May 29th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
A couple of weeks ago, I published a report showing US new auto sales were down 496,600 in the first quarter of 2020 (compared to the first quarter of 2019). That seemed like a stunning, jaw-dropping drop in auto sales. Looking at the global auto sales story, though, the 496,000 drop looks like peanuts. In the same period, new auto sales were down by more than 6 million units globally
May 8th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
The Tesla Model 3 accounted for approximately 21% of new small & midsize luxury car sales in the USA in the first quarter of 2020*. For some perspective, the BMW 2 Series, 3 Series, 4 Series, and 5 Series together combined for approximately 15% of the segment's share
April 17th, 2020 | by Jo Borrás
When the car business sneezes, motorcycles catch a cold. That's an old saying in this business — one that was already old when I first started working at a dealership in 1997 — but it is a saying that, by and large, has held true
February 17th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
Now, 2020 has rolled around and a bunch more automakers have decided to ditch monthly sales reporting. Nissan (& Infiniti), Jaguar Land Rover, and Volkswagen (including Audi, Porsche, etc.) announced the change with press releases. Others didn't seem to announce it but just stopped publishing the monthly numbers (Mercedes, BMW, and Toyota)
January 21st, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
Last week's top stories on CleanTechnica included Andy Miles explaining why Tesla vehicles cut pollution rather than causing more pollution, a rundown of how Tesla's "full stack disruption" sets it apart from the auto crowd, and yet another comparison of the Tesla Model 3 and Tesla Model
January 19th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
In Norway and the Netherlands, the Model 3 was the #1 best selling automobile of any kind in any class in 2019. And it wasn't even close
January 18th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
The Tesla Model 3 continued to hog the throne on top of the US premium-class car market at the end of 2019. For the full year, the Model 3 accounted for 23% of small and midsize luxury car sales. In other words, nearly 1 out of every 4 small or midsize luxury cars sold in 2019 was a Tesla Model
January 18th, 2020 | by Dr. Maximilian Holland
The world's fossil fuel vehicle sales have continued to freefall in 2019, dropping by around 4.35 million, or some 4.7%, compared to 2018, accelerating a now inexorable trend. Global electric vehicle sales meanwhile have continued to rise, with 2019 EV market share reaching 4.7% in China and 3.8% in Europe
January 7th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
The US auto industry took a bit of a whack in 2019. Excluding Tesla, auto sales were down by 177,839 units in 2019 compared to 2018. That said, only 13 auto brands saw their sales drop, while 18 saw their sales rise
January 2nd, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
Being the start of a new year, it's time for a review of the most popular stories on CleanTechnica last year, and since it's actually 2020 now, I'm also going to scroll through a list of the most popular stories of the past decade here on CleanTechnica
August 12th, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan
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
August 11th, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan
In the comments of my article about the Tesla Model 3 accounting for 67% of US electric vehicle sales in the second quarter, someone asked about the electric vehicle share of the overall market. I didn't find second quarter (Q2) sales data anywhere, but I did quickly identify sales data for the first half of the year
June 8th, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan
In the first quarter of 2019, for the third quarter in a row, Tesla outsold Porsche and Jaguar globally
June 5th, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan
We won't have US sales figures for Tesla, Ford, and GM for another month — and even then we'll have to estimate how they were split out across the quarter — but we know one thing for sure: Tesla's sales are up heavily compared to the same period in 2018. For other automakers, not so much
May 5th, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan
It's time for another monthly checkup on US auto sales. Surprisingly, more than a million people are still buying the 21st century equivalent of horses every month. I think the most interesting takeaway, though, is quickly running through the companies and car divisions that saw their sales drop last month (compared to the same month in 2018) and then the companies and car divisions that saw their sales rise
April 6th, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan
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
March 19th, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan
In the month of February, these luxury auto companies and car divisions had the following sales drops: Acura Cars: −12% Audi: −12% Audi Cars: −12% BMW Cars: −12% Infiniti: −17% Infiniti: −46% Lexus Cars: −2% Mercedes-Benz: −13% Mercedes-Benz Cars: −4% Volvo Cars: −77%
January 3rd, 2014 | by Zachary Shahan
Following up on a multi-site discussion regarding the need for vs harm from EVs, Lindsay Wilson of Shrink That Footprint [&hellip
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