New Model Y is supposed to save Tesla, but that too is a shopkeeper
Tesla’s flagship Model Y fights with massive sales problems. Despite revision, the vehicles are unsuccessful among dealers – despite aggressive financing offers. Analysts see this a clear sign of a profound demand problem.
Sales crisis at the Tesla Model Y
The once best -selling car in the world stalls: Teslas revised Model Y apparently finds significantly fewer buyers than hoped for by the electric car manufacturer. Although the compact SUV has only been available in its new version since January 2025, there are already alarming signs of massive sales problems.
This is particularly bad news for Tesla, because the vehicle was considered the hope that the political activities of Elon Musk are not the sole reason for the break-in of sales, but many customers are waiting for the new Y version. Now it is apparently shown: It is primarily Musk’s fault. The vehicles are already available in many parts of the world, some units are already in the Tesla inventory. This is strong in contrast to the long waiting times, which typically applied to the previous model Y, which was the best -selling car in the world last year.
How The Cool Down reports, Tesla offers unusually aggressive financing deals with interest rates of up to zero percent for the revised model Y. In the United States, the company advertises 1.99 percent interest or a down payment and offers existing model-Y customers a discount of $ 2000. In some European countries, Tesla attracts with zero percent interest and two years of free shop on the superchargers. In China, a key market for Tesla, the company even advertises a five -year interest rate of zero percent for purchases before June 30th.
Industry analysts agree: These aggressive sales tactics indicate serious problems shortly after the market launch. “Why would you offer discounts and all of these incentives right after the start? This simply doesn’t make sense if the margins are already at a multi-year low. This indicates a demand problem very much,” Loren asks McDonald, chief analyst at the EV data company Paren.
In Europe, sales have broken dramatically in recent months: in France, the brand suffered a decline of almost 37 percent to 3157 electric cars sold, in Germany it was 46 percent down, and just 885 vehicles. In Sweden, Tesla recorded a minus of 64 percent in 911 deliveries. Tesla also found almost two thirds of fewer buyers in Denmark and the Netherlands. Only in Norway were around 2,200 electric cars only one percent below the same month.
Competition and outdated technology
The falling Tesla approvals are not only due to the political activities of the controversial tech billionaire Elon Musk. The growing car market in China in particular poses major challenges for the US manufacturer. The Tesla brand has a problem beyond the political image: its technology is considered outdated compared to other manufacturers and is now not very innovative – not to mention the complaints about the processing quality of the vehicles.
The revised version of Model Y should actually bring the turn. The most striking changes on the outer of the new model Y include a slimmer front design with a streamlined nose and a thin light bar above the bonnet. The rear now has a continuous light strip. In the interior, the revised SUV offers a configurable light bar that runs through the cabin, a new touchscreen for the rear seat passengers and improvements such as electrically adjustable rear seats and an improved suspension for more driving comfort.
