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How much of this is driven by lumpy delivery? Tesla used to do this all the time: book thousands of orders, send them all over on a boat at once, then announce

How much of this is driven by lumpy delivery? Tesla used to do this all the time: book thousands of orders, send them all over on a boat at once, then announce that they were the top-selling car in Swagistan (for that month, and no longer time scale). Is it the same story for BMW?

streptomycin 2y ago
Yes https://i.imgur.com/ZNv1AyD.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ZNv1AyD.jpg Although BMW is making some nice EVs and they are selling more than they used to, the headline is misleading.
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- ultrablack 2y ago
  This! ^^ Tesla produce a lot of for the EU in China. They have a schedule where for each quarter, months 1, 2 and 3, in Month 1, they produce cars. In Month 2 they sail them over from China. And in Month 3, they arrive and are sold. BMW managed to overtake Tesla in the first month of Q3, barely. When Tesla really had no cars for sale.
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MBCook 2y ago
We've never known how poplar Tesla is vs electric cars. For a long time they were the only option outside of a few individual models (Leaf, i3, Volt). They were easily the most well known. We're at the point where Tesla will stop being a near default choice as people realize they have other options. So we'll start to find out what their popularity really is. The US has also been distorted by the charging network issue, but as more and more manufacturers get access to the Tesla network in the next few years that will cease to be an advantage too.
- devvvvvvv 2y ago
  We do know. Tesla wins, obviously in the US, and apparently also in Europe: https://i.imgur.com/ZNv1AyD.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ZNv1AyD.jpg https://imgur.com/56eG7CN https://imgur.com/56eG7CN Could it change? Maybe. But right now Tesla is the most popular EV in the US and Europe.
  - rsynnott 2y ago
    > and apparently also in Europe: I’m fairly sure that if you take Volkswagen AG as one vendor (which you probably should, because it is one), they outsell Tesla (they have about six brands producing electric cars, mostly rebrands of the VW id.3/4.)

streptomycin 2y ago

Yes https://i.imgur.com/ZNv1AyD.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ZNv1AyD.jpg Although BMW is making some nice EVs and they are selling more than they used to, the headline is misleading.

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ultrablack 2y ago
This! ^^ Tesla produce a lot of for the EU in China. They have a schedule where for each quarter, months 1, 2 and 3, in Month 1, they produce cars. In Month 2 they sail them over from China. And in Month 3, they arrive and are sold. BMW managed to overtake Tesla in the first month of Q3, barely. When Tesla really had no cars for sale.

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MBCook 2y ago

We've never known how poplar Tesla is vs electric cars. For a long time they were the only option outside of a few individual models (Leaf, i3, Volt). They were easily the most well known. We're at the point where Tesla will stop being a near default choice as people realize they have other options. So we'll start to find out what their popularity really is. The US has also been distorted by the charging network issue, but as more and more manufacturers get access to the Tesla network in the next few years that will cease to be an advantage too.

devvvvvvv 2y ago
We do know. Tesla wins, obviously in the US, and apparently also in Europe: https://i.imgur.com/ZNv1AyD.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ZNv1AyD.jpg https://imgur.com/56eG7CN https://imgur.com/56eG7CN Could it change? Maybe. But right now Tesla is the most popular EV in the US and Europe.
- rsynnott 2y ago
  > and apparently also in Europe: I’m fairly sure that if you take Volkswagen AG as one vendor (which you probably should, because it is one), they outsell Tesla (they have about six brands producing electric cars, mostly rebrands of the VW id.3/4.)