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In the whole 2019 (with a crazy december) Tesla Model 3 was the first car by number of sale (electric or not) https://cleantechnica.com/2020/01/08/tesla-model-
by guerby 6y ago
In the whole 2019 (with a crazy december) Tesla Model 3 was the first car by number of sale (electric or not)
https://cleantechnica.com/2020/01/08/tesla-model-3-shatters-all-records-in-historic-month-year-in-the-netherlands/ https://cleantechnica.com/2020/01/08/tesla-model-3-shatters-...
1 Tesla Model 3 29,922
2 VW Polo 12,920
3 Ford Focus 10,478
4 VW Golf 9,263
Number 2 to 4 are small cars.
But Tesla sale number per country just mean Tesla decided to allocate more cars to a specific country, as long as it is production constrained not much information about customer preferences from sales numbers.
- codfrantic 6y agoThis was specifically because starting in January this year tax breaks for electric cars were changed considerably for people leasing an electric car, specifically the more expensive ones.
- koenvdb 6y agoFocus and Golf are both similar sizes, I wouldn't say the VW Golf is a small car. (Nor would I say that about the new Polo, it's actually quite big)
- mcv 6y agoBack in the 1980s I considered the VW Golf a small car, but not anymore. Not sure if it's gotten larger since then, or my view of a small car has shrunk. But I don't think the Tesla 3 is that much larger than a Golf.
- jacquesm 6y agoThe new Polo is as large as the Golf used to be and the new Golf, especially the station is as large as the early model Passats. This is mostly an arms race, not so much on size as on crash safety, to maintain those precious stars car models creep up in their outside dimensions. Interiors are fairly static.