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Tesla’s direct-to-consumer model is better for companies and consumers

Teslarati

Hence, Tesla’s lack of dealers ensures that customers are protected from the poor experience of paying over MSRP. Of those who spent above MSRP, 31% would not buy from the same dealer again, while 27% would no longer buy from the same manufacturer. Why I hate dealers. Just a cool $37,000 OVER MSRP.

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JATO: global vehicle sales fall by 39% in March; electrified vehicles up to 17.4% new registration market share in Europe

Green Car Congress

This is in part due to the collapse of the Italian and French markets, on which small cars are heavily reliant for sales—in 2019, 38% of A and B segment registrations in Europe occurred in Italy and France. For China, the landscape has improved since February, when sales shrank by 79% year-on-year.

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2021 US EV Sales Scoreboard: RAV4 Prime and Mustang Mach-E Are The Top-Selling Non-Tesla EVs

EV Adoption

But the Mach-E — which had 3 deliveries in December 2020 — had its second best sales in Q1 when the ID.4 4 was only beginning to reach US dealers. When looking at only Q2-Q4 sales, the Mach-E outsold the ID.4 For the year the Mach-E outsold the ID.4 4 by 10,398 units. 4 by an average of 1,419 units per quarter.

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