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Re:Tesla boom lifts Norway's electric car sales to record ma... by Xylakant on Monday June 10, 2019 @02:23PM (#20149362)
But total is ~8k model 3 VS 54k leaf. People wanting a leaf could already buy one, while model 3 customers could only preorder. So these stats over a short timeframe only tell us that newer models sell better and that delivery of preorders skews the stats massively.
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Re:Tesla boom lifts Norway's electric car sales to record ma... by zaroth on Monday June 10, 2019 @03:09PM (#20149762)
Now you’re comparing total lifetime sales numbers for a model car that just started shipping in a market this February with a model that’s been shipping since, what, 2010?

Of course there’s nothing stopping Nissan from introducing a new upgraded Leaf in 2019. Maybe they did?

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Re:Tesla boom lifts Norway's electric car sales to record ma... by Xylakant on Monday June 10, 2019 @03:34PM (#20149986)
> Of course there’s nothing stopping Nissan from introducing a new upgraded Leaf in 2019. Maybe they did?

Yes they did. And it starts shipping to european customers this summer as per <1>. So you’re comparing preorder shipment numbers for tesla model 3 with previous gen leafs when a model refresh is coming and the new model can actually already be preordered. And the leaf still is not far behind in May.

<1> https://europe.nissannews.com/en-GB/releases/release-90b1ce8...

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