Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2023 06:49:15 +0000
It’s time for another quarterly report on US auto sales. Like a few other major news outlets, I track total quarterly sales of the US auto industry, but I also conduct a thorough analysis of the trends of each automaker. Furthermore, I compare last quarter’s sales not just to the same quarter last year, but […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2023 06:49:15 +0000
It’s time for another quarterly report on US auto sales. Like a few other major news outlets, I track total quarterly sales of the US auto industry, but I also conduct a thorough analysis of the trends of each automaker. Furthermore, I compare last quarter’s sales not just to the same quarter last year, but […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 16:25:46 +0000
When Tesla switched some of its cars’ steering wheels out for an airplane-style yoke, there was a lot of controversy. Some of it was exaggerated, and in response, some of the support for Tesla was also exaggerated. As usual, the truth lies somewhere between the two extremes. There is some legitimate reasons to be concerned […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2023 00:46:31 +0000
The US auto industry has been declining steadily for a few years at least. Compared to 2021, the American auto industry’s annual sales were down by more than 1 million units, or 8%. Compared to 2020, they were “only” down by 725,726 units (5%). But compared to 2019, they were down by more than 3 […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2023 15:15:56 +0000
The US auto industry is truly on the rebound. In the 3rd quarter, sales increasing 1% compared to the 3rd quarter of 2021, the first positive trend in a while. But was it just a lucky little blip? Seemingly not, as US auto industry sales in the 4th quarter of 2022 were 10% higher than […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2022 05:20:16 +0000
US auto sales were up 1% in the 3rd quarter of 2022 compared to the 3rd quarter of 2021, but they were down 13% compared to the 3rd quarter of 2020 and down 21% compared to the 3rd quarter of 2019, which we use as a bit of a control year since it was before […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 21:40:21 +0000
US Auto Sales: Tesla Up 97% In Q2 2022 vs. Q2 2019, Overall US Auto Sales Down 22% (942,390 Units)
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 21:40:21 +0000
US Auto Sales: Tesla Up 97% In Q2 2022 vs. Q2 2019, Overall US Auto Sales Down 22% (942,390 Units)
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 13:10:25 +0000
A recent interview at Top Gear came up with an unexpected nugget of EV news: Lexus is considering building an EV at some point in the future with a manual transmission. The catch? It won’t be a real manual transmission if it happens. Instead, it’ll be a simulated shift lever and a simulated clutch pedal. […]
Credit to Author: Paul Fosse| Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2022 23:46:40 +0000
In this article, I cover the presentation Lexus executives gave to me and other journalists last week and their answers to a question challenging them on the weaknesses I saw in their plan. Last week, I was invited to spend 3 days in Plano, Texas, learning about the latest new vehicles coming out of Lexus […]