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> > True, I haven't seen too many i models on the streets, but I haven't seen too many of competitor's electric models either. > Anecdotes. I see Teslas all th
by PinguTS 11y ago
> > True, I haven't seen too many i models on the streets, but I haven't seen too many of competitor's electric models either.
> Anecdotes. I see Teslas all the time. Neither of us is seeing a representative sample.
I have seen only 3 Teslas on the road in my lifetime, besides some promo by the Tesla store. 2 of them just last weekend on the Autobahn and they where slow as a turtle with about 120 km/h. I was going by with about 180 km/h.
> > So the market is still not quite ready for them
> Tesla has 325,000 preorders.
Funfact: Nissan has already sold and delivered much more Leaf (>1 Million) than Tesla will produce by 2020. But everybody talks about Tesla as the game changer.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoAnecdotes incoming! > I have seen only 3 Teslas on the road in my lifetime, besides some promo by the Tesla store. 2 of them just last weekend on the Autobahn and they where slow as a turtle with about 120 km/h. I was going by with about 180 km/h. I see a Tesla almost every day - it's parked outside of the office. There are at least two more that can be spotted on the grounds of University I went to. When I was in Norway last year, I played the game of "spot the Tesla". I counted 13+ over the course few days.
- jsjohnst 11y agoI travel all over the world and have seen literally thousands of them myself. In NYC/SF/LA area, a day doesn't go by where I don't see at least a few during the course of the day. I saw 2 in Nashville, TN area two weeks ago. I saw 4 in Dubai last week and 1 in Abu Dhabi. I've seen them in England, Amsterdam, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Czech Republic, Canada, and more in the past two years. It's likely I see them more because I'm looking for them subconsciously (I think in part because I want one, just can't justify owning one as I rarely drive at home in NYC) and you just don't care. What your brain/eyes "see" is very heavily biased on a personal level.
- sanj 11y agoDo you have a source for Leaf sales figures? Minor googling says that they're wrong: http://www.hybridcars.com/2016-nissan-leaf-sales-did-not-break-sales-slump-in-december/ http://www.hybridcars.com/2016-nissan-leaf-sales-did-not-bre...
- lagadu 11y ago> I have seen only 3 Teslas on the road in my lifetime, besides some promo by the Tesla store. Like he said, anecdote. I guarantee I'll see more than 3 teslas when I walk to the metro station later today when I leave work. I live in Copenhagen. See, anecdotes go both ways and prove nothing.