Roles Cities Can Play To Advance E-Mobility
Below is another chapter of our free report Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure: Guidelines for Cities. This chapter covers 6 different roles cities can play to advance e-mobility.
Below is another chapter of our free report Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure: Guidelines for Cities. This chapter covers 6 different roles cities can play to advance e-mobility.
To start, let me just put this out there: I’m not claiming Honda’s car sales are collapsing solely because of the Model 3, even though Tesla Model 3 sales totaled ~140,000 in the US in 2018 and two of the top models buyers were coming from were the Honda Accord and Honda Civic. There has to be more to it than that. Right?
In honor of another wicked cool quarter, here’s a view of Tesla history that you might have missed if you only read CleanTechnica.
The electric car story of the year — nay, the car story of the year — was the Tesla Model 3 taking the industry by storm. Just as we were predicting 3 or 4 years ago, Tesla’s ability to ramp up production of a more affordable, more mass market model is sending chills down other automakers’ spines — or it should be. I’ll revise a famous old quote to explain the ongoing story in a different way:
The big electric vehicles sales stories these days are generally about the Tesla Model 3 walloping the competition. Nonetheless, we like to go back to our roots and explore overall electric vehicle growth at least once a quarter. The problem is that almost all of the positivity comes from Tesla.
In the month of December, Tesla sold more luxury cars than all other automakers. In fact, it accounted for approximately 30% of luxury car sales. Tesla sold more luxury sedans than BMW and Audi combined, more than Mercedes-Benz and Lexus combined. It absolutely crushed the luxury car competition.
The Tesla Model 3, adored by millions of Tesla fans from day one (March 31, 2016), was a lighting bolt in the US car market in 2018. The Model 3 has shown why any remaining Tesla critics should really stop doubting the 21st century car company out of Silicon Valley.
Overall, the Tesla Model 3 was the #4 top selling car in the USA in December and in the 4th quarter.
The Tesla Model 3 was the only car from an American car company that was in the top 5 in both rankings, which also means it was the top selling car in the US from a US car company.
I have to admit, it’s pretty hilarious sometimes to see how Wall Street responds to Tesla news. It’s also hilarious to see the wild and ridiculous nonsense some Tesla [TSLA] short sellers or professional trolls spout. I understand that people live in different internet and ideological bubbles these days, but still, the degree to which some grumbling, mumbling critics grumble and mumble about Tesla (and CleanTechnica) cracks me up from time to time.
2108 has been a real breakout year for Tesla. It has gone from being a niche producer of electric vehicles (EVs) to becoming the dominant seller of not just EVs, but of all luxury cars too.
The surprise to many is that Tesla also dominated the overall sedan market by having the top selling car in the US in terms of revenue!