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The title may be literally true, but is very misleading. Many of the sales booked to Tesla in California are intended for buyers in other states that lack a Te
by auctiontheory 13y ago
The title may be literally true, but is very misleading.
Many of the sales booked to Tesla in California are intended for buyers in other states that lack a Tesla dealership (but do have Porsche and Jaguar dealerships).
- deltaqueue 13y agoThis was my initial thought given the dealership limitations in North Carolina, Virginia, Texas, Minnesota, and New York, but do you know for sure how out-of-state sales work? I'm asking because the report seems to use registrations and not just sales figures to describe the numbers in California[1]. To my knowledge a registration only occurs in the state where you're going to use the vehicle, but I don't know if the process varies for these trouble states. [1] http://www.cncda.org/secure/GetFile.aspx?ID=2583 http://www.cncda.org/secure/GetFile.aspx?ID=2583
- teleclimber 13y agoThe article refers to "registrations" in CA. Presumably Teslas sold to out-of-state buyers do not count towards that number. Anecdotally, whenever I am in the Brentwood/Santa Monica/other nice areas of West LA, Tesla sightings are getting very common. It's like the next Prius around here.
- hippee-lee 13y agoI'm up in Westlake Village and it's almost daily. My first grade daughter points them out to me ( I talk to her about cool logos and over such things ). She will say, "Daddy theres a Tesla logo. " I'll say, "Where and what color." Immediately followed by, " Oh yeah, right you are. Good eye."
- pbreit 13y agoAre you speculating or can you point to some evidence? My understanding is that the numbers report "registrations", not "sales", which would be contrary to your assertion.