Tesla Model Y became the best-selling vehicle in Norway within a week

Re:Tesla Model Y became the best-selling vehicle in Norway w... by hawk_ on Thursday September 02, 2021 @10:24AM (#28392428)

Tesla makes/reports quarterly shipments so there are always spikes in the shipment months.

For example this has Model 3 in top 10 selling cars in Europe https://www.best-selling-cars.com/europe/2021-june-europe-ca... but if you check may or july, model 3 is no where. Makes me wonder if such promotion is paid for (And I am about to buy a Tesla, so nothing against them, just pointing out apparent tactics)

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Re:Tesla Model Y became the best-selling vehicle in Norway w... by tziki on Thursday September 02, 2021 @10:40AM (#28392648)

I'm also considering buying one, but Tesla is behind VW in EV sales in Europe overall, so I'm wondering why this is so upvoted and about the angle here.

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Re:Tesla Model Y became the best-selling vehicle in Norway w... by izacus on Thursday September 02, 2021 @10:44AM (#28392682)

It's most likely upvoted because:

- This place is predominately full of Americans which have little knowledge or access to european EVs (like the ones from VAG group).

- Tesla is a darling of certain fan techy population and gets a lot of hype and cheerleading from those people - which are also a large chunk of HN population.

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Re:Tesla Model Y became the best-selling vehicle in Norway w... by shuckles on Thursday September 02, 2021 @10:54AM (#28392819)

Heck, I rarely hear about the Honda e on here, which might be the most adorable and exciting EV on the market to me! Perhaps a simpler explanation is that this is a tech forum and not a car forum, and Tesla dominates mindshare in car “technology.”

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Re:Tesla Model Y became the best-selling vehicle in Norway w... by zbrozek on Thursday September 02, 2021 @11:51AM (#28393608)

It's really annoying that smaller cars aren't sold in the US. There's always claims that there's no appetite for them, but how do the car companies actually know that if none are on sale and therefore there's no data?

I just leased a Bolt, but likely would have opted for an id.3 if it were available to me. Or any number of other smaller cars.

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Re:Tesla Model Y became the best-selling vehicle in Norway w... by yurishimo on Thursday September 02, 2021 @12:00PM (#28393724)

I want one of these so badly. I know it's not really practical for an American to own outside of maybe 3 city centers across the country, but they look so freakin cool.

Unfortunately, importing one will not be possible until they reach antique status and by then who knows what will be wrong with them considering how much tech is inside. Honda makes great cars, but I don't expect any car with so many new tech features (screen mirrors!) to be operating at 100% after 25 years.

Also, by that time, I'm sure there will be other cool cars that have made it to the US market that fill a similar niche. I'm just annoyed they aren't available now!

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Re:Tesla Model Y became the best-selling vehicle in Norway w... by somedude895 on Thursday September 02, 2021 @12:19PM (#28393950)

I'm seriously considering trading in my Model S for a Honda E for the sole reason that... it just looks so damn cool! I was so excited when I first saw one in the flesh.

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Re:Tesla Model Y became the best-selling vehicle in Norway w... by sensitive-ears on Thursday September 02, 2021 @04:34PM (#28397002)

I really want to buy a Honda ebut, the range is so underwhelming. A Zoe isn't that much bigger, but gets 400km. It would be out only car do I don't think I want to take the risk on something low range

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Re:Tesla Model Y became the best-selling vehicle in Norway w... by drcross on Thursday September 02, 2021 @11:01AM (#28392910)

The Honda-E is too small, has too short range and over priced. Maybe that's the reason.

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Re:Tesla Model Y became the best-selling vehicle in Norway w... by dagw on Thursday September 02, 2021 @12:24PM (#28394017)

over priced.

How much does the Honda-E cost in the US? Here in Sweden the Honda starts at almost $20k cheaper than the cheapest Tesla Model 3. If I ever end up needing a commuter car, the Honda-E looks perfect.

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Re:Tesla Model Y became the best-selling vehicle in Norway w... by theluketaylor on Thursday September 02, 2021 @01:47PM (#28395111)

Honda is not bringing the e to North America at all, so there isn't any pricing to compare. If they were I'd be camped outside a dealer to get the first one.

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Re:Tesla Model Y became the best-selling vehicle in Norway w... by hawk_ on Thursday September 02, 2021 @10:51AM (#28392775)

I am personally buying a Tesla (in Europe) mainly because of the supercharger network. But I suspect the build quality of VW might be better.

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Re:Tesla Model Y became the best-selling vehicle in Norway w... by toomuchtodo on Thursday September 02, 2021 @10:54AM (#28392817)

Just took delivery of a Model Y in the US (Fremont build, VIN 249XXX), the quality is top notch. No paint issues/blemishes, no missing parts of fasteners, everything checked out (using this [1] checklist).

[1] https://github.com/polymorphic/tesla-model-y-checklist

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Re:Tesla Model Y became the best-selling vehicle in Norway w... by hawk_ on Thursday September 02, 2021 @11:01AM (#28392913)

The ones we are getting in Europe are still from Shanghai, not sure if that matters.

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Re:Tesla Model Y became the best-selling vehicle in Norway w... by toomuchtodo on Thursday September 02, 2021 @11:25AM (#28393233)

It does, units rolling out of Shanghai Gigafactory are of higher quality than Fremont. Based on reports of Model Y quality from various production points, can't go wrong (imho) with getting one regardless of where its being built. Looking forward to seeing the quality of those from Gigafactory Austin with Tesla's new single cast operation.

https://www.teslarati.com/teslas-model-y-giga-press-texas-tr...

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Re:Tesla Model Y became the best-selling vehicle in Norway w... by hawk_ on Thursday September 02, 2021 @01:41PM (#28395029)

is there a similar checklist for model 3?

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Re:Tesla Model Y became the best-selling vehicle in Norway w... by toomuchtodo on Thursday September 02, 2021 @02:12PM (#28395396)

You can use that same checklist I posted. There should be almost no delta except perhaps interior seating configuration. To confirm, "Model 3 checklist" returns several results, all of which seem comprehensive at a glance.

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Re:Tesla Model Y became the best-selling vehicle in Norway w... by clouddrover on Thursday September 02, 2021 @11:08AM (#28392984)

> mainly because of the supercharger network

I always find it amusing that people who use the internet think there's value in a closed network. You might as well be using AOL.

But the good news is Tesla claims that they will finally open their charging network to other brands:

https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/28/22596337/tesla-supercharg...

Tesla is doing this now to get access to government subsidies for charging infrastructure. Governments aren't going to fund single brand chargers.

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Re:Tesla Model Y became the best-selling vehicle in Norway w... by gibolt on Thursday September 02, 2021 @11:01AM (#28392912)

This is because Tesla has restricted sales while waiting for their Berlin factory to be finished. The Ys being delivered are because red tape slowed them down by ~6 months

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