March 24 : New car sales in Europe rose in February after falling in January, while sustained demand for electric vehicles helped Elon Musk's all-electric brand Tesla resume growth for the first time since December 2024, official data showed on Tuesday. Overall car registrations, a proxy for sales, in the European Union, Britain and the European Free Trade Association were up 1.7 per cent to 979,321 vehicles sold in the month, according to the European auto lobby ACEA. Two-thirds of those were