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That is also not guaranteed. VW (with its array of brands) leads the european BEV market by a lot. [1] (sorry I only found data for April 2026 right now but ear
by arlcode 4mo ago
That is also not guaranteed. VW (with its array of brands) leads the european BEV market by a lot. [1] (sorry I only found data for April 2026 right now but earlier months were similar)
One additional point of data. In Q1 of this year they delivered 200K BEV worldwide [2] while Tesla did 350k [3].
Calling that 10 years behind is not warranted in my opinion. I would agree to say competitive and challenged.
[1] https://cleantechnica.com/2026/06/01/europe-ev-sales-report-bevs-jump-42-and-reach-23-market-share/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/06/01/europe-ev-sales-report-...
[2] https://www.volkswagen-group.com/de/pressemitteilungen/volkswagen-group-haelt-marktanteil-stabil-bei-ruecklaeufigem-weltmarkt-in-q1-20313 https://www.volkswagen-group.com/de/pressemitteilungen/volks...
[3] https://ir.tesla.com/press-release/tesla-first-quarter-2026-production-deliveries-and-deployments https://ir.tesla.com/press-release/tesla-first-quarter-2026-...
- small_model 4mo agoVolume alone is a bad metric, Tesla makes profit on their EV's sales Mercedes makes a loss, not sustainable.