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Re:Tesla Shares Drop on Reducing Model S, X Production Hours by agumonkey on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @03:04PM (#18982203)
I'm still blaming him the EV market becoming mainstream..
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Re:Tesla Shares Drop on Reducing Model S, X Production Hours by olyjohn on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @04:01PM (#18982898)
Curious how so? The Leaf beat the Model S to market by 2 years. And through 2018, has sold 126,000+ units in the US (worldwide production blows away Tesla). Tesla has sold 140,000+ Model S's in the US during the same period.

The Leaf is actually affordable for regular people. The Leaf is the mainstream EV.

Also, what other EVs are out there in mass quantities? The Bolt only just came out, same with the i3? That's not a huge mainstream market at all.

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Re:Tesla Shares Drop on Reducing Model S, X Production Hours by davidgould on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @07:32PM (#18984818)
To correct a few errors and omissions in the parent:

Tesla sold 141000 Model 3 in the US in addition to the 126000 Model S and X you note in that period. The total is 267000 cars in the US compared to the leafs 126000.

The i3 has been available in the US since 2014, the Bolt since 2016, which is hardly "just came out". However neither car sells in volume, both are well below 2000 per month over that period.

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