Musk moves to bring Tesla Power to the United Kingdom while sales of car stroking

Controversial lightning Elon Musk makes major movements in the United Kingdom, because her Tesla electric car company seeks to find new ways to diversify her sources of income.

According to OFGEM, the British energy regulator, Tesla officially requested a license to sell electricity to households and companies in Great Britain.

The approval of this application could be a major boost for Musk and Tesla, which saw sales slip while Musk has become an increasingly polarizing figure of American politics.

The data published last week by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) of the United Kingdom showed that Tesla’s new car sales dropped by almost 60% to 987 units last month, against 2,462 a year ago.

In Germany, on the sales of Tesla cars fell to 1,110 units in July, down 55.1% compared to the same month in 2024.

The company continues to deal with strong competition, in particular manufacturers of Chinese electric vehicles, and damage to reputation for the incendiary rhetoric of Musk and fractious relations with the administration of US President Donald Trump.

The file was submitted at the end of last month by Tesla Energy Ventures and signed by Andrew Payne, which oversees the European energy operations of the company.

If it is approved, it could open the way to Tesla to join the ranks of retail energy suppliers in England, Scotland and Wales from next year.

The UK’s energy sector generates more than $ 200 billion a year and a slice could be exactly what Musk is looking to use to consolidate Tesla.

Tesla is already active in electricity production and storage: the company develops solar systems on the roof and domestic battery products and operates an electricity service in Texas called Tesla Electric, launched in 2022.

This service allows customers to decide when they use power and reward them for having sold the excess energy to the network during the cutting edge request, potentially reducing their bills or even earning them money. It is a model that Tesla seems to reproduce on the British market. The objective of this ecosystem is to have Tesla in your aisle, Tesla solar panels on your roof, a Tesla Powerwall battery in your garage, and now, a Tesla electric plan to manage everything. This license is the final and crucial piece of this puzzle.