Tesla’s European and Chinese customers are staying away in droves

Will these robots justify Tesla's share price? Elon Musk says yes, but then he would, wouldn't he? Credit: Stanislav Kogiku/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Tesla’s shareholders are ready to vote tomorrow on whether to give Elon Musk an even more vast slice of the company in an effort to keep him focused on selling electric vehicles. Currently, the trolling tycoon appears a little obsessed with the UK, a place he appears to conflate with Middle Earth, which investors may or may not take into account when making their decision. What they ought to take into account is how many cars Tesla sold last month.

Although Tesla only publishes quarterly sales figures and does not divide those up by region, slightly more granular data is available from some countries via monthly new car registrations. And the numbers for October, when compared year on year to the ...