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Re:Tesla Second Quarter 2018 Update by aunty_helen on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @07:04PM (#17667863)
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.

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Re:Tesla Second Quarter 2018 Update by rconti on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @07:36PM (#17668041)
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...

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Re:Tesla Second Quarter 2018 Update by aunty_helen on Thursday August 02, 2018 @06:04PM (#17675863)
Good link, to answer my own question, the first year insight sales were (drum roll): 17.
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