Tesla, the undisputed king of Britain’s electric car market, is within weeks of losing its crown to BMW.
Latest industry figures show that, after seven months of the year, sales of electric BMWs in the UK have risen to more than 22,000, firmly in the rear-view mirror of Tesla, the all-electric marque whose sales in the country this year have declined to 25,500.
Demand for BMW’s electric cars in the year date has almost already superseded the number it sold in the whole of 2023 and the marque’s new battery electric car registrations in Britain are up by about 70 per cent year-on-year.
All of which is in marked contrast with the situation at Tesla. Already in 2024, on a worldwide basis it has suffered
