“Damage caused by Musk’s political positions.” French drivers process Tesla

The radical positions of the founder and CEO of Tesla and its intrusion in the policy of several European countries not only caused the fall of the sales of the US builder of electric vehicles. Now it also gave rise to a judicial process in France.

A group of 10 Tesla vehicle owners in France will bring a collective lawsuit against the American company of electric vehicles due to the role played by Elon Musk in the White House and his support to the far right in Europe.

“Owners do not want to continue to be associated with Tesla neither represented by Elon Musk and his recent political positions, ”he said Ivan steersGKA partner, Parisian law firm that represents the authors of the process, quoted by.

Tesla’s sales after Musk spoke in a rally of the far-right party alternative to Germany (AFD) in January, telling the crowd that it was Time for Germany “move on” As for its Nazi past, which triggered calls to the boy’s boycott.

In November, after the collapse of the center-left coalition of Olaf ScholzElon Musk German and. In January, he appealed to King Carlos III to dissolve the British Parliament and criticized the Prime Minister Keir Starmer – That.

In France alone, Tesla sales decreased 67% In May compared to the same month of 2024, according to data from the country’s PFA registration. According to data from ACAP, In Portugal Tesla sales fell 36% in the first five months of the year e.

The impact is not limited to boycott; In recent months, in various countries in Europe, groups of vandals of the company, and some owners of Tesla vehicles found their cars damaged.

Among Terel customers who have now advanced with the process are some of the owners whose vehicles were vandalized: one of them found his vehicle with a painted swastika on the side, and another with human feces.

In the lawsuit, which GKA presented at the Paris Commercial Court this Wednesday, the owners intend nullify leasing contracts of vehicles and that its customers are Refunded by the initial cost of the vehiclein addition to other compensation.

The judicial process appeals to a Article of the French Civil Code which establishes that the seller of a product must “guarantee customers a peaceful use of goods sold, ”explains Terel.

The Parisian commercial court will now decide if the case has merit – and in the meantime Other people can join the process. According to Terel, several other American brand owners have raised questions about the case since GKA presented the action.