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Sales of new Tesla electric cars are sliding across Europe, data suggests, amid a political backlash against its billionaire chief executive, Elon Musk. The figures from the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) showed registrations for new Teslas halved in April compared to the same month a year earlier, despite a broader rise in battery electric vehicles overall. The electric carmaker faces widespread backlash against Musk's political ties to Donald Trump, and vocal support for the far-right Alternative fà¼r Deutschland (AfD) party. Russ Mould, of the investment broker AJ Bell, said the drop in registrations "suggests the brand damage caused by…
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