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US Auto Industry Down 8% Since 2019

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It’s time for another one of our quarterly US auto sales reports. No other media outlet compares US auto industry trends with as much history and depth as we do in these.

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US Auto Industry Down 3+ Million Sales (19%) Since 2019

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The US auto industry has been declining steadily for a few years at least. Compared to 2021, the American auto industry’s annual sales were down by more than 1 million units, or 8%. Compared to 2020, there were “only” down by 725,726 units (5%).

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US Auto Industry Up 10% In 4th Quarter — But Down 16% Compared To Q4 2019

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The US auto industry is truly on the rebound. Seemingly not, as US auto industry sales in the 4th quarter of 2022 were 10% higher than […] In the 3rd quarter, sales increasing 1% compared to the 3rd quarter of 2021, the first positive trend in a while. But was it just a lucky little blip?

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Tesla US Sales Up 104% While US Auto Industry Down 22%

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Comparing the 3rd quarter of 2021 to the 3rd quarter of 2020, US Tesla sales were up 67% while overall US auto sales were down 13%. Compared to 2019, the difference was even more stark — Tesla sales were up 104% and US auto sales were down 22%.

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Legacy Auto Paid To Advertise EVs On SNL Last Night, While Tesla’s Elon Musk Hosted

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In a move that proves that Tesla is the leader of the auto industry in at least one sense, legacy automakers — Ford, Audi, and VW scrambled to get some EV advertising on Saturday Night Live last night. Lucid also joined the legacy automakers in this endeavor. This is a win for those of us […].

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Tesla Commits To IAA Mobility Show In Munich

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But while it might be true that auto shows aren’t the extravaganzas they once were, it can also be true that there’s still life in the industry and a reason to attend.& Interestingly, VinFast will be at the show, as well as Opel, Renault, Rimac, Porsche, and Audi. Here in the U.S.,

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Tesla gets new neighbor as Germany’s IG Metall union builds office near Giga Berlin

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Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin has a new neighbor in the form of an office from Germany’s largest union, IG Metall. In a statement to the German press agency , IG Metall district manager for Berlin, Brandenburg, and Saxony Birgit Dietze noted that the workers union would like to represent as many Tesla employees as possible.

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