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Porsche Q1 sales soar, but Taycan production issues remain

Teslarati

Porsche has released its Q1 sales report, and it’s a mixed bag for Europe’s most valuable car maker. Despite Porsche’s limited EV offerings compared to its traditional rivals and its newest competitor, Tesla, the brand has been making headway, with sales climbing consistently quarter over quarter.

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Premium EV bargain hunting? 2024’s best cut-price prestige electric buys

EV Central

A mate bought a pre-loved Porsche Taycan RWD last week. But have you heard Porsche doesn’t mind charging for a few extras? 2022 BMW i7 xDrive60 – $205,000 (-$93,000) The BMW i7 – accelerating towards chunky depreciation. A similar-sized BMW X5 M Competition with thumping 4.4-litre

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California passes 1M mark for cumulative sales of electric vehicles: BEVs, PHEVs and FCEVs

Green Car Congress

The CEC updates its Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV) sales figures quarterly by analyzing DMV data. Specifically, cumulative sales through the end of 2021 were: 663,014 BEV (62.9%). For sales in 2021 only, the shares were: 183,933 BEV (73.5%). From CEC New ZEV Sales dashboard. Porsche: 2,350 Taycan (1.3% ).

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Tesla price cuts push EV market toward affordability with broader influence

Teslarati

While luxury automakers Audi, Mercedes-Benz, and Porsche all marked September 2023 with increases in pricing compared to the same month a year prior, Tesla helped offset these increases with cuts of its own in the United States. At last check, we had 15 new EV models for sale that were not available a year earlier.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

Porsche Taycan 6,822. It’s a robust list of a variety of models–the majority of which are focused on the hot crossover segment–with total sales of more than 150,000 from six major automaker groups. The German Juggernaut — the Volkswagen ID4, Audi E-tron(s) & Porsche Taycan. Tesla Model 3 80,681.

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Plug-in 2024 Audi Q8 to arrive later this year

EV Central

Natural plug-in rivals include the Range Rover Velar PHEV (from $132,800), BMW X5 50e ($149,990), Porsche Cayenne E-Hybrid Coupe ($161,600) and Volvo XC90 Recharge Ultimate PHEV ($125,990). Priced from $62,490 it was $24,000 more than an equivalent combustion A3, but at least undercut BMW’s i3 REx rival.

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Tesla inventory volumes in Europe indicate potential upcoming price cut

Teslarati

The revelation regarding Tesla’s European inventory spike was posted on Twitter by Troy Teslike , who tracks Tesla sales and production. Here is a chart that shows Tesla’s inventory in Europe over time (cars listed for sale on Tesla’s website): [link] Supply is not an issue anymore.

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