BMW Overtakes Tesla in European EV Sales for First Time

Post by jeffbee » Fri, Aug 23, 2024, 10:58 PM UTC

Etheryte wrote: post #6

electronbeam wrote: post #2

Maybe I’m in a bubble, but I didn’t even notice BMW had EVs

While BMW does have some models that are blatantly electric like the i3, most of their electric cars look pretty much just like the regular gasoline ones. I think it's a clever move that taps into their existing market dynamic.

Post by nicce » Fri, Aug 23, 2024, 11:00 PM UTC

the_mitsuhiko wrote: post #10

electronbeam wrote: post #2

Maybe I’m in a bubble, but I didn’t even notice BMW had EVs

Cannot judge if you are in a bubble but BMW has more variety for electric models than Tesla. There are probably some customers that care.

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Aug 23, 2024, 11:02 PM UTC

streptomycin wrote: post #9

jeffbee wrote: post #5

How much of this is driven by lumpy delivery? Tesla used to do this all the time: book thousands of orders, send them all over on a boat at once, then announce that they were the top-selling car in Swagistan (for that month, and no longer time scale). Is it the same story for BMW?

Yes https://i.imgur.com/ZNv1AyD.jpg Although BMW is making some nice EVs and they are selling more than they used to, the headline is misleading.

Post by reducesuffering » Fri, Aug 23, 2024, 11:03 PM UTC

nicce wrote: post #13

the_mitsuhiko wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Cannot judge if you are in a bubble but BMW has more variety for electric models than Tesla. There are probably some customers that care.

I would never buy Tesla personally if there is an alrernative with decades of experience, like BMW

Post by readyplayernull » Fri, Aug 23, 2024, 11:06 PM UTC

jeffbee wrote: post #11

Etheryte wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While BMW does have some models that are blatantly electric like the i3, most of their electric cars look pretty much just like the regular gasoline ones. I think it's a clever move that taps into their existing market dynamic.

> most of their electric cars look pretty much just like the regular gasoline ones Right, they have disguised the electric ones as phenomenally ugly late-stage German cars, so you can't really tell they are electric without getting closer than you'd really like. From a safe distance it just looks like any other BMW with grill cancer.