Tesla’s first-quarter deliveries dropped by 31% compared to the previous quarter as the Elon Musk–led company struggled to deliver cars to customers in international markets. The company said that approximately 10,600 cars were in transit, compared to 2,907 cars that were in transit at the end of the fourth quarter of 2018.
Superchargers are Tesla’s solution to electric vehicle fast charging. 15–30 minutes at a Supercharger station is all that’s necessary to get the battery recharged to get back on the road. Plus, Tesla has invested heavily in building out a network of Superchargers so that Tesla drivers can go anywhere.
The top CleanTechnica stories of March? A Tesla Model 3 beating a much, much more expensive Porsche. A semi-image of the Tesla Model Y from Tesla. Tesla Model 3 cost of ownership versus the 10 best selling cars in the United States. A new solar panel out of Belgium. Powerful new solar panels from SunPower. Tesla’s wonderful navigation system and how it makes road trips sooooo smooth and easy. The Tesla Model 3 versus 21 “competitors.” And much more. Have a stroll.
It’s a bit harder for us to monitor Tesla activity in China than in the US and Europe. However, a certain Chinese American Tesla enthusiast seems to have a high number of connections there. Our friend Vincent routinely picks up intel on Tesla deliveries, Gigafactory 3 construction in Shanghai, and other matters. Below are some recent updates from Vincent.
Tesla will report its first quarter 2019 production and delivery figures in the next few days. The Q1 sales report is an extremely anticipated one, as it will tell us whether or not Tesla managed to increase production and if the company was able to generate enough demand for the cars it has built over the last three months.
In my last article, I gave a brief summary on the pros and cons between the Tesla Model 3 and Tesla Model Y, and between the Standard Range and Long Range options. I hope it helped people. I had a comment from Barry asking if I could summarize the debate in a decision tree.
If you’ve read anything about electric cars, you’ve no doubt come across the arguments that suggest the world is still not ready to give up its century-and-a-half dependence on the internal combustion engine. The various cases against electric cars have evolved over the years, but these days there seem to be three in particular that keep making the rounds. Let’s take a closer look at them.
Tesla sold around 5,700 vehicles in Norway in March, of total new passenger car sales for the month of 18,375. That’s around 31% of the market.
As of today, in EV Kingdom Norway, Tesla has delivered 6,116 Model 3’s, which is best result for any EV model in history. Central Europe and Eastern Europe are not such a paradise for EVs.
The big news in February’s top positions was of course the Tesla Model 3 landing with a bang, and jumping right up to the leadership position, but unlike what has happened (and is happening) in the USA, the blackhole effect of the Tesla Model 3 is not absorbing sales from other BEVs (well, maybe the Model S is the exception). Instead, it appears the Model 3 is pulling customers directly from competing PHEVs and gas/diesel models.
