In Europe, registrations have been languishing for several quarters due to an aging lineup and blowback over Musk’s politics, including his work in the Trump administration. Photo by SERGEI GAPON/AFP via Getty Images/Postmedia files

Tesla Inc. posted some of its steepest sales declines this year in European markets , where the Elon Musk-led automaker is mired in a protracted slump .

The most pronounced drop reported thus far was in Sweden, where Tesla registered only 133 new cars last month, down 89 per cent from a year ago, according to the nation’s auto manufacturers’ association. Sales fell roughly by half in Norway, the Netherlands and Italy, and by almost a third in Spain.

France was the exception, with Tesla’s October registrations there rising 2.4 per cent. However, th

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