volume is more than evident. The politics. The decision by which the Germans seem to completely reject Tesla is evident to the creators of the study: Elon Musk’s political positioning. According to the authors, political positioning influences the purchase of a car more than sociodemographic characteristics. They point out that young people, those with a higher level of education and those who live in urban areas are more inclined to purchase an electric car. In political terms, Green supporters are the most open to acquiring this technology and AfD (German far-right) voters are the least enthusiastic. On average, they say, the potential customer for an electric car has grown by over 40% and those who reject it outright have also fallen. But the problem for Tesla is that it is not attractive to either group. Among the Greens, only 10.8% value the purchase of a Tesla as their first option and the percentage grows among AfD followers to 15.2% but it must be taken into account that these voters are also less in favor of buying a car of this type. Just lose. The study concludes with a statement: Elon Musk has lost support for buying cars among progressive groups (those who buy the most electric cars or are willing to buy) and has not attracted enough conservative groups to alleviate this disadvantage. The result is a direct consequence of a year 2025 that began with Elon Musk doing a Nazi salute during Donald Trump’s takeover of the United States and which continued with a explicit support of the company’s head for AfD and other far-right parties in Europe. It must be taken into account that this type of political positioning in Germany is much more delicate than in other countries. In Germany the Nazi salute is a crime punished with a fine in minor cases but which can be grounds for imprisonment in more serious cases. Study on preferences when buying an electric car in Germany segmented by political parties. Source: German Institute of Economics The worst option almost always. The image above shows the predisposition of Germans to the type of electric car they want to buy, segmented by their origin and the political parties that these potential customers vote for. According to this data, Tesla is the last option in four of the six political parties studied, even behind Chinese cars as the first option. The latter always surpass him except among CDU and SPD voters (although in both cases a greater percentage considers it possible to buy a Chinese car over a Tesla if we add the second level of predisposition). Tesla reaps the worst results among the Greens and Linke (The Left) and the absolute rejection is greater among the supporters of the latter political party. Chinese cars are, in all cases, the second option chosen when considering those who are willing to buy an electric car and those who value it as a possible purchase. The Germans are the ones who obtain the most support and the first option in all cases, with the greatest support among Green voters and with the AfD as the party with the greatest reluctance to buy it. Photo | Elon Musk in X and German Institute of Economics In Xataka | Tesla is discovering in real time that the most difficult thing was not to build a car brand from scratch: it was to maintain it

We knew Tesla’s sales were crashing in 2025. We weren’t aware to what extent

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Dramatic figures. And it is not an exaggeration. It is the confirmation that something is not going well with Tesla’s sales in Europe. We already know that the first month of each quarter is usually especially bad for the company. October, the tenth of the year, has been particularly disastrous. A year to forget. If we add up Tesla’s sales in Europe so far this year, the reported figures are bad. In the first nine months of the year (now we will tell why we took this figure), Elon Musk’s company sold 173,694. A far cry from last year’s 242,976 units at the end of the third quarter. Specifically, 28.5% less. The figures are especially worrying for Tesla because the electric car market share grew in the same period from 13.1% to 16.1%. Therefore, its total market share has decreased from 2.5% in September 2024 to 1.7%. The market share hit among electric cars should, therefore, be much greater. Dramatic October. But October has been a dramatic month for Tesla. In the absence of having the data for the sum of all the European markets that ACEA, the employers’ association, will not present until the last week of November, we do know the results in the main European markets. Pay attention to the records it shows Electrek: Germany: 750 units and -53.5% compared to last year. Italy: 256 units and -47.1% compared to last year Netherlands: 645 units and -47.9% compared to last year Norway: 671 units and -50.2% compared to last year Portugal: 144 units and -58.7% compared to last year Austria: 97 units and -64.5% compared to last year Finland: 47 units and -67.6% compared to last year Sweden: 133 units and -88.7% compared to last year Denmark: 102 units and -86% compared to last year Spain? In Spain, Tesla has saved the furniture… and it has fallen by more than 30%. We say this because the company, between January and October 2025, has sold 7.58% more than last year. It is a clearly insufficient figure, taking into account that electric cars in Spain have increased by 86%, according to data from ANFAC. All in all, Tesla continues to lead the top two positions among the best-selling electric cars in our country. Of course, what was once an overwhelming leadership is now a much tighter battle. As of October, Tesla has sold 7,722 units of the Model 3 and, what is much more worrying for the company, 4,924 units of the Model Y. This is striking because the Kia EV3 It is already fighting head-to-head with the Tesla Model Y for being the second best-selling electric car of the year in Spain. He BYD Dolphin Surfwhich arrived in May 2025, is already in 2,796 units and is the fifth best-selling electric car in Spain. Between them, the Renault 5 but it has been adding units all year. BYD’s small electric car has sold 846 units this past month. That’s 791 more units than the Tesla Model 3 has registered. The first month. And Tesla has only added 55 units of the Model 3 in our country in October 2025. This is explained because the first months of each quarter (January-April-July-October) tend to be especially bad. The bulk of units of cars arriving from China, such as the Tesla Model 3, arrive and are accumulated to be sold in the last month of each quarter. The problematic thing for Tesla is that the registration figures are dismal even in that famous first month of the quarter. In Spain, the Tesla Model Y that dominated with an iron fist was the seventh best-selling car in October. And in just BYD sold more units of the Dolphin Surf in Spain than all the Teslas sold in Germany, a market much larger and with greater penetration of the electric car. The last quarter. It remains to be seen if Tesla manages to recover some ground in the last quarter, if it sinks a little more or, at least, disguises the results. Because it seems impossible that it will be able to compensate for a drop that at the end of the first three quarters exceeds 30%. It must be taken into account that rivals are tightening and eating up market share. Not only do traditional rivals have more supply and more competitive prices than years ago, BYD has expanded its presence in numerous markets and, according to SCMPBetween January and September 2025, the Chinese company accumulated almost 25,000 units throughout Europe. It is five times more than those registered in the same period of the previous year. It is very likely that it will not be enough to surpass Tesla this year, but it is likely that it will be close. Photo | Prometheus In Xataka | I have ridden a 100% autonomous XPeng Mona in a Chinese city. Tesla and Europe have a problem

Tesla’s collapse in Europe brings bad news for Spain. Specifically, for Valencia

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The Tesla gigafactoría project in Valencia has entered indefinite hibernation. From the memorandum signed with the Generalitat In June 2023there have been no tangible advances: neither public contracts, nor works of works, nor investment of investment. Tesla I had found ideal land in Chesteand the Consell – at that moment, of Ximo Puig – had promised express processing as a strategic territorial project, the same formula that has worked with Volkswagen in Sagunto. But there has been everything. Why is it important. Tesla’s paralysis leaves the Valencian Community with an industrial promise less and the urgency of not mortgaging public resources in ghost projects. Ford Almussafes is going through its worst crisis With you are and fall in production. The region needs real investments, not memoranda of understanding that do not reach anything. The case also shows the risk of the “announcement effects”: Land price inflation. Frustrated job expectations. Administrative resources dedicated to processing castles in the air. Valencia must learn from Sagunto: industrial projects are measured in signed contracts and verifiable calendars, not in preliminary meetings. The context. Tesla has gone from leading the continental electric market to An unprecedented sales crisis. In Germany, the first European market, it has barely sold 1,110 units in July – a 55%drop – while the electricity sector grew by 58%. The company has descended from the first to the fourteenth place among the best -selling brands in German territory. None of its models are among the most popular twenties in the country where it has its only European gigafactoría, which is also the most populous in the continent and one of the largest in purchasing power. In figures. Tesla numbers in Europe draw a generalized collapse: United Kingdom: -60% (987 units compared to 2,462 of the previous year). Sweden: -86%. Belgium: -58%. France: -27% monthly, -40% accumulated annual. European market share: 1.8% to 1%. The contrast. While Tesla sinksVolkswagen has doubled its electrical sales in 2025 and dominates the continental market. He ID.3 leads German sales with 2,907 units, followed by ID.7 with 2,675. Half of the electric sold in Germany already carry the VW logo. The gigafactoría of the German group in Sagunto advances as planned: work, signed energy agreements, production scheduled for 2026 and thousands of guaranteed jobs. A real project against an evaporated promise. Between bambalins. The Berlin factory has reduced the production shifts of the Model and three to two newspapers. Los Tesla not sold They accumulate in an old East German airport60 kilometers from the plant, waiting for buyers that do not arrive. The cheap model of 25,000 euros that Tesla planned to manufacture in Valencia is also frozen. The company now bets on a decaffeinated version of the Model and: same car but with fewer qualities, without glazed roof or rear screens. In summary. Tesla has gone from revolutionizing the electricity market to become a more brand among many, and not the best positioned. His ghost gigafactoría in Valencia is the perfect symbol of this fall: a project that was born as a promise of the future and has been reduced to a archived memorandum. While Volkswagen does build in Sagunto, Tesla stacks without selling cars in abandoned airports. The lesson for Valencia is clear: in industrial policy, the only jobs they count are those that have payroll, not those that appear in PowerPoints. Outstanding image | Alain Rouiller, Milan Csizmadia In Xataka | A rapid look at the ten best -selling electric car brands in the world gives a dramatic conclusion: China has already won

There are already French asking for back the money they paid for their teslas. And the reason has a name and surname

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“Some customers no longer dare or do not want to use their vehicle.” With this phrase summarizes Patrick Klugman, lawyer for a future demand against Tesla in France, the feeling of his represented. A group of Tesla owners accuse the company that its public image has directly affected its vehicles and, of course, themselves. This is what they argue. Enjoy. That is, exactly, what the 10 Tesla owners who plan to denounce the company for the possible damage caused by the damage to the public image … of the company itself can not do with their vehicles. They ensure that Elon Musk’s political approach to the extreme right prevents them from circulating with tranquility, as explained to Le Parisien. Among the future plaintiffs are stories of all kinds. There is the one who says that one day he reached his car and found that he had been vandalized with the graffiti of a swastika. In other cases, they point to moral damage because they are owners who feel “betrayed”, in the words of lawyer Patrick Klugman, who is behind the defense of these consumers. “A Responsible Eco -Ciudadean approach”. Thus, they ensure this dozen owners, who received the company when they were made with one of their vehicles. “It was a 100% electric brand (…) buyers were willing to pay more money for their car to participate in the ecological transition … This vehicle (Tesla) became a sample of commitment,” explains the lawyer. They claim that with Elon Musk’s approach to the extreme right and the brand’s image degradation they cannot have a “peaceful possession” of the vehicle. A detail that is key to the demand that they want to present that, they point out in the middle, it cannot be defined as “collective” for the moment. Despite this, the lawyer encourages every owner who wants to add to the cause to accompany them. What are they based on? As we said, that “peaceful possession” is key. This is collected in the Article 1625 of the Civil Code In France. It specifies: “The guarantee that the seller owes to the buyer has two objects: the first is the peaceful possession of the thing sold; the second, the hidden defects of this thing or the prohibitive vices” To this “peaceful possession” is to which the owners of the Tesla grab ensuring that given the attacks against the vehicles that extended a few months ago and the reputational loss of the company, they do not dare to take the car out to the street or, to do so, they cannot enjoy it with the same conditions that were sold. What do they claim? The ultimate intention of these owners is simply that they return the purchase money or that the loan they maintain with the company is canceled if they are paying the car in installments. Bad image. What is clear is that Elon Musk’s passage through the United States government has seriously damaged the public image of the company. From the protests before your company’s concessionaires to direct attacks against their vehicles. But, above all, the company has seen how its sales have sunk into what we have been for the year. The problem is especially serious in Europe. In its two main markets (Germany and France) their sales are on the floor. Right where issues related to extreme right and the Nazism are more sensitive among public opinion. To this is added the increase in the second -hand market of Tesla cars. Beyond that some influencers have shown publicly How they got rid of their carsIn France the volume of ads selling second -hand Tesla cars shot in the first months of 2025, to the point that increased 30% Regarding the ads published in the first half of 2024. Photo | The White House and Felipe Tofani In Xataka | There is a shopping center that is becoming famous for one thing: Tesla is piling up the cybertruck that does not sell

Tesla’s megabers feed the AI ​​that will define their next cars

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Elon Musk’s ecosystem begins to exhibit an integration where each company enhances the rest, creating a virtuous circle that triggers several industries at the same time. Tesla’s megabaterías Now feed The superordination Colossus XAI in Memphis, with 150 megawatts. Initially it worked with gas turbines (With much controversy and without permits), But the use of megapacks points to a transition to a more sustainable model. It is more than a synergy: Tesla provides sustainable energy that allows Xai to develop AI … which will then be integrated into Tesla vehicles. The circle closes. In figures. Financial and technical connections between Musk companies make it clear that this is not a coincidence but strategy, with investments that unite the destinations of these companies. XAI invested 230 million dollars in Tesla Megapacks between January 2024 and February 2025. Colossus has 200,000 gpus NVIDIA H100with plans to reach a million. Completed phase two at the end of 2025, the system will consume 300 MW, sufficient for 300,000 homes. Turning point. The Energy Division of Tesla has gone from being a secondary business to a key piece in Musk’s strategy to master several industries. Tesla Energy declared an interannual 156% increase in the first quarter of 2025, displaying 10.4 GWh of storage. Just at the time the need to have energy support for critical infrastructure, such as data centers for AI grows. Between the lines. There were critical voices that They questioned the use of gas turbines in Colossusbut the progressive introduction of Megapacks is a strategy oriented to energy self -sufficiency and a lower dependence on fossil fuels. The Tesla-XAI connection allows Musk to reduce external units and save a lot of money in certain components. As with The dojo chips and the 4680 batteriesthe goal is to control the entire supply chain. This integration gives technological independence, but it is also a competitive advantage over rivals that depend on external suppliers. And now what. The next logical step is to integrate the capabilities of Xai directly into Tesla products, closing the circle definitely. And the Dojo chips could face mass production at the end of the year to reduce NVIDIA dependence. The predictable result: smarter tesla cars, developed with the same AI systems that feed on Tesla batteries. Possibly that scenario would be the greatest vertical technological integration seen so far. In Xataka | Some researchers have disassembled the batteries of Tesla and Byd. You know which one yields better and is much cheaper Outstanding image | Tesla

Every month that passes, Tesla’s breakdown is greater. And that begins to be a real problem for the company

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We begin to have sales data in European countries. The acea data will arrive in the last week of May but, little by little, we are knowing sales in the main European markets. And, once again, the data for Tesla are dramatic. It was expected. It was almost waiting. With each new quarter that begins, Tesla lowers its sales. The company has long followed a registration strategy that leads to enroll a greater number of vehicles in March, June, September and December. Consequently, January, April, July and October, when the quarter begins, pays the consequences with a good hangover. Spain. The data in our country confirms it. In January the brand already gave evident symptoms that something did not march well. Neither the Tesla Model 3 nor the Tesla Moda and sneaked into the 10 best -selling electric cars of our country which gave an idea that the company had cars stored in stock After a final push in 2024 to make up the photo of the year. Now, three months later, Tesla Model 3 loses the first position again. In March he had recovered ground (and is still the best selling car in what we have been) but the Renault 5 and Kia Ev3 They have overcome them again. Right now, Tesla is leaving in our country more than 16% fall. The damage in the case of Tesla Model 3 is lower. It is 9% compared to the accumulated of January-April of 2024 and it is not a bad figure if we take into account that the Tesla Model and is falling 25.46%. The electric SUV was its best selling car and right now it has placed almost half of the units that a model 3 in setback. Still worse. The data They are still worse Out of Spain. Our country does not cease to have a relatively small electric market, so the oscillations are more evident and represented by larger numbers. However, the fall of Tesla in the main markets are striking. In April 2025, the following falls are counted with data from Bloomberg: Sweden: -80.7% Netherlands: -73.8% Portugal: -33% France: -59.4% Germany: -46% United Kingdom: -62% In April, the company only grew in Norway and Italy. In the accumulated of the year, Tesla has fallen 60% in Germany, more than 50% in the Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark and the only reason why it barely falls in the United Kingdom is because They could have diverted cars from other markets with a right -hand flyer to the islands. In a very bad time. So far we have been talking about the Tesla Model and Juniper hangover. The electric SUV update has undoubtedly slowed the sales of the new car. Because the production has reduced, there is a stock of the outgoing model to which it has had to leave and because there will be clients who have waited for aesthetic update to buy the most affordable models (it arrived exclusively wearing the most expensive option). The problem is that after a year in which the electric car noticed the first symptoms of wear, Europe has put the direct With this technology. We still have no official data from the entire continent but it is palpable that the number of electric cars in what we have been over is higher than 2024. The electric car market share has gone from 12% to 15.1% in the continent and have registered 412,997 units for 333,428 last year in the first quarter. We are at a growth of 23.9%. The competition squeezes. That means that competition begins to eat ground to Elon Musk’s company. Every day that passes is market share inside the electric car that is being left in Europe. With data from the first quarter of 2024, in Europe Tesla has gone from 2.4% market share of 1.3%. A 45%drop has been left. Volkswagen It has become the Super Survents of electric cars. After many problems with a Volkswagen id His secret has been the sale of the Great Electric Berlina. But, in addition, to these sales we must add those of Skoda, Cupra and Audiwhich improves the general photography of the group. At the same time, Kia Ev3 has entered the market very force And the Renault 5 is being a sales success in these first measures of the year, especially in France. A bump? As we say, it remains to know if what we have in front of Tesla is a bump, if it is going through a bad time that will remain as mere anecdote or if it really begins to have problems to place their cars. The arrival of Tesla Model and Juniper should end these sensations but the doubts begin to emerge. Because although in our test we count that the Electric SUV of Tesla remains a product that is above Of the competition, the truth is that there are more and more alternatives that move in about 30,000 euros and there Tesla is missing. It seems urgent for the company that can put a more affordable electric car on the market. Begins to be urgent. Seen what last numbers presentedfor the company it is urgent to lift the flight. The company has opted in recent months that it would begin to generate money with its autonomous driving systems, either with Robotaxis or with Sales to third parties. A commitment to which they have not taken revenues yet. At the same time, sales figures are not being expected. For the first time, in 2024 Tesla did not sell more cars than the previous year. Start worrying about 2025, just when competition You need to sell more cars electric And we have no 25,000 euros car Not one cheaper version of the current Model 3 or Model Y. The perspectives, of course, are not the best. Photo | Xataka In Xataka | Tesla begins to discover what happens when you lose your competitive advantage: its benefits have collapsed 71%

They were the same that should regulate Tesla’s cars

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Although Critical voices with methods Elon Musk at the head of Doge has already put an expiration date to his political adventure, the Millionaire has found time to fire officials of the National Administration of Traffic Security on the roads. These are the same officials who must ensure that Tesla complies with the regulations for deploy your self -employed cars, As reported he Financial Times. Doge’s long shadow. In February 2025, Doge ordered mass layoffs in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). These cuts affected 4% of the 800 officials of this agency, including specialized engineers of the vehicle automation security office. Among the layoffs, there were three of the seven experts dedicated exclusively to creating the regulation that the Cyberercab and Tesla’s cars equipped with an autonomous driving system. A stone in the shoe for Tesla. The NHTSSA office currently maintains eight open investigations against Tesla, many related to its Full Self-Driving (FSD) system. According toThe published by The Verge, These investigations often flow into Calls to review their cars or updates of your software for Correct errors. One of the dismissed workers assured the Financial Times that the layoffs “would weaken the ability of the NHTSSA to understand autonomous driving technologies. This office should be at the forefront in the management of autonomous vehicles and in the definition of future regulations.” “It would be ironic for Doge to stop the display of Tesla,” said another former employee of the traffic security administration. Musk plays a lot with the autonomous car. Tesla has very ambitious plans to launch a fleet of Robotaxis in Austin during the summer and start the production of the Cyberercab model for next year. These vehicles will not have a steering wheel or pedals and require Specific regulatory approvals like him AV Step programmanaged by the NHTSA. If the agency does not have the necessary resources, That regulation might not have a list on time. “Letting Dog dismiss those of the Division of Autonomous Vehicles is crazy. We should be pressing to incorporate more personnel into the NHTSA. They should be developing a national framework for autonomous vehicles. Otherwise, Tesla has no possibility of expanding its FSD or Robotaxis technology,” a Tesla manager told the North American. Tesla’s future is autonomous. The concept of Robotaxi is key to the strategic future of Tesla. Elon Musk has opted for this model as an economic and sustainable solution for urban transport. According to their statements, robotaxis could drastically reduce operational costs by eliminating the need for human conductors. This approach seeks to position Tesla as Leader in front of competitors such as Waymo (Alphabet) and Zoox (Amazon), which also develop similar technologies and already have fleets working autonomously By cities like San Francisco. Suspicions of conflict of interest. It is not the first time that the shadow of the conflicts of interest de Escane about Elon Musk and his role in the cuts of government agencies that regulate the activity of their companies. The accusations began when Doge cut the resources of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Federal Communications FCC Commission, agencies responsible for regulating the operations of Spacex and Starlink. The same suspicions fell to the millionaire when Doge announced the dismissal of officials of the US Labor Inspection, just when the death of an operator was investigated at the Tesla plant. OK With what is published by The GuardianDemocratic senators have already presented a bill on a possible conflict of interest of Elon Musk at the head of Doge. In Xataka | Elon Musk fired hundreds of employees and now he has to hire them again: they were experts in nuclear weapons Image | Flickr (Gage Skidmore), Tesla

Before Tesla’s collapse, Elon Musk already presses for an agreement between Europe and the United States

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The tariff war triggered by Donald Trump has unleashed chaos in the bags. From the United States to Asian bags through Europe. Everything falls and the perspectives are not good. And, along the way, we begin to see the consequences that are hardly affecting technological and automotive. One of the most marked is Tesla, who lives in his own chaos. April 2. Just five days ago Donald Trump unleashed the storm. It was April 2 in the United Statesthe edge of midnight in Europe and were already well entered in April 3 in Asia. The announcement of imposing tariffs with a flat rate of 10% to almost all countries in the world and elevate them to those that the president of the United States considers that they are doing special damage to his country unleashed chaos. Since then, the consequences have happened. Europe warns that April 9day in which the new tariffs should go into force if nothing remedies it, will vote what measures it takes against the United States. China has also made it clear that April 10 Equal 34% tariffs That the Trump administration has imposed them if they do not withdraw before or reach an agreement. The chaos. Since then, The bags have been immersed in chaos. Since last Friday, when China answered the United States, the drop in the bags was confirmed. Collapses in the United States of 10%, the Nikkei playing minimums since 2023 or the German stock market falling almost 10%. In Spain, Ibex35 is falling 5% and has already fallen more than 10% since the Chinese reaction was announced last week. Since Donald Trump announced the new economic measures, there are great losers in the commercial war. Apple, who was trying to diversify its production and partially leave China, has lost 15% because Tariffs will continue to impact in countries where it has been carrying its production. Nvidia has suffered similar falls and Microsoft has fallen 5% since April 2. Other of the companies that are suffering most are the textile -related. Nike has left more than 10% in the last five days and between April 2 and last Friday almost 20% had left but the shares have rebounded. Adidas has also fallen almost 20%. Under Armor exceeds 15% fall. LVMH (which has luxury brands such as Loewe) has left more than 12%. The automakers. But there is a sector that tariffs especially impact. The entry of cars to the United States and parts to produce cars within its borders It is taxed with 25%. Steel and aluminum, keys in this sector, also now cost 25% more. That has made shipments from Mexico and Canada paralyze or that some plants have already begun to Send your workers home with the aim of reducing production. From Trump’s announcement, Honda has fallen more than 10%, Toyota approaches 15% fall. Stellantis approaches 20%. Mercedes, Volkswagen or BMW also leave more than 10%. Benefit? Tesla was one of the few companies that I could get unscathed from the situation. Everything that sells in the United States manufactures it internally and its shipments to China are almost exceptional. Almost everything he sells in China produces it in China. In terms of trade between the United States and China, the company would have no problem. Yes there is clouds that can worry. China has taken years to allow Tesla to operate with advanced driving aid system. For this he has forced him to associate with Baiduwhat Elon Musk’s assumed aware that it is A key piece in the puzzle of its future economy. It remains to ask if China can press by cutting the tap to concrete companies. Tesla can be key since the use of data for autonomous driving are extremely sensitive to the Chinese state and does not want them to leak to the United States. Alleging these same national security concerns, from the United States they want prohibit the entry of Chinese cars or with Chinese sensitive pieces to the country. A strong fall. In spite of everything, the fall in Tesla’s actions are being considerable. On April 2, Tesla’s shares were quoted above $ 280. Today they are paid at $ 239 in a drop of approximately 15%. However, the data reflect the enormous volatility of Tesla’s actions. That same day April 2, the shares had started a little above $ 250. The alleged strength against the rivals caused the shares to rise in price but The data of your first quarterthe Chinese reaction and the rumors of Elon Musk of the United States Government have left the shares below the aforementioned 240 dollars. A crack. It is the one that has opened between Donald Trump and Elon Musk. The billionaire and owner of Tesla said he expected an agreement between the European Union and the United States. “They should advance ideally, in my opinion, towards a situation of zero tariff, effectively creating a free trade zone between Europe and North America,” he said in a video connection during a league congress, the ultra -rightist party led by Matteo Salvini and that Try to get to the Government of Italy. Words picked them up The avant -garde and opens a crack between Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s speech that had so far walked together. Just when Elon Musk is losing a fortune with the fall in the price of Tesla’s shares and everything indicates that Your departure as Executing arm of mass dismissals In the United States it will be sooner rather than later. Uncertainty. The truth is that fluctuation in the price of shares Between advertisement and counting related to the tariffs filed between the United States and China they obey the volatility of Tesla shares and the response of investors guided by the latest news rather than to the real economic background of the company. However, it is true that deliveries in Q1 of 2025 have been very bad. In China they seem to have recovered the usual rhythm after modernizing the … Read more

Tesla’s varapalo has shown that he was right

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In case Elon Musk’s path was not exciting enough Directing several of the most innovative companies, the millionaire has configured the Life game in difficult way. Musk pretends to have a difficult way by putting in front of Doge to apply staff cuts more aggressive in the history of the United States. His political positioning placing together with Trump I already made many feared a negative influence for your companiesbut only one person ventured to point it out: Errol Musk, the father of the millionaire, who from the beginning expressed his fears about the direction his son was taking. The relationship between Elon and Errol Musk has always been complex and, since his childhood, he has been marked by ups and downs and mutual verbal attacks. In An interview for Al ArabiyaErrol Musk expressed his concerns about the future of your child in politics and its consequences for companies who directs. Was Elon’s father seeing something that the rest of the world ignored, or was it simply a paternal resentment disguised as sincere concern? Too many open fronts One of Errol Musk’s main fears before Donald Trump took possession of his position and Elon Musk will begin to apply their cuts It was precisely the Herculean task that Doge (Government Efficiency Department) was going to face. Errol feared that this participation in the administration optimization Trump will take away his son from a no less titanic work of directing companies as powerful as Space X, Tesla, X or Neuralink, referring to it as a “a big problem.” “Elon has a huge task ahead. He uses several hundred thousand people in his companies and has to deal with very serious problems in his life. So he has to be available for anything he has already started …Cannot simply abandon them“Errol Musk said in his interview. Elon Musk’s father assured that the life of the millionaire It was already too busy and full of constant decisions As if Trump has sitting “in an office somewhere in Washington, you know, waiting and without doing anything. No. He has to be appointed as a kind of temporary consultant,” his father predicted in November. However, the events of recent months suggest that Elon Musk has not assumed his position in Doge as a point advice. Despite doubts about his role with Donald Trump, Musk’s father has not hesitated at any time your child’s skills to lighten the size of the federal administration. “Incredible projects such as Space X has started from scratch, I use the money he had to do it. Since childhood he has been very frugal and wants to do things as cheaper, better and faster than possible. There is no one more suitable for that position,” said Errol Musk in his interview. Tesla is right However, as if it were a prophecy, criticisms of the participation of Elon Musk in Doge They soon arrivedand Elon Musk’s performances in the political field They have begun to affect Tesla already his fortune. Since Trump took possession of his position, Elon Musk has lost about 148,000 million of his fortuneas a consequence of strong stock market correction that was suffering in recent weeks. The company’s actions have lost about 40% of its value since January, after the progressive recovery of its price in recent days, leaving in the process everything won after the elections. Given this situation, the critical voices within Tesla They have begun to rulequestioning To what extent should Tesla fall For Elon to focus on his businesses. One of the main investors of the electric car manufacturer declared to The Guardian, That I expected Elon Musk to work in the front of Doge not long for long “so that he can devote himself even more to his businesses.” Even Elon Musk himself admitted In an interview for Fox Business that he is having “great difficulties” to manage his companies since he joined the administration of Donald Trump. Beyond that Errol Musk has succeeded with his predictions about what was going to happen to his son, it was highly unlikely that the millionaire had given some kind of credit to his father’s words, to whom He has publicly accusedhaving committed “almost all the evils that can be imagined” and if “a terrible human being”, accusations that Errol flatly denied. In Xataka | Murphy’s law conspires against Elon Musk: if something has been able to happen to their companies this week, it has happened In Xataka | Elon Musk has forged the fame of a bold founder: he did not create either of the two companies that made him a millionaire Image | Jeordie87 with Midjourney

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