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I was wondering how HN was going to spin this. The problem with this argument is that the Model Y by itself outsold the entire BMW electric lineup combined. I
by sixQuarks 3y ago
I was wondering how HN was going to spin this. The problem with this argument is that the Model Y by itself outsold the entire BMW electric lineup combined. In fact, 4 times the entire combined amount.
- fshbbdssbbgdd 3y agoThis is goalpost-shifting from the title, which doesn’t limit the comparison to electric cars.
- croes 3y agoMaybe because the typical BMW customer prefers combustion engines. Look at the overall sales not just EV
- vardump 3y agoTesla sold 1,247,146 cars in 2022. This year somewhere between 1.6M - 2.0M. Last year BMW sold about 2.4M cars, so Tesla is quickly catching up in terms of numbers.
- fomine3 3y agoIt's better to just compare brand-to-brand EV sales, rather than per model. Only Tesla can sell same model so much. I wonder will people finally bored with too many same Tesla running on the road, and Tesla start expanding their lineup like Volkswagen, or people accept it like iPhone (have a dressing case like iPhone?).
- youngtaff 3y agoIMV, apart from the Model S Tesla’s are ugly cars The Y looks like an over inflated balloon (BMW, Mercedes, Mini and others have the same issue with some of their models) And the 3 just doesn’t look like anyone designed the front end — the angle of the junction between the bonnet (hood) and the windscreen is wrong, and the front grill just looks like someone forgot it needed designing
- perilunar 3y agoElectric cars don't need a front grill — there's no radiator. Putting a big grill on an electric car is as stupid as putting a fake horse head on a horseless carriage. (and I quite like the look of the Tesla 3 front end.)
- anticensor 3y agoBatteries do need temperature control.
- perilunar 3y agoSure, but electric cars are 90% efficient, and ICE only 40%. An ICE car is emitting roughly 6 times as much waste heat. BEVs do not need a big-arse radiator and grill.
- youngtaff 3y agoI know they don’t need a grille for cooling in the same way ice cars do but compare the ‘grille’ area of the ID3 with the Model 3 and it just looks like the Tesla designers didn’t know what to do with the space