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.
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 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
FEBRUARY 26, 2023
The US auto industry is truly on the rebound. In the 3rd quarter, sales increasing 1% compared to the 3rd quarter of 2021, the first positive trend in a while. Seemingly not, as US auto industry sales in the 4th quarter of 2022 were 10% higher than […] But was it just a lucky little blip?
Baua Electric
JANUARY 23, 2024
Bosch, the world’s largest automotive supplier for Ford, GM, Toyota, VW, and BMW, among others, said last week that as many as 1,200 employers in its software and electronics division would be fired by the end of 2026, and that 80% of those cuts would take place at the Stuttgart-based headquarters in Germany. Get started here.
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. MBG stock chart by TradingView. Porsche has seen similar success.
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.
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.
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
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).
CleanTechnica EVs
JULY 16, 2021
I wrote a piece last week on US electric vehicle sales in the 2nd quarter of 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 […].
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 […].
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. BYD EV sales momentum continues in January BYD sold 105,304 fully electric cars last month, up 48% from the 71,338 handed over last year. BYD’s PHEV sales were up 21% to 95,715 last month.
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 […].
CN EV Post
APRIL 12, 2023
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. Li Auto didn't specify what the sales figure was based on, though they were apparently insurance registrations.
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.
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%
EV Adoption
DECEMBER 5, 2021
We are excited to announce the launch of the new EVAdoption Quarterly US Electric Vehicle Sales Scoreboard, beginning with sales data from Q3 of 2021. At launch, the Sales Scoreboard will only track sales of the 13 EVs for which sales are publicly reported by the OEMs.
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%
Push EVs
APRIL 7, 2023
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! of the auto market last December. BEVs alone took 41.6% of the market, up from 31.8% comprised 41.6%
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.
Baua Electric
JANUARY 31, 2024
Germany is Europe’s biggest auto market, and it’s been one of the main drivers of EV growth. But now that is expected to change course, as EV sales are projected to drop – by 14% – for the first time in eight years. But peaks and valleys are par for the course in the auto industry, and EVs certainly aren’t immune to this.
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. overall auto sales growth YoY, BEVs stayed just ahead of the broader market, with 18.6% BMW, however, slid from 3rd in Q4, to 6th in Q1.
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. BEVs also took a moderate trim to their incentives from January 1st, which led to relatively slow sales at the start of this year. With combined plugin EVs at 24.6% Their decent 11.2%
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 Plus, it’s free to use and you won’t get sales calls until you select an installer and share your phone number with them.
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.
Push EVs
JANUARY 9, 2023
The UK’s auto market saw plugin electric vehicles take 39.4% share of new sales in December, a new record, up from 33.2% Overall auto volumes were up 18% year on year in December, but still down compared to pre-2020 norms. The Tesla Model Y was the UK’s overall 3rd best selling vehicle in 2022, and the top seller in December.
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
APRIL 26, 2021
Tallying up US auto sales for Q1 2021 at long last, I was only slightly curious to see how they compared to Q1 2020 (and perhaps that’s why it took me so long). Clearly, with the US in lockdown for part of Q1 2020, it was just a poor quarter to compare to and this […].
Clean Fleet Report
JANUARY 4, 2022
Two years into 2022, while stories of the expected new EVs for the year were being published, Tesla announced it has delivered 308,600 vehicles worldwide in the fourth quarter, besting its own record for quarterly EV production. This was done in a year when almost all other automakers posted drops in sales. Scenario No.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 11, 2015
The 10 companies—Audi, BMW, Ford, General Motors, Mazda, Mercedes Benz, Tesla, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo—will work with IIHS and NHTSA in the coming months on the details of implementing their historic commitment, including the timeline for making AEB a standard feature. light-duty vehicle sales in 2014.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 24, 2017
Auto execs are split between thinking OEMs (31%) and consumers (27%) should own the data, while consumers overwhelmingly believe only they should own it. Good-bye to auto-digital fusion, hello to co-integration. This means that we need to let go of the vision of a complete auto-digital fusion.
Baua Electric
MAY 14, 2024
Jeremiads lamenting China’s takeover of the global auto industry are everywhere these days. Retreating behind tariff walls or outright bans will further isolate America’s auto industry into a Galapagos market of ridiculous trucks sold at nosebleed prices.” Three recent accounts stand out from the pack.
Push EVs
JANUARY 8, 2023
The tide has turned in the electrification of the German auto market, with plugin electric vehicles taking the majority of sales for the first time in December. of the month’s passenger auto sales, with full electrics taking a third (33.2%) and plugin hybrids taking over a fifth (22.2%). 2022’s total auto sales were 2.65
Current EV
MARCH 3, 2020
March 3 rd , 2020: with the Geneva Auto Show cancelled due to the coronavirus, automakers have been forced to present their new cars via digital debuts online. Both won prestigious awards and added impetus to the public’s perception that e-mobility is where the auto industry is headed.
Cars That Think
DECEMBER 23, 2022
To accelerate EV uptake, the Zero Emission Transportation Association , a lobbying group formed by Tesla, Lucid and Rivian along with some EV charging suppliers, asserts that sales of new internal combustion vehicles must be banned by 2030 and diesel trucks by 2035. So the value of the credit means little to the less well-off.
EV Central
DECEMBER 28, 2022
Tesla briefly entered the list of top sellers, with the Model Y also topping the SUV sales charts in September. Toby Hagon: Tesla Model Y. Tesla Model Y Rear-Wheel Drive. It may be the slowest Tesla ever unleashed in entry-level Rear-Wheel Drive guise, but performance is still thoroughly respectable.
Push EVs
MARCH 11, 2023
Germany, Europe’s single largest auto market, saw plugin electric vehicles take 21.5% share of sales in February 2023, a drop from 24.9% Overall auto volume was 206,210 units, up by some 3% YoY, but still some 18% down from pre-2020 seasonal norms. Note that this isn’t even an end of quarter month, Tesla’s habitual peak.
Cars That Think
NOVEMBER 13, 2022
Short-term success looks likely, as Ford closed Lightning preorders after reaching 200,000 and with sales expectations of 150,000 a year by 2024. University of Michigan professor emeritus John Leslie King , who has long studied the auto industry. The F-150 Lightning's trunk helps this light duty electric pickup haul even more.
Get Electric Vehicle
MAY 28, 2022
A recent report from the Environmental Defense Fund indicates that electric vehicle sales volumes are growing at a rapid pace, signalling an epochal shift in the auto industry over the next decade. According to the research, worldwide and US electric vehicle sales increased by 40% and 4%, respectively over the year.
Clean Fleet Report
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
Company CEO and founder Henrik Fisker has had a hand in designing the BMW Z8, the Aston Martin DB9 and the V8 Vantage, and the Fisker Karma. Expect in the next few years to see at least 50 new models being released for sale. This is a monumental moment for the auto industry, with the consumer and the environment being the winners.
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