Honda Insight - 1999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Insight
Toyota Prius - 1997 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Prius
Re:Tesla Second Quarter 2018 Update
by aunty_helen on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @07:04PM
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From wikipedia:
>Total global cumulative sales for the first generation Insight were 17,020 units
Thats for '00-'06 sales. idk what the first year sales were but the Pirus was on the scene very soon after the Insight.
The other obvious thing, the Insight looked like a car for weirdos. Something that tesla and later model prius / leaf's have tried to avoid.
I think we may be misremembering this. The Prius dates back to 1996, when it was based on the Echo. The Insight was '99.
Edit: Okay, maybe 1996 in Japan? According to this Wikipedia link, the Insight DOES predate the Prius but only in the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_electric_vehicles_in_th...
Re:Tesla Second Quarter 2018 Update
by aunty_helen on Thursday August 02, 2018 @06:04PM
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Good link, to answer my own question, the first year insight sales were (drum roll): 17.
Re:Tesla Second Quarter 2018 Update
by gamblor956 on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @06:50PM
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Honda Insight was never offered for sale, lease only. I'm not including leases because Tesla does not lease their cars and lease stats are more than a simple Google search away. But if we were to include leases, Prius' stats would look even better.
Re:Tesla Second Quarter 2018 Update
by dragonwriter on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @06:55PM
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> Honda Insight was never offered for sale, lease only.
No, 17,000 or so were sold, and it was the first mass produced hybrid sold in the US.
Your arguments continue to devolve into uninformed or utter bad faith.
The insight WAS offered for sale, and Tesla DOES lease their cars[1]
The first incarnation of the Honda Insight was before the Prius, and somewhat successful before the Prius came on the scene and took over.