jkirkwood001
Active Member
I'm trying to tabulate final 2021 numbers for model sales to update my September projection (my sample acct at MarkLines has lapsed). In the meantime, I found this.
TMC seems to debate endlessly about if and when GM and / or Ford will drop the ball on EV, but I think we sometimes overlook Hyundai. Autocar indicates that Hyundai has just passed both Nissan and Ford to become global no.4. Globally, Hyundai sells more vehicles than either Ford or GM. I think Hyundai may be even more compelling (healthy) competition than VW considering tech, batteries, distribution:
Anecdotally, (finally!) my brother just became the second EV owner in my family when he bought an Ioniq 5. It's a pretty good car, even in Sandy's opinion, and costs - in Canada - roughly $20 K less than a comparable Model Y (AWD, 75+ KWh battery). Yes, we've noted their issue with pouch battery packs, but the software seems to put strict limits on charging rate accounting for the ambient temperature.
Time will tell.
TMC seems to debate endlessly about if and when GM and / or Ford will drop the ball on EV, but I think we sometimes overlook Hyundai. Autocar indicates that Hyundai has just passed both Nissan and Ford to become global no.4. Globally, Hyundai sells more vehicles than either Ford or GM. I think Hyundai may be even more compelling (healthy) competition than VW considering tech, batteries, distribution:
Anecdotally, (finally!) my brother just became the second EV owner in my family when he bought an Ioniq 5. It's a pretty good car, even in Sandy's opinion, and costs - in Canada - roughly $20 K less than a comparable Model Y (AWD, 75+ KWh battery). Yes, we've noted their issue with pouch battery packs, but the software seems to put strict limits on charging rate accounting for the ambient temperature.
Time will tell.