We have been pretty well informed of Musk's shenanigans in Portugal. His sieg heil spread pretty quickly.

Marketing. Being informed of is different than repeated contact with a crafted message.

Those would all affect the rest of the EV market too, but overall that is up.

How about the US EV market in Europe?

There is effectively none, besides Tesla. With the exception of Ford the US brands' Europe strategy essentially died in the financial crisis, and even Ford (which historically was a big player in Europe and designed cars specifically for the market) isn't what it was.

EV sales are up 25%.

Better value electric cars from China

It was widely covered throughout Europe. And widely despised throughout Europe across the political spectrum from left to right. To suggest it's unrelated is a profoundly unserious suggestion.

To suggest that market moves based on antics of a US CEO seems unserious to me.

Cars in particular tend to get bound up in peoples' self-image (to a rather unhealthy degree IMO, but anyway...) Few people would want the association.

Competitors have the same issue, but not the same decline :)

US EVs?

Which notable EV's does the US have besides Tesla?

Oh. We know. It is as we didn't have internet.

His association with Trump didn't help