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13 Reasons A Tesla Gigafactory Should Be In Poland

6 years ago Jacek Fior 0 Comments

This article was initially published in September 2018. Now that Poland has a Tesla service center (and more coming), we’re rerunning it. The arguments seem as strong as ever that Poland is a nearly ideal place for a Tesla gigafactory. Furthermore, with Elon Musk’s recent comments about a need/plan for 2 terawatt-hours of Tesla battery production and Chanan Bos’s dive into how that could play out, this seemed like a good time to republish Jacek’s article.

Tesla Model 3 Set To Grab Global #1 Premium Vehicle Spot In 2020, Crushing Mercedes…

6 years ago Dr. Maximilian Holland 0 Comments

Tesla aims to produce 600,000 to 650,000 vehicles in 2020, with around 500,000 of those being the Tesla Model 3. The current premium segment leader, the Mercedes C-Class, sold 478,000 in 2018, but — being a fossil burner — is now in terminal decline. The BMW 3 Series only managed 366,000 sales in 2018 and won’t grow significantly. The result? The Model 3 will almost certainly take the global #1 spot in 2020. Let’s break down the numbers.

Subsidy Cuts & Tesla Model 3 Shake Up Chinese EV Sales Ranking — June Sales…

6 years ago José Pontes 0 Comments

After a slow May, with just 2% growth, June saw the Chinese plug-in vehicle market return to full charge, thanks to some 147,000 registrations, up 72% year over year (YoY). Fully electric vehicles (BEVs) grew faster than that, at +97%, and because the mainstream market is falling (-8%), June’s plug-in vehicle (PEV) share reached a record 8.5%, pulling the PEV market share to 6.3%, well above the 2018 result (4.2%) and on target to reach my forecast of 8% for 2019.