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Time of India
3 days ago
- Automotive
- Time of India
New Tesla sales in Spain, Portugal fall in May, while other EV sales soar
HighlightsNew Tesla car sales in Portugal dropped by 36% in the first five months of 2025, according to the country's automobile industry association, the Automóvel de Portugal (ACAP). In Spain, Tesla experienced a 29% year-on-year decline in sales for May 2025, while overall sales of electric vehicles, including hybrids, surged by 72%, as reported by the Spanish Association of Automobile and Truck Manufacturers (ANFAC). The decline in Tesla sales across Europe is attributed to factors including limited model availability, increased competition from European and Chinese brands, and the controversial political positions of CEO Elon Musk, which have alienated some potential buyers. Tesla's new car sales in Spain and Portugal fell in May from the same month in 2024, registration data released by industry groups in both countries showed on Monday, while sales of electric cars from other brands soared. The U.S. EV maker sold 794 cars in Spain and 292 cars in Portugal in May, year-on-year drops of 29% and 68%, respectively. Over the first five months of 2025, sales of Tesla cars in Spain fell 19% from the same period of 2024. Total sales of electrified vehicles, a category that includes both fully electric vehicles and hybrids, were up 72%, ANFAC said. New Tesla sales in the first five months of the year fell 36% in Portugal, the country's automobile industry association ACAP said. Sales of Tesla cars have continued to fall in Europe as CEO Elon Musk's embrace of far-right parties puts off buyers, adding to pressure from a limited range of models and increased competition from European and Chinese brands. Musk left U.S. President Donald Trump's administration last week. He has said he will resume working '24/7' at his companies. In Spain, sales of Chinese automakers BYD, MG and Omoda were up 745%, 87% and 213%, respectively, so far this year, ANFAC's report showed.
Time of India
4 days ago
- Automotive
- Time of India
Tesla sales in Portugal fall 68% in May, while total EVs rise
Tesla 's new car sales in Portugal fell 68% in May from the same month in 2024 to 292 units, while overall new registrations of light electric vehicles rose about 24%, the country's automobile industry association ACAP said on Monday. In the first five months of the year, Tesla sales fell 36% in Portugal to 2,739 units. Tesla, whose CEO Elon Musk has stirred controversy by courting far-right parties in Europe, also faces challenges in Europe with its smaller, ageing lineup, while traditional automaker rivals and Chinese newcomers alike continue to launch new, often cheaper electric models.
Time of India
4 days ago
- Automotive
- Time of India
New Tesla sales in Spain, Portugal fall in May, while other EV sales soar
Tesla's new car sales in Spain and Portugal fell in May from the same month in 2024, registration data released by industry groups in both countries showed on Monday, while sales of electric cars from other brands soared. The U.S. EV maker sold 794 cars in Spain and 292 cars in Portugal in May, year-on-year drops of 29% and 68%, respectively. Over the first five months of 2025, sales of Tesla cars in Spain fell 19% from the same period of 2024. Total sales of electrified vehicles, a category that includes both fully electric vehicles and hybrids, were up 72%, ANFAC said. New Tesla sales in the first five months of the year fell 36% in Portugal, the country's automobile industry association ACAP said. Sales of Tesla cars have continued to fall in Europe as CEO Elon Musk's embrace of far-right parties puts off buyers, adding to pressure from a limited range of models and increased competition from European and Chinese brands. Musk left U.S. President Donald Trump's administration last week. He has said he will resume working '24/7' at his companies. In Spain, sales of Chinese automakers BYD, MG and Omoda were up 745%, 87% and 213%, respectively, so far this year, ANFAC's report showed.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Community leaders rally against proposed cuts to LIHEAP funding
LAFAYETTE, La. () — The program to help individuals avoid utility disconnection is at risk of being cut. Recent reports indicate President Trump's budget plan includes cutting funding to the (LIHeap). Ironically, the group in Lafayette will be in Baton Rouge to join forces with action groups state-wide. SMILE helps to distribute LIHeap funds to families who need utility assistance. SMILE receives approximately $6 million annually to help families in five Acadiana parishes cover their utility bills. On Wednesday, May 21, SMILE leaders from across Louisiana will gather at the Capitol in Baton Rouge to emphasize their position.' Craig Mathews is the president of the which has 42 community action agencies across the state. Plus, he's the chief executive officer of SMILE in Lafayette. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Hilda Witz is the executive director of ACAP. Wiltz and Mathews will be in baton rouge 'Governor Landry adopted a proclamation naming the month of May Community Action Month,' Mathews said. Leaders from SMILE will meet with legislators to discuss how the agencies serve the constituents of lawmakers. 'We are still in the trenches. We are still fighting. We are going to win this war,' Wiltz added. Mathews says he received a zero-lined LIHEAP budget proposal from Washington. 'We need our citizens, our current clients, to understand how vital it is that we continue to fight and that we continue to sound the alarm that real people are being affected by these adverse decisions,' Mathews explained. Mathews and Wiltz realize the budget that could close the doors for smile action agencies must go through many debates before final adoption in September. 'Community Action Month this year is a bit different than in previous years. I've been in this work for 30 years. I never saw a climate as volatile as the one we are in right now,' he stated. 'We cannot stop. We will not stop advocating for community action in every home and every city in this State of Louisiana,' Wiltz said. Louisiana House passes bill that would eliminate DEI programs Will NFL players appear in Olympic flag football? Owners OK proposal Man charged with giving alcohol to 20-year-old who fell from stands at Pirates game Community leaders rally against proposed cuts to LIHEAP funding Police arrest fifth inmate who escaped from the Orleans Parish Correctional Facility Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Otago Daily Times
19-05-2025
- General
- Otago Daily Times
Sooty shearwaters given a hand to get going
Spare a thought for the young sooty shearwater. At a time when they are just ready to fly, their parents have already left them to their own devices. Graeme Loh has been helping to protect a colony near Sandfly Bay in Dunedin and recently picked up one vulnerable young member of the colony after an accident in Port Chalmers. The bird was taken to the Dunedin Wildlife Hospital, where it was nursed back to health and made ready for its venture towards the seas, Mr Loh said. "The parents have already left on the migration to the North Pacific, and that's what the chicks have got to do, but some of them get it wrong, and they get blown into town, or they get distracted by artificial lighting and crash in town. "This one ended up in hospital." Mr Loh said the bird was tagged and ready to be released and had put on enough weight — about 700g — to sustain itself. The bird's parents would have set off in mid-April, Mr Loh said. "The chicks just sit in their burrows, because they're burrow-nesting birds and slowly turn their fat into feathers. "When they're around about 600g they come out for a few nights and flap their wings and look at the stars to get their orientation correct, and then usually after about four nights, they'll fly away." Sooty shearwater and the Royal New Zealand Albatross are once again under the spotlight in Dunedin this week. This year, the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP) meeting is taking place in Dunedin until Friday. It is held every three years and is hosted by different countries which are party to the agreement. Graeme Loh prepares to release a sooty shearwater, rescued after a recent crash landing in Port Chalmers. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY Mr Loh said on the mainland sooty shearwater were particularly vulnerable to rats, cats and dogs. As a result, serious trapping and fencing efforts had been implemented near the colonies on the mainland, in line with the country's aspirations to be predator-free. "Otago has got one of the biggest mainland colonies of this bird in the country. "We've got over a hundred pairs of active burrows. This year we banded just short of 70 chicks. The year before last, we banded well over 100." When the chicks finally left, they could be vulnerable in international waters due to getting caught in fishery by-catch or trawlers, he said. "Our investment of effort here with our our predator control — it all goes to nothing if they die in the open ocean fisheries," Mr Loh said. "We need the co-operation of all the Pacific countries, particularly the big fishing countries, in avoiding fisheries by-catch." Breeding seasons were very dependent on climate cycles, he said. "When there's El Nino on, the birds don't do very well. "Not so many of them breed. A lot of the chicks don't get up to heavy weight, and quite a few chicks die of starvation. "But in La Nina years, which we had four years ago, they do really well — some of the chicks get over double their adult weight from all the food they're getting."
