It’s finally happening. After years of watching Argentina’s EV market linger, staying at or below 0.1% market share, the tides seem to be turning. BYD seems unstoppable lately and it seems it will enter head-on one of the least electrified markets in the world and the perennial laggard in Latin … [continued]
Electric vehicles account for more than 20% — more than one out of five — auto sales in California. The Tesla Model Y and Tesla Model 3 dominate the market and are the first and third best selling cars in the state. However, several other electric models rank very well … [continued]
Despite a horrendous year-over-year sales decline globally in the first quarter, including in California, Tesla’s two mass-market models topped the automobile sales charts in California in the 1st quarter. Well, instead of taking first and second place, as they had previously, they took first and third. Close enough. The Tesla … [continued]
Elon Musk said this week that there are no consumer demand concerns at Tesla*. However, he also said last year that they’d have sales growth in 2024, and it ended up they had a sales decline. He also said that Tesla would grow 50% a year on average in the … [continued]
BYD hit a significant milestone in April when it outsold Tesla in Europe, where Notthvolt is finding itself in financial turmoil.
Tesla bulls are still very bullish on the company, but if you told them two years ago that Tesla sales would drop significantly in 2024 and the beginning of 2025, they’d call you crazy, stupid, evil, and not worth listening to. They’d tell you about how many reservations there were … [continued]
In response to a good and interesting article from Jennifer Sensiba regarding Tesla failures caused by Elon Musk, one reader, Roger Lambert, had a critique and his own clear take on why the Cybertruck has failed. He also adds a few more Elon Musk failures that have hurt Tesla. To … [continued]
In a newly released Bloomberg dialogue conducted by Mishal Husain, Musk evades responsibility for Tesla’s downward spiral, which many attribute to consumer dismay over Musk’s meddling in right-wing politics. When asked about Tesla’s “declining sales picture” and anticipated turn around timeframe, he had a quick response. Musk: “Oh, it’s already … [continued]
Who would have guessed that Tesla’s proprietary Supercharger standard would become the true universally adopted charging standard for North America? It was previously accepted that the standard in North America would be CCS. Tesla’s fabulous Supercharger system used to be available only to Teslas. This made Tesla the only choice … [continued]
Having trashed the Tesla brand with his activities as head of “DOGE,” CEO Elon Musk has added a potential honeybee crisis to his list of accomplishments.
