I may need to cancel my fun, popular, and extremely time consuming monthly reports for US auto sales. One by one, US automakers have stopped publishing monthly sales data. At this point, there are almost as many brands not reporting sales as there are reporting them.
The petrolheads at Top Gear have bashed Tesla from day one, constructing tests designed to expose its inherent weaknesses. Its sentiment seems to have shifted, though, if its latest review of the Model 3 Performance is any indication.
Now that we’ve got a truly mass market electric car in the US (the 13th best selling car in the country in the first quarter of 2019 and the best selling luxury car), I’ve found it interesting to take a closer look at changes in all automakers’ overall car and automobile sales. I meticulously track changes from month to month and quarter to quarter using automaker sales reports for this purpose.
When most people think of Pininfarina, images of Ferrari and Alfa Romeo might spring to mind, but the Mahindra company wants to bring its long and impressive automotive expertise to electric vehicles (EVs). The question is, what can it bring to the table? The answer lies with its pedigree, passion, and expertise.
In part 1 of our review of the 2018 LA Auto Show, we looked at the mobility startup world and how it is proposing to meet tomorrow’s mobility needs. Let’s now look at what traditional carmakers had to offer at the 2018 LA Auto Show.
As Tesla Model 3 production and sales have grown, I’ve felt more and more inspired to compare the car’s scorecard against that of other models. I intended to update my “Small & Midsize Luxury Car Sales” charts and report this weekend, but then got a bit carried away. As a result, below are 7 sales charts regarding the Tesla Model 3 and some of its wide ranging “competition,” which includes not only small and midsize luxury cars but also some of the most popular, mass-market cars in the United States.
It’s widely speculated that Tesla delayed US deliveries and shipped more cars abroad in the second quarter in order to not pass the 200,000 vehicle milestone that starts the US federal EV tax credit phaseout. Indeed, as Tesla told us recently, the 200,000 vehicle milestone was passed in July, not June.
This is the story of Ferrari, FIAT, Chrysler, and Tesla. And this is also the story of how engineers working on a project not ready for primetime can come back 10 years later.
We just wrote about the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV coming to the US — finally. We’ve also lamented in the past the lack of electric SUV/CUV choice. It’s the hottest segment in the world and there are so few electric offerings, even though consumers are begging for them! So, it’s nice we have a double decker today — another positive story from Steve about an electric SUV.
While I was creating the charts for yesterday’s June Netherlands electric car sales article, a realization of sorts hit me: What if all automakers tried to sell electric cars like Tesla does? To put that thought into context, though, it is helpful to first accept what Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne has already admitted … [continued]
