Fundamentals ~ Charts 101
Take a look at the InsideEVs monthly chart, if you have a moment. Tesla starts by selling from the top down, but I read the chart from the bottom up. Also review, time permitting, articles recently published about there being relatively no competition for Tesla. Also, if you are really bored, read about ICE auto makers touting their look at me EV line up. I am a slow reader, and been in hiding for awhile.
Monthly Plug-In Sales Scorecard
Looking at the US sales of less than full on ICE vehicles in 19xx, oops, 2018 from the bottom. Only six of these have any claim to total EV. Please use your white board eraser and get rid of the first 19 cars, at the very bottom, as of little or not consequence ~ really, not on the radar screen. Then you can doo doo the same for the next nine since by the end of August they had not sold above 2K for the year to date. While the eraser is functioning well, take out the next eight since they are under 10K. Now that you are on your second why bother Latte’ we can discuss real numbers. Before getting too excited, that leaves only six cars and four manufacturers that are in reality challengers ~ okay, I like the Leaf and included them even though they were not above 10K just yet. They were on the up tic with the newer model, even though still only one model.
While the Prius is up there in consistent numbers, it is not an all out EV, so when it comes down to basic US numbers, the only real competition is Tesla vs Tesla. I have owned two Preii’s (had to ask my wife how to spell Preii) while the gasoline mileage was better than any other car we ever owned, the seats suck. They are hard as a brick ~ while you may believe that makes me a hard a$$; I would counter not so at close to almost seventy something. My dry mouth humor aside, it was Toyota that said awhile back they were moving forward on EV technology and car production ~ stay awake back there
While the shorts say show me the money, I say show me the EVs.
What we are seeing is an attack much like my older kid neighbor that kicked me in my most vulnerable boys body part without wearing a catchers cup. I was just nine at the time, and he wanted my recently assembled wooden bird house. I crawled home crying from the bus stop, no adults home, called our neighbor friend half a mile away by barefoot in Quartz Hill, California and asked for help. Only had to remember four numbers in those days and ours was not a party line. Did not get doctor involved, but years later an army PA set me flying through the roof during a routine physical. I would swear a sniper had me in their sights. I lived through the medical review despite the escalation and waste of tax payer monies. After all, everything worked as advertised when creating our two rug rats, and I was still a lean mean killing machine.
Again, while the shorts say show me the money, I say show me the competition.
Keep in mind the Model K, pickup, BFT (truck), and newer roadster are on the horizon. FYI ~ when they go into production, please pull out the existing production ramp up charts of the S, X, and 3 from zero to . . . so no one, except the shorts get their hair on fire. Actually, I hope it is their dollars.
It was a good recovery day!