Jaguar and Audi SUVs Fail to Dent Tesla’s Electric-Car Dominance

Re:Jaguar and Audi SUVs Fail to Dent Tesla’s Electric-Car Do... by reitzensteinm on Monday August 19, 2019 @02:54AM (#20735494)

The Model 3 is cleaning up in Norway, but the new contenders are absolutely "making a dent" with respect to S&X sales. Both the e-tron and I Pace are individually outselling S&X combined to date in 2019.

This is likely due to pent up demand, but it does show that Tesla's absolute domination of the US market hasn't played out in Europe.

If you're interested in widespread EV adoption, this is probably ideal. It's concerning to me that Tesla may have so much mind share that even genuine competitors once they arrive will struggle to sell enough to be profitable.

In which case, the steady state will be legacy auto makers doing the bare minimum as required under emissions legislation. In the EU that's probably ok, but not in the US.

Norway 2019 sales for reference:

Model 3: 10976 VW Golf: 6533 Leaf: 5441 BMW i3: 3671 E-Tron: 3114 I-Pace: 2372 IONIQ: 2168 Zoe: 1775 Model X: 1344 Model S: 969

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Re:Jaguar and Audi SUVs Fail to Dent Tesla’s Electric-Car Do... by SideburnsOfDoom on Monday August 19, 2019 @06:05AM (#20736407)

I was in Oslo in 2018, before the Model 3 came out. I saw very many Electric vehicles on the roads, including numerous Teslas.

Now, add to that the model 3 outselling the Model S by a factor of 11 to 1 this year, that is amazing.

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