We Can’t Let The Last Gas & Diesel Truck Engines Be Super Dirty
As companies consider range-extenders for their pickups, we explore the last gas and diesel truck engines.
Dodge
Stellantis CEO: Speeding Up EV Transition Is “Beyond The Limits” Of What Auto Industry Can…
Stellantis’ CEO doesn’t seem to think they’ll be able to keep up with the rapid pace of EV development.
Dodge Charger & Challenger To Give Way To Electric Muscle Cars In 2024
Dodge will phase out two iconic cars by 2024.
Tesla Now Selling More Vehicles In USA Than Lexus, Volkswagen, Mercedes, BMW, & Many Others
I just published a report highlighting the fact that Tesla’s US sales have been growing as the overall auto market has tanked, and I also published one looking at companies’ EV share of auto sales (Tesla being at 100%, of course). I nearly closed all my Google Sheets and left … [continued]
Tesla US Sales Up 104% While US Auto Industry Down 22%
Comparing the 3rd quarter of 2021 to the 3rd quarter of 2020, US Tesla sales were up 67% while overall US auto sales were down 13%. Compared to 2019, the difference was even more stark — Tesla sales were up 104% and US auto sales were down 22%.
Tesla Destroys Demon — No Wonder Dodge Is Going Electric
A devilish new challenger recently dared to challenge the Tesla Model S Plaid in an epic drag race battle. The Dodge Demon with a 6.2L Supercharged V8 engine that produces 840 hp of power (and a whole lot of “cough-cough” polluting smoke) attempted to unleash holy hell on Elon Musk’s … [continued]
Let’s Learn About Muscle Cars, & How Tesla Could Build An Actual Old-School Muscle Car
The recent Stellantis EV Day event stirred up a lot of discussion on social media, which was probably one of their goals. While there was a lot to talk about, one of the things I kept seeing was people giving them crap about the following slide, from about a minute … [continued]
US Auto Sales: Tesla Had Highest % Increase from Q2 2019 to Q2 2021, 5th…
Another quarter has wrapped up and we have more grand trends in the US auto industry. In the charts and text below, I’m comparing Q2 2021 (the second quarter of 2021) with Q2 2020 and also with Q2 2019. Naturally, year-over-year changes are interesting, but given how unique last year … [continued]
USA Q1 2021 Auto Sales Up 13% vs. Q1 2020, But Down 1% vs. Q1…
Tallying up US auto sales for Q1 2021 at long last, I was only slightly curious to see how they compared to Q1 2020 (and perhaps that’s why it took me so long). Clearly, with the US in lockdown for part of Q1 2020, it was just a poor quarter … [continued]
Tesla’s Position Among US Auto Brands (Charts)
On Saturday, I published a new CleanTechnica report showing that US auto sales were down 15% in 2020, whereas Tesla’s US sales were estimated to be up 9%. Only two companies other than Tesla had their US sales increase in 2020 — Volvo and Alfa Romeo, each by 2%. However …
