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Cherry-picking Jan and Feb obscures the fact that the Bolt seems to be extremely competitive. Bolt outsold Tesla Model 3 by 3x in Dec (3,227 versus 1,060). And
by robterrell 9y ago
Cherry-picking Jan and Feb obscures the fact that the Bolt seems to be extremely competitive. Bolt outsold Tesla Model 3 by 3x in Dec (3,227 versus 1,060). And it's true that January was down for the Bolt, but not by 2x (1,177 versus 1,875).
Tesla's production woes are a serious problem. My i3 lease is up in a couple of months and I can't even consider replacing it with a Model 3, since the end of the reservation line is years out.
- slg 9y agoAccording to the previously mentioned Bloomberg tracker, Tesla built 5,933 in January and February. Tesla is selling and delivering the Model 3 as fast as they can built them. GM delivered 2,601 Bolts in January and February. Choosing January and February is not cherry picking because Tesla is ramping up production of the Model 3. That said, I acknowledge that the Bolt may have some seasonal effect that greatly increased sales at the end of last year when compared to the beginning of this year. Let's expand the January-February window back another month to account for that. We get 6,993 Model 3s versus 5,828 Bolts. No longer over 2x but still clearly outselling the Bolt.
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