Some media outlets have linked the company’s cratering sales to its CEO’s growing unpopularity. That would make sense, since Musk has spent the last several months openly meddling in political systems all over Europe.

Tesla has suffered a sales slump in France amid a growing backlash against Elon Musk from the country’s drivers. The electric carmaker registered only 1,141 cars sold in France last month, down by almost two thirds from 3,118 last year.

Tesla Inc. registrations plummeted 63% last month in France, the European Union’s second-biggest market for battery-electric vehicles. The manufacturer registered only 1,141 cars in January, the fewest since August 2022,

When we compare Tesla’s performance to the same period last year, the American automaker is down in every single market, and it has delivered about half as many vehicles as last year: Several media outlets are linking this sharp decline to a similar decline in the approval of Tesla CEO Elon Musk in those same markets.