Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) appears to have seen a large slump in demand in Germany, based on new data on registrations. Sales plunged 76% year-over-year in February to 1,429 cars, according to the German Federal Motor Transport Authority. For the same month, overall electric vehicle sales rose 31% in Germany.

 

Europe and China Take Step to Resolve Dispute on Electric Vehicles

By Keith Bradsher

Reporting from Beijing

Tesla sales in Germany plummet even as the overall EV market grows

Mar. 05, 2025 7:04 AM ETTesla, Inc. (TSLA) StockBy: Clark Schultz, SA News Editor

For the first two months, Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) sales in Germany are down 71% compared to the level seen in 2024. The introduction of the new Model Y has led to lower inventories and customers waiting for the updated version. In addition, analysts believe there is backlash against Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk.

Elon Musk has become more controversial in Germany in 2025 due to his open support for the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party and for some of his remarks about Germany's Nazi past. His actions have raised concerns about foreign interference in German politics. Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned Musk's interference, calling it "really disgusting" and detrimental to democratic development in the European Union.

Martin Peterson, a Texas A&M University philosophy professor, was presented last week with a choice straight out of a dystopian novel. To bring his class in line with a prohibition on course materials that “advocate race or gender ideology,” he could either censor the part of his course that included readings from Plato or he could teach a different class.

 

This Is No Way to Run a University

By Greg Lukianoff

Mr. Lukianoff is the president and chief executive of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.

Delcy Rodríguez, a guerrilla’s daughter, started out as a provocateur. She pivoted to revive a ravaged economy, making her vital to U.S. plans to run Venezuela.

 

How Venezuela’s New Leader Went From Revolutionary to Trump’s Orbit

By Simon Romero and Anatoly Kurmanaev

Simon Romero, a former bureau chief in Caracas, began covering Venezuela in 2006. Anatoly Kurmanaev, who has covered Venezuela since 2013, reported from Caracas.

Jan. 10, 2026

Trump would be doing private equity firms a favor by barring them and other large investors from buying more single-family homes.

 

Trump Wants to Bar Wall St. Investors From Buying Single-Family Homes

The president said he wanted Congress to stop the purchases by big investors, which have driven up rents and set obstacles for first-time buyers in some markets.

By Maureen Farrell and Matthew Goldstein

Jan. 7, 2026

“Venezuela’s oil infrastructure is so degraded by years of neglect, and its business environment so difficult to navigate due to decades of corruption and poor governance, that the scale of investment required to revive production, refinement and exports is vast — typical estimates being north of $100 billion over 15 years,” John Rapley, an expert in the global political economy, wrote in an essay in UnHerd.

 

Venezuela, Trump Came to Liberate Your Oil, Not Your People

By Thomas L. Friedman

Opinion Columnist

Forget the Naysayers, Venezuela Offers Quick Oil Wins

By Javier Blas

Javier Blas is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering energy and commodities. He is coauthor of “The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources.”

The history of science is indeed a graveyard of theories, but the fact that science keeps changing is a mark of its strength. It keeps changing because the world is complex and full of wonder. That isn’t a problem; it’s the engine that drives scientific progress.

 

Science Keeps Changing. So Why Should We Trust It?

By Elay Shech

Dr. Shech is a professor of philosophy who specializes in the philosophy of science.

The biggest threat to Israel today is not Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah or the Houthis. A united Israel can beat them all. It is those who are unraveling Israel’s steel thread — with a bad story.

 

Why Israel Is Divided Over How to Investigate Oct. 7 Failures

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has proposed a commission with members chosen in a way that departs from existing law.

By Isabel Kershner

Reporting from Jerusalem

Jan. 6, 2026

When a strong state operates under the principle that war is just another extension of policy, it is tempted to operate a bit like a mob boss. Every interaction with a weaker nation is tinged in some way with the threat of force: Nice little country you have there — shame if something happened to it.

 

Trump Is Unleashing Forces Beyond His Control

By David French

Opinion Columnist

Tesla stock price is hyped to new heights by Elon Musk's Optimus Robot project while Tesla Auto sales are declining and Robotaxis can't operate without a human employee in the right front seat. How about if they replace the human with an Optimus robot in the right front seat?

 

Inside Elon Musk’s Optimus Robot Project

By 

Becky Peterson

Jan. 2, 2026 9:00 pm ET