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The Model Y is literally the best selling car on earth across all categories and people on HN are still calling it a fantasy. This is just driven by partisan a

• jqpabc123 1y ago
  The fantasy projected by Tesla and sold to investors was a growth rate of 20-30% per year. The reality is Tesla has never accounted for more than 2% of light vehicle sales worldwide. And over the last 2 years; instead of spectacular growth, sales have actually declined.
• hakunin 1y ago
  To be fair to the people on HN, it wasn't them who made Elon partisan. It was Elon himself.
  • spwa4 1y ago
    Exactly, this is 100% deserved, even self-inflicted, damage. Not nearly enough.
  • atonse 1y ago
    Partisan or not, certain facts (like sales figures) should be treated as facts whether we like the person or not, right?
• ahahahahah 1y ago
  It's literally not, you're living in the past. While the model y was the best selling car in 2023, the RAV4 was the best selling car in 2024.
• Aloisius 1y ago
  It was the best selling car. It no longer is[1]. And of course, Tesla isn't even in the top 10 for top selling brands of cars. Only about 1 in 50 new cars being sold is a Tesla. Their valuation is largely based on hype. [1] https://www.thedrive.com/news/the-worlds-best-selling-car-is-no-longer-a-tesla https://www.thedrive.com/news/the-worlds-best-selling-car-is...