Tesla top March car sales in UK

[Mr Miserable]

Wow!

 

[candida]

It's everyone on here chopping in the one they bought six months ago for a new "Y"...

 

[yessuz]

a note: there were no Tesla sales in UK in January.
so in 2 months Teslas are doing quite well...

 

[delta0]

Not surprised at all. A lot of people has jumped onto EVs because of the high fuel prices. Good to see.

 

[my3nme]

I was at Heathrow this morning, I couldn’t believe the number of 3s and Ys just on one floor of the T3 short stay car park.

 

[Mr Miserable]

What no one can deny is that Tesla are embarrassing the mainstream motor industry by being able to supply in such numbers despite the chip shortage. It must be especially gaulling for the SMMT to have to name Tesla, who are not members of their organisation, in the top two slots for March. Their press release narrative makes no mention of Tesla!
It's a 'wake up and smell the coffee' moment.
It's such a shame Tesla don't have a PR department.

 

[scdoubleu]

It's such a shame Tesla don't have a PR department.

They do. It's called Elon.

 

[NewbieT]

They do. It's called Elon.

And he’s basically just bought Twitter.

 

[scrapps]

Man, I hope they are increasing the roll out of Superchargers to account for this. I was looking to rent an S in July when I return to land of my birth for a holiday, but the sparsity of Superchargers put me off

 

[WannabeOwner]

when I return to land of my birth for a holiday, but the sparsity of Superchargers put me off

Sounds like you need a re-cap

USA: 200 years is a long time

UK: 200 miles is a long way

240 Volts here, Plug it into a regular household socket and you'll get 7 miles per hour. If you get to destination by 6PM and don't leave until 9AM then that's 100 miles added.

 

[Adopado]

Man, I hope they are increasing the roll out of Superchargers to account for this. I was looking to rent an S in July when I return to land of my birth for a holiday, but the sparsity of Superchargers put me off

Teslas here have access to all the other brand chargers as well as Superchargers (not as good as Superchargers but quite a few options). I believe that's not the case n the US.

 

[browellm]

Are they still shipping quarterly? It skews the numbers a lot.

Still impressive, mind.

 

[Temper Tantrum]

Makes you wonder what Tesla residuals will be like in 2 or 3 years time with the way they are pumping them out just now.

 

[delta0]

Makes you wonder what Tesla residuals will be like in 2 or 3 years time with the way they are pumping them out just now.

I think the demand for EVs is only going to increase so residuals will be good for quite a while. Tesla are still making the best electric cars out there.

 

[MrMoonUK]

They were literally the only company to deliver cars this quarter. Be much more interesting when the others actually sort their chip supplies out

 

[Adopado]

They were literally the only company to deliver cars this quarter.

Clearly not!

 

[MrMoonUK]

Clearly not!

As far as EVs they were looking at numbers I don’t count ice

 

[Peteski]

What is remarkable is that these are also £50k+ cars outselling budget models from other brands.

 

[WannabeOwner]

Are they still shipping quarterly? It skews the numbers a lot.

What is remarkable is that these are also £50k+ cars outselling budget models from other brands.

Feb had strong figures, relatively, for Tesla MY and M3 too (no ships / sales in January I guess)

 

[WannabeOwner]

Makes you wonder what Tesla residuals will be like in 2 or 3 years time with the way they are pumping them out just now

I reckon that because demand is growing therefore X being sold now but in 3 years time the demand will be 2X. So twice as many people looking for a 2nd hand one as have been sold right now, so supply-&-demand will keep 2nd hand price strong. I think this has been the case all along (plus things like £Pound weakening and supply problems both driving up price of new, and dragging 2nd hand with it). I sold my 2015 MS 3.5 years and 95K miles later for 50%. In 2015 an MS purchase was nudging £100K ... any equivalent-spend BMW etc. ICE would have been "worthless" after driving it out of the showroom.

One thing that would rock 2nd hand price is if a brand has a "snag", given the newness of the Tech. Tesla buying batteries from a variety of sources might have that problem (as GM Bolt has done), but it is more likely to hit others who are new to all the EV stuff - albeit having had the benefit of taking a Tesla to bits to see how it was done before they started.