When you look at sales at the brand level, things get a little worse for the American automaker. Volkswagen sold more EVs than anyone else in Europe last month, increasing by 61 percent to 23,514 units. As for Tesla? It fell to 11th place, with just 7,165 sales in total, a 49 percent decrease year on year.

Elon Musk mischaracterized the state of Europe’s auto market this year when he said Tesla Inc. is seeing sales decline along with every other carmaker.Contrary to his assertion, five manufacturers that registered more new vehicles than Tesla did in the last four months posted sales increases.