California is the biggest market for electric vehicles in the U.S. and by a wide margin, accounting for nearly 35 percent of all EV sales nationwide. Therefore, declining sales in the state could spell trouble for Tesla, which reported its first-ever annual decline in deliveries in 2024.

Investors are looking for evidence Musk’s politics are hurting Tesla. It’s hard to find, but California might be turning against Musk—slowly.

Tesla lost market share and saw a sales decline in California in 2024. Is Elon Musk's support for Donald Trump hurting sales?

Californians are registering thousands of new Cybertrucks even as there are fewer takers of the bestselling EVs in its lineup.

For years, Tesla has been the undisputed heavyweight of California’s growing electric vehicle market. It’s dominated sales charts, crushed the competition, and made itself syn