Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) just got slammed from all sidesand investors are scrambling to make sense of the wreckage. First, Q1 deliveries missed expectations by a mile, falling 13% year over yearthe steepest drop in Tesla's history.

Tesla reported 336,681 vehicle deliveries in Q1 2025, marking a 13% decline from last year and falling well short of investor expectations

Germany has not shut down electric carmaker Tesla's operations in the country, according to spokespersons for the federal government and Germany’s largest labour union, who spoke to Reuters to counter a false claim online.

Protesters from New York to Berlin called for a boycott against Tesla, denouncing the company's CEO, Elon Musk.

In March 2025, a rumor began to spread online that Germany, one of the world's leading producers of cars, had shut down Tesla production. For example, someone posted on X on March 25, 2025, that Germany's move extended to the whole of the U.S. car industry ( archived ):

Pink spray paint is seen on the Tesla logo of the Tesla Service and Showroom centre after being spray painted by a protestor in Ottawa, Canada on Monday, March 31, 2025. (Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press via AP) A man uses chalk to write protest messages on the side of a San Francisco Tesla store during a protest against CEO Elon Musk on Saturday,

It comes as Tesla battles falling sales and protests.

Tesla TSLA.O EV sales in Europe have fallen in February ... including with at least two dozen posts on his X platform promoting Germany's Alternative fur Deutschland. Musk's role in politics, rising competition in the EV market and the phasing out ...