Byd double tesla in Europe, while a 98 -year -old veteran crushes a model 3 with … a sherman tank
THE tidal wave has been announced for several monthshe now has a face and an image: that of a 98 -year -old British veteran, at the controls of a Sherman tank, reducing a Tesla Model 3 in the state of a built -in puzzle. Beyond the blow of radiance, this scene is crystallizing a deeper tilting: that of the European electric car market.
Europe turns the Tesla page, and byd writes the first lines of the next chapter
The last figures, provided by Reutersare final. In April, Tesla saw its sales diving 46 % in Germany, 62 % in the United Kingdom, 80 % in Sweden, 59 % in France … Meanwhile, Byd flies: +750 % in Germany, +300 % in the United Kingdom, despite savory import taxes. Result: the Chinese manufacturer now ahead of Tesla in two consecutive quartersand goes straight to the title of world n ° 1 of the electric car in 2025.
Tesla tries to justify its fall by breaks of factories or launches staggered, but the reality on the ground is more brutal. Even in Norway, the brand’s historic bastion, its market share collapses from 18 % to 11 %. Europe does not slow down: the overall sales of electric cars jumped 28 % in the first quarter.
And what was a Chinese alternative becomes strategic evidence for more and more European drivers. Byd capitalizes on a more consensual design, increased reliability and above all, more attractive prices.
And meanwhile, a veteran crushes a Tesla with a sherman tank
You’ve undoubtedly seen this scene pass on the networks, and hard to believe that it is not a Hollywood staging – however, everything is very real.
At the controls of a Sherman M4 of the Second World War, a 98 -year -old British veteran directed, with calm and precision, his right tank on a Tesla Model 3, crushing it in a mechanical ballet as absurd as perfectly executed. The windows broke out, the roof swayed, and the front of the vehicle turned into a crumpled sheet. Everything took place under the amused applause of a small dumbfounded committee, filming the scene to offer it to digital posterity.
