“Other” (aka Tesla Model 3) = 3rd Best Selling Vehicle In UK In August

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 04:57:44 +0000

Apparently, the UK’s SMMT (Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders) can’t be bothered to input the Tesla Model 3’s name into their model database. Despite being the 3rd best selling passenger vehicle in the country last month, the Model 3 goes by the name/label “Other” in the top 10 ranking. I guess “no emissions” means you get no name

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The Netherlands — Fossil Cars Down 20%, Electrics Up 75%

Credit to Author: Maarten Vinkhuyzen| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 02:03:00 +0000

Numbers for August passenger vehicle sales in the Netherlands were just published. The detailed numbers are not yet available, only the totals. Officially, sales are down by 16% year over year (YoY)

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Tesla Outsold Porsche Globally In 1st Half Of 2019

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2019 09:20:28 +0000

Porsche is a well known automobile brand globally. If you ask 100 people what Porsche sells and ask the same 100 people what Tesla sales, no doubt about it there will be a higher number of correct responses regarding Porsche. It’s also a niche vehicle brand, of course, since it sells expensive, powerful vehicles. Its brand is all about, “You have to be rich to afford this toy.” (That’s not a direct quote of Porsche marketing materials, of course.) The sales marker highlighted in the headline is interesting when thinking about both of those matters — Porsche awareness and Porsche exclusivity. Before discussing both of them, though, let’s jump into the numbers

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1st Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Pluses Registered In Norway!

Credit to Author: Paul Fosse| Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 04:05:03 +0000

For those of you who have followed the Norway Tesla registration statistics this quarter, it has been very slow since the end of quarter flurry in June. Tesla delivered most of its shipments in June and the country has been waiting for a ship since then

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Tesla Master Plan Lives … Tesla Model 3 Charging Costs … Porsche Should Troll Fossils, Not EVs — #CleanTechnica Top 20

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2019 06:02:54 +0000

The top 20 CleanTechnica articles of the past week included stories on Tesla charging costs, Tesla’s master plan, boosting the range of old EVs (in particular, the Nissan LEAF), fully developing solar power, and more. Scroll down below for the headlines

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Tesla Sales Tank In Europe Again (NOT)

Credit to Author: Maarten Vinkhuyzen| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 02:00:31 +0000

We have the Tesla registration numbers for the first month of Q3, and again the rumor mill that Tesla sales tanked in Europe is in full gear. The narrative is that the delivery numbers (wrongly called sales) in July are just a fraction of the numbers in June

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