US Auto Industry Down 8% Since 2019
CleanTechnica EVs
SEPTEMBER 24, 2023
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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CleanTechnica EVs
SEPTEMBER 24, 2023
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.
Baua Electric
JANUARY 23, 2024
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CleanTechnica EVs
FEBRUARY 26, 2023
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%).
CleanTechnica EVs
OCTOBER 18, 2021
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%.
CleanTechnica EVs
FEBRUARY 26, 2023
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?
CN EV Post
MARCH 9, 2023
A rare price stampede is taking place in the Chinese auto market. Image from BMW China Weibo) As a large number of car companies in China are offering huge subsidies or price cuts, BMW is offering more than 100,000 yuan ($14,360) off its all-electric model, the i3, according to local media.
Teslarati
JANUARY 6, 2023
The stocks of German luxury automakers, including Mercedes, Porsche, and BMW, have remained strong in recent months despite numerous disruptions. Say what you will about Tesla stock, but over the past year, the one thing it has been, is volatile. BMW stock chart by TradingView. P911 stock chart by TradingView.
Teslarati
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
The Tesla Model Y was the best-selling electric vehicle in Germany in January. Tesla has found astounding success in the German market. Recently, the German KBA, the agency which monitors vehicle registrations, found that Tesla sales had grown by more than 900% compared to January 2021. What do you think of the article?
CleanTechnica EVs
OCTOBER 18, 2021
I just published a report highlighting the fact that Tesla’s US sales have been growing as the overall auto market has tanked, and I also published one looking at companies’ EV share of auto sales (Tesla being at 100%, of course). I nearly closed all my Google Sheets and left the topic of US EV […].
Green Car Reports
JUNE 28, 2017
Today, we've got some auto-industry analysis on BMW's electric cars, two updates on recent stories, a look at Tesla's latest Autopilot, and a takedown of a bizarre Swedish study of the environmental impact of electric cars. With the BMW i5 dedicated electric crossover now apparently dead, and an all-electric.
Green Car Reports
AUGUST 15, 2017
Today, Tesla and its impact on the German auto industry crop up in two very different reports, you can get $10,000 off an electric car (if you live in San Diego), and we honor Dull and Boring drivers. With continued attention on Tesla's latest product, we ask: is the BMW 3-Series the most direct competitor.
CN EV Post
MARCH 13, 2023
Tesla 's insurance registrations last week in China were higher than the previous week's 13,266, while NIO 's were lower than the previous week's 3,345. Tesla vehicles saw 17,032 insurance registrations in China last week, higher than the previous week's 13,266. This article is being updated, please refresh later for more content.
Baua Electric
JANUARY 8, 2024
Tesla (TSLA) has reportedly grown its deliveries by 25% in the US last year to now hold a 4.2% market share of the US auto market. It wasn’t that long ago that many bigwigs in the auto industry didn’t see Tesla ever being more than a niche automaker. With that increase, Tesla now holds a 4.2%
Teslarati
JANUARY 3, 2022
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.
CleanTechnica EVs
APRIL 23, 2023
It’s time for another quarterly report on US auto sales. Like a few other major news outlets, I track total quarterly sales of the US auto industry, but I also conduct a thorough analysis of the trends of each automaker.
CN EV Post
APRIL 12, 2023
Starting this week, insurance registration data will no longer be available, with Li Auto's sharing a surprise exception. The major sources that provide insurance registration data for China's auto industry have stopped sharing the data, but Li Auto (NASDAQ: LI) has shared content that allows us to still have access to some of the data.
Teslarati
JULY 22, 2021
Companies around the globe have been affected by the global chip shortage, including US automakers like Ford, General Motors, and Tesla. . Elon Musk admitted Tesla was affected by the chip shortage in the last earnings call. The Tesla Model S Plaid’s initial production was delayed due to chip supply shortages.
CleanTechnica EVs
DECEMBER 17, 2023
The US auto industry is bouncing back compared to the past couple of years, but it’s still significantly below its. continued] The post US Auto Sales Down 8% in Q3 2023 vs. Q3 2019 appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Green Car Reports
MARCH 11, 2015
Today we''ve got a proposal from an auto industry trade group that wants to give carmakers extra fuel-economy credits for building safer cars, a report on Tesla Model S delivery times, and a video road test of the 2015 BMW i8 plug-in hybrid. Check out our video road test of the 2015 BMW i8 plug-in hybrid coupe.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 20, 2020
Joining BMW, Ford and FCA in suspension of production in the US due to COVID-19 ( earlier post ) are: Toyota is temporarily suspending production at all of its automobile and components plants in North America, including Canada, Mexico and the US, through 3 April. Tesla will suspend production at its Fremont plant on 23 March.
CleanTechnica EVs
JULY 12, 2021
Another quarter has wrapped up and we have more grand trends in the US auto industry. In the charts and text below, I’m comparing Q2 2021 (the second quarter of 2021) with Q2 2020 and also with Q2 2019. Naturally, year-over-year changes are interesting, but given how unique last year was, I think it’s more […].
Baua Electric
MARCH 23, 2024
The auto industry is electrifying, and all new cars will be electric in the relatively near future. And yet, the auto industry – which is responsible for more pollution than any other sector, at least in rich countries – still lobbies to worsen emissions reduction targets, even when those targets were already pushed back to begin with.
CN EV Post
MARCH 9, 2023
The China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) announced on March 9 the top selling models and car companies in China in February, presenting a panoramic view of the Chinese auto industry. CnEVPost highlighted the NIO ET5 and Tesla 's Model Y on these lists in yesterday's articles. 10 BMW 5 Series 25,737 35,444 -27.4%
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 26, 2016
The auto industry is divided on the issue. While Tesla won’t be involved in second life, BMW, Nissan and Mercedes Benz have second-life stationary storage projects in place. In contrast, repurposing used EV batteries could cost as little as $49/kWh in 2018, with an additional $400/kWh cost to convert to stationary.
Teslarati
FEBRUARY 25, 2023
Mercedes CTO, Markus Schaefer, has confirmed that the automaker’s autonomous driving system DRIVE Pilot will be making its way to China to challenge Tesla’s Full Self Driving offering in the country. Tesla has now removed numerous sensors around its vehicles to focus on camera-guided autonomous driving.
CN EV Post
APRIL 12, 2023
The China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) announced on April 11 the top selling models and car companies in China in March, presenting a panoramic view of the Chinese auto industry. CnEVPost highlighted the NIO ET5 and Tesla's Model Y on these lists in yesterday's articles. 6 Tesla China 76,663 65,754 16.6%
Green Car Reports
MAY 4, 2016
For a decade now, Tesla Motors has been the "black swan" of the auto industry. It's a California company startup, founded from scratch, using a new powertrain, that against all odds has sold more than 100,000 electric cars and created a brand known worldwide.
Push EVs
JULY 15, 2023
Overall auto volume was 280,047 units, up 24.7% The Tesla Model Y was the best selling BEV in June, and third best seller of any auto. Best selling BEVs in June The Tesla Model Y was the best selling BEV in June (6,098 units), and third best selling of any vehicle in Germany. With combined plugin EVs at 24.6%
Push EVs
JULY 12, 2023
Overall auto volume was 28,283 units, up some 9% YoY, though still below pre-2020 norms. The Tesla Model Y was June’s best selling vehicle. Bestselling BEVs The Tesla Model Y once again took the top spot in June, making it the leader for 3 of the past 4 months, not just in BEVs, but in the overall market. a year ago.
Green Car Reports
MARCH 8, 2015
It''s safe to say that the success of the Tesla Model S electric car hasn''t gone unnoticed in the rest of the auto industry. Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Porsche are all rumored to be working on Tesla-rivaling luxury plug-in cars.
CleanTechnica EVs
JULY 16, 2021
The unfortunate thing for those of us who would like to see Europe-level EV sales as quickly as possible is that non-Tesla EV sales in the US are quite pitiful. Of course, some pure-Tesla fans are happy about […]. I wrote a piece last week on US electric vehicle sales in the 2nd quarter of 2021.
Push EVs
APRIL 7, 2023
Sweden’s plugin electric vehicles took almost 60% of the auto market in March, up from 55.6% Overall auto market volume was 30,261 units, up some 5% YoY, though still below historical seasonal norms. The Tesla Model Y was the overall best selling vehicle of any kind, taking 10.6% of all passenger auto sales! year on year.
Push EVs
APRIL 13, 2023
Overall auto volume was 287,825 units, up some 18% YoY, though still some 19% down from March 2019 levels. The Tesla Model Y was the UK’s overall best selling auto in March. Leading BEV Brands Tesla had yet another knock-out performance from the Model Y in the UK in March. BMW, however, slid from 3rd in Q4, to 6th in Q1.
Baua Electric
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
After topping Tesla in the final three months of 2023, BYD is starting the year off strong with EV sales rising another 50% in January. With 526,409 EVs sold in the final three months of 2023, BYD topped Tesla’s 484,507 deliveries for the EV sales crown. It’s about transitioning the auto industry for a sustainable future.
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 28, 2016
At times, those of us who cover the auto industry fall prey to stereotypes of the German auto industry. It can seem to observers that the collective belief of BMW, Daimler, and VW Group is that nothing happens in the industry until it's been done by one of their three companies—preferably all three.
Baua Electric
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
President of the ACEA and CEO of Renault, Luca de Meo told the press this week at the Geneva Motor Show that the auto industry wants no part in arguing “against the regulation,” reports Automotive New Europe. “We But the ACEA, Europe’s automakers association, said that it is not pushing back and is all in with the EV future.
Baua Electric
JANUARY 31, 2024
Still, even after the subsidy loss, automakers like Tesla, VW, Audi, Stellantis, and Mercedes-Benz have jumped in to compensate for it, at least for a little while. But peaks and valleys are par for the course in the auto industry, and EVs certainly aren’t immune to this.
CleanTechnica EVs
APRIL 25, 2023
The Mexican auto industry has grown sevenfold since the 1960s and doubled its output since the 1990s, when it was granted full access to the US market. […] Giant amongst developing nations, Mexico stands currently as the seventh-largest automobile producer in the world (in number of units).
Push EVs
JULY 13, 2023
Norway’s Bestsellers As usual, the Tesla Model Y is again the bestseller, with 3,125 units, almost 3x the volume of the runner up Volkswagen ID.4. Let’s now view the longer perspective: In the 3-month view, the Tesla Model Y is still incredibly dominant, with around 2.8x The third place goes to the Skoda Enyaq. PushEVs.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019
The auto industry is also battling an awareness issue with the new technology. Companies such as Tesla, BMW, and Toyota are considered most likely to build a safe and reliable Autonomous Driving Vehicle in the next five years. Another big worry for consumers is the security of the vehicle’s data.
Teslarati
AUGUST 12, 2022
First, Ford’s investment into Solid Power , a Colorado-based battery lab working on solid-state batteries, has yielded rumoredly ready-to-ship prototypes to Ford and the other major investor BMW by the end of this year. Consumers should be painfully familiar with supply shortages in the auto industry.
Teslarati
APRIL 26, 2021
Tesla’s ( NASDAQ:TSLA ) first-quarter earnings call comes on the heels of an impressive quarter that saw the electric car maker post $10.389 billion in revenue and non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.93, beating Wall Street’s expectations. Credit: Tesla. The following are live updates from Tesla’s Q1 2021 earnings call.
CleanTechnica EVs
OCTOBER 12, 2022
US auto sales were up 1% in the 3rd quarter of 2022 compared to the 3rd quarter of 2021, but they were down 13% compared to the 3rd quarter of 2020 and down 21% compared to the 3rd quarter of 2019, which we use as a bit of a control year since it was before […].
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