It was simply Melnyk making a stink (as so often)..

Also, lots of import taxes to import car stuff to the US.

Germany was (and still is) serviced mainly by Shanghai, not Fremont

For sure - Tesla is still building some interesting tech (even though I personally hate the UX concepts and design principles that go in those cars) that is interesting to some, maybe even many.

But - their technological leadership (mainly drive train/battery tech) will not last forever, and more and more legacy automakers are now coming to market with attractive EV options that might appeal to a more conservative audience like myself.

It doesn't help that Tesla seems to be developing more and more for the tastes of one egocentric person instead of mass market appeal (the "Homer" comes to mind) - Sure, there's people that love whatever Tesla is doing with the yoke, stalkless design, the games, the fart modes and whatnot, (as well as the screen focuses UX that is divisive) but that's not mass market appeal.

I think the next three years will be a hard time for Tesla, especially in Europe - their cars are simply not adapted well to the European market at the moment, and good alternatives are coming to market at an ever increasing rate.

Yeah, that's basically the reason.

Teslas are still a speck of dust compared to the rest of the car market, it's just this single model gets sold more than the hundreds of other models on the market.

Even if the number are like 100 Model Y and 99 of each other car on the market, it would still be #1 even though overall it's not even a dent in the full picture.

...you might have noticed there is a war going on. That's throwing the whole energy sourcing (be it gas, electric, petrol or Diesel) out of whack.

Before the crisis, ~25c - 30c / kWh was normal in Germany - right now you're lucky if you get a contract for 60c, and some as I said have been asked to pay up to 1€... (I pay ~55c right now for reference).

Our prices for gas (petrol / fuel for cars) went as high as $9/gallon at times.. we're now back to a more sane $7/gallon.

most likely. For reference, electric energy in some places in europe has reached >1$/kwh and even in a bit more tame environments it's>50c/kwh now at home.

Gas prices in turn have mostly stabilized on a level about 30-50% above last years numbers, whereas for electric the increase often was >100%, sometimes 200%...

Honestly, the main problem with EV adoption in Europe is the charging situation, not the cars themselves... We have way worse circumstances for at-home charging compared to the US for example.

I was so happy when I finally had all my friends, my own household and most of my gadgets all on USB-C. The only outlier right now are old headphones we're rarely using, a very old tablet I just keep around for comics (>10 years old), and my PS4 controller.