The US electric car market is at an interesting point. We’ve looked at the market as a whole, the top selling brands and auto groups, and the long-term trends of 7 top electric models. However, in that latter piece, we left out the electric giant of the US auto world, … [continued]
Following our quarterly report on US electric vehicle sales overall and broken down by model, let’s now get to the breakdown by brand and auto group. Instead of just looking at the 3rd quarter, though, I will compare quarter over quarter and year over year, since the most interesting thing … [continued]
As we all know, the US electric vehicle market had a great 3rd quarter due to the EV tax credit being given a death sentence and people rushing to buy EVs before October 1 arrive, but how good was the quarter? And which models benefited the most? And which models … [continued]
Economists from the National Bureau of Economic Research by Yale have done the hard work of trying to quantify the Tesla sales hit that has come from Elon Musk’s sharp, deep, radical turn to the right. It’s a daunting task. Without a doubt, it can’t be perfectly quantified. But kudos … [continued]
Overall, to me, Tesla’s financial trends don’t look good. However, there were some clear positives in Tesla’s 3rd quarter report as well. Additionally, even though Tesla’s financial trends look bad, the company does still have $41 billion in the bank, so there is no risk of bankruptcy or anything like … [continued]
Tesla has rolled out a number of new models recently in order to try to stimulate demand again and revive its growth. In China, it rolled out the Model Y L. And lest we forget, it was not that long ago that Tesla rolled out the upgraded Model Y everywhere. … [continued]
As expected, Tesla had a big quarter of sales in the 3rd quarter. With the US EV tax credit being phased out, many buyers rushed to get their Teslas while they could benefit from the financial subsidy. Some headlines have cheered Tesla’s record quarter, but I have to admit that … [continued]
August sales figures are in and BYD outsold Tesla in Europe for the second month in a row as the US company continues to struggle.
We’ve been covering Tesla’s sales drops for a while now, and I think the quarterly focus has actually come to obscure how much the EV giant has slid. No one is talking about Tesla’s targeted 50% growth a year any longer. However, Tesla bulls and fans are generally optimistic about … [continued]
After reporting on the overall US EV market and how it changed in Q2 2025 compared to Q2 2024, Q2 2023, Q2 2022, and Q2 2021, I want to now get into specific EV models and how their sales have changed over time. First of all, let me note that … [continued]
