Tesla CEO Elon Musk's big government adventure appears to be at an end. As promised in April, Musk has returned his attention to his car company, which is facing serious headwinds. In the first quarter of the year, Tesla sold tens of thousands fewer electric vehicles than it did the year before, despite a rise in worldwide EV sales. Data from April looked even worse, with substantial sales declines in Europe and China. May's numbers don't look much better.
特斯拉首席执行官埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）的大型政府冒险似乎已经结束。正如4月所承诺的那样，马斯克将注意力转移到了他的汽车公司上，该公司面临着严重的逆风。在今年的第一季度，尽管全球电动汽车的销量增加，但特斯拉的售价比前一年少了数万。四月的数据看起来更糟，欧洲和中国的销售量大幅下降。梅的数字看起来不会好得多。
Although Tesla only publishes its global production and sales numbers—and only at the end of each quarter—some countries provide monthly new car registration information, making it possible to track sales on a national level. And according to Germany's KBA, in May, Tesla sales fell by just over 36 percent year over year, even as overall EV registrations increased by 45 percent. At least that's a few hundred more cars than it managed in April.
尽管特斯拉仅发布其全球生产和销售数字（仅在每个季度末）提供了每月的新汽车注册信息，从而可以在全国范围内跟踪销售。根据德国KBA的说法，5月，特斯拉的销售额同比下降了36％以上，即使总体EV注册增长了45％。至少这比4月管理的汽车多了几百辆。
Similar trends were seen in the UK and Italy. In the UK, Tesla sales decreased by 45 percent, even as overall EV sales increased by 28 percent. In Italy, EV sales increased by almost 41 percent, but Tesla's deliveries dropped by 20 percent.
在英国和意大利也有类似的趋势。在英国，特斯拉的销售额下降了45％，即使总体EV销售额增长了28％。在意大利，电动汽车的销售额增长了近41％，但特斯拉的交付下降了20％。
The slide isn't quite as bad in China, where Tesla faces stiff competition from local brands that undercut it with low prices while providing a wealth of features that are either unavailable in Teslas or cost extra. According to Reuters, Tesla's Shanghai factory delivered 15 percent fewer vehicles in May than it did last year, a number that includes both exports to Europe and local sales.
在中国，幻灯片并不那么糟糕，特斯拉面临着当地品牌的激烈竞争，这些品牌以低价而削弱了它，同时提供了许多特斯拉州不可用的功能，要么额外花费。据路透社报道，特斯拉的上海工厂在5月份的车辆交付的车辆比去年少15％，其中包括向欧洲和当地销售的出口。
