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According to https://www.drive.com.au/news/tesla-model-y-worlds-best-sell...
I think the car advice journalism is hopelessly polarised and political, like everything else. Sad.
This is such dodgy reframing that I feel compelled to fix it: "EV sales are up 14%. Manufacturers other than Tesla made up the bulk of that".
> Electric sales were up 14 percent as a whole, which is a promising number. Yet, when you take Tesla out of the equation, those numbers skyrocket: Non-Tesla EV sales grew a full 69 percent over the same period. Nice This is such dodgy reframing that I feel compelled to fix it: "EV sales are up 14%. Manufacturers other than Tesla made up the bulk of that".
> Sales data from April, collected by Automotive News, shows growth in the EV market outpacing that of vehicles as a whole. Electric sales were up 14 percent as a whole, which is a promising number. Yet, when you take Tesla out of the equation, those numbers skyrocket: Non-Tesla EV sales grew a full 69 percent over the same period.
Maybe Tesla's market/customer base has just saturated.
EVs aren’t very popular with the average right wingers.
Ah. Just a stroke of good luck that Musk's $48 billion package has be approved by the shareholders then..
But it was approved a while ago, except for some reason Delaware went against precedent and disallowed it so they moved to Texas where it was re-approved.
Clicking through to the source—or at least the part that’s not paywalled—it’s not clear how great that 69% increase is. It’s described as the result of heavy incentives to clear excess inventory.
> Electric sales were up 14 percent as a whole, which is a promising number. Yet, when you take Tesla out of the equation, those numbers skyrocket: Non-Tesla EV sales grew a full 69 percent over the same period. Nice This is such dodgy reframing that I feel compelled to fix it: "EV sales are up 14%. Manufacturers other than Tesla made up the bulk of that".
Suppose Tesla had 99% market share at the start of the period. Sales of the entire market growing by 14% could be explained by 13.44% growth for Telsa's share and 69% growth for the other 1% market share.
without knowing the absolute values, the headline is fairly meaningless
> Sales data from April, collected by Automotive News, shows growth in the EV market outpacing that of vehicles as a whole. Electric sales were up 14 percent as a whole, which is a promising number. Yet, when you take Tesla out of the equation, those numbers skyrocket: Non-Tesla EV sales grew a full 69 percent over the same period.
Maybe Tesla's market/customer base has just saturated.
Go look at the Invesco QQQ ETF on Morningstar and they're the only loss in the top 10. Also why you diversify your investments and don't go all in on TSLA. Ride it, dump it.
And yet "Tesla Y has taken the top spot on the sales chart, outselling the Corolla in 2023 as the world's most popular passenger car." According to https://www.drive.com.au/news/tesla-model-y-worlds-best-sell... I think the car advice journalism is hopelessly polarised and political, like everything else. Sad.
Not sure why you’re coming to such a weird conclusion from two sets of facts that are mutually compatible.
Tesla makes the best-selling EVs. We don’t have sales numbers for Q1, but they’re probably in line with 2023. The news is that while most of 2023 involved reporting on how EV sales were flagging, on review, we find EV sales are growing fine, it’s Tesla’s that are stable. That means they’ll continue to be a top seller. But less top than before.
I am in the market for a new vehicle and am strongly considering purchasing an EV. Tesla’s lineup seems stale to me. The Model 3 is relatively modern. However, the Model Y is due for a refresh but project Juniper has been delayed. The Model X, and S are also stale. Competition offers fresh models with more better build quality and design. Tesla seems to be falling behind.