Does The Tesla Model 3 Belong In The “Near Luxury Car” Category?

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 16:53:17 +0000

The California New Car Dealers Association recently put out its quarterly — and in this case annual — report on car sales in The Land of Milk and Honey. Tesla’s rise up to #2 seemed to be the story of the year, on the back of the Tesla Model Y and Model 3 becoming the […]

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Tesla + BYD Nearly 40% Of BEV Sales Globally

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2023 15:33:42 +0000

As usual, José Pontes recently published his monthly report on world EV sales. There’s an enormous amount of interesting stats and takeaways in each of those reports, and you can only highlight and feature so many things. While it’s clear looking at the tables that Tesla and BYD lead the industry, a comment from a […]

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Best Selling Electric Cars In The World — January 2023

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2023 19:32:09 +0000

The Tesla Model Y is #1 again in the electric vehicle market. Registrations were up 10% year over year (YoY) in January, to over 662,000 units. China’s market was the main driver of growth. Share-wise, 2023 started with plugin vehicles getting 11% share of the global auto market (7.6% BEV). While this is below last […]

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US Electric Car Sales Increased 65% In 2022

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2023 20:03:21 +0000

Update: According to our calculations, approximately 5.7% of US car sales were fully electric car sales in 2022. That’s up from 3.2% in 2021, 1.7% in 2020, and 1.4% in 2019. Tesla continues to dominate the US electric car sales market, which can make it seem as though not much is changing here. However, the […]

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The Battle For Germany Begins — Tesla Leads On Models & Brand, Volkswagen Group 1st Among OEMs

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2023 12:30:28 +0000

After the subsidies-derived sales rush of December, leading to a historic performance, Germany’s plugin vehicle (PEV) market was bound to have a hangover month in January. And so it did, with this market starting the year with a 33% drop over the same month last year. The almost 40,000 units registered in January 2022 dropped […]

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New High: 16% EV Adoption in California in 2022

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2023 02:29:03 +0000

California has surpassed yet another milestone on its way to mainstream electric vehicle adoption. And while Tesla remains the pioneer in the sector and the primary contributor to mainstream EV adoption, increasing competition is also pushing more consumers to buy electric. EV sales made up 16 percent of new vehicle sales in California in 2022, […]

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31% Of New Vehicle Sales Plugin Sales In Germany In 2022!

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2023 00:03:40 +0000

Almost one out of every three new vehicles sold in Germany in 2022 had a plug.

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Tesla To Expand Austin Gigafactory, Sales Surge In China

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2023 02:17:51 +0000

Tesla plans a major expansion of its Gigafactory in Texas as it looks ahead to production of the Cybertruck later this year.

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8 Charts Showing Tesla’s Fast Continued Sales Growth

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2023 21:10:07 +0000

Tesla reported its 4th quarter 2022 vehicle production and delivery numbers this week, as well as providing the full-year 2022 figures. In covering the news, we published two charts of the overall numbers, but digging deeper as well as estimating the model-by-model split, we’ve now got 8+ charts to share and write about. Long-Term Tesla […]

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