In Germany, Mr. Musk’s aggressive promotion of a far-right party ahead of last month’s parliamentary elections and his call for citizens to move beyond “a focus on past guilt” may have alienated customers.

Mr. Musk and Tesla are increasingly being targeted by activists and vandals. Activists in London have started a campaign encouraging people to ditch their Teslas and cancel their accounts on X. In Strasbourg, France, an activist group is handing out stickers warning the Tesla chief to “Stay Away from the E.U.” Over the weekend, Tesla vehicles in a parking lot in southern France were set ablaze, which prosecutors said was “not at all accidental.”

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