Posted on 03/11/2022 12:41:44 PM PST by Red Badger
We predicted there would be a huge surge in EV sales as gas prices soar, and it appears to have already begun.
Gas prices are spiking faster and higher than ever before, so it comes as no surprise people are quickly looking to buy a more fuel-efficient car. If history repeats itself, hybrid and electric car sales will almost certainly see an increase in adoption in the coming months.
That said, it appears to already be happening. According to sources at Electrek, the US electric automaker is already experiencing a massive sales surge, which goes well beyond its already ridiculous growth.
Prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and ahead of the most recent reports of a Tesla sales boom, the automaker topped all other luxury brands in US registrations for the month of January 2022. In fact, the brand showed a whopping 49 percent year-over-year sales growth in the US for the month.
Three Tesla models topped the list of BEV sales in the US in January, with Model Y registrations at 18,549 (36.8% of all BEVs) and Model 3 at 13,604 (27% of all BEVs). For comparison, Ford Mustang Mach-E sales fit into the 4th slot with 2,781 registrations, behind the Tesla Model S' 3,903.
Tesla already couldn't possibly keep up with the demand for its vehicles, and it has been raising prices and pushing back estimated delivery times on a regular basis over the last year or more. Just this week, the automaker raised prices and pushed back wait times yet again.
It's important to note that Tesla is still operating out of the same two factories it has been relying on for years. Somehow, while only producing cars in California and Shanghai – amid a global pandemic, a chip shortage, and other related supply chain issues – Tesla was able to achieve the 49 percent year-over-year sales growth.
Once Tesla's factories in Texas and Germany are officially online, it should help with the demand issues. This is to say, there's a light at the end of the tunnel, but the tunnel is still very long. It will likely take Tesla many months to ramp up production, and the supply chain issues aren't expected to go away any time soon.
At any rate, according to Electrek, the quick and mounting spike in gas prices has already resulted in notable surges in Tesla orders in multiple areas across the country. The sources who spoke with Electrek claim that the automaker is seeing a 100 percent increase in new orders in areas of the US most impacted by the rising gas prices.
Impulse Buying
Wait ‘till tesla owners have to bug out of Southern coastal states because of mandatory hurricane evacuation orders.....at about 300 miles inland the highways will be littered with ‘em.
You’re paying $30 more per week for gas, so go out and order a $60,000 electric vehicle. Makes total sense. Ha.
Does Colbert get a commission, for telling his viewers to buy a Tesla?
I still don’t get his joke. He said he’s willing to pay $15 a gallon for gas, because he drives a Tesla. What is the joke? If he doesn’t buy gas at all because he drives a Tesla, how can he say he’s willing to pay more for a product he doesn’t even buy in the first place?
automaker is seeing a 100 percent increase in new orders in areas of the US most impacted by the rising gas prices.
Do any electric cars have a solar panel on the roof? That would actually help recharge your car, at least during daytime driving. I don’t know if that technology exists though, to have a solar panel on a car.
6 month wait and people can change their mind while it is being built. Only $250 non refundable deposit required.
People are also selling their places in line to people who don’t want to wait.
Tesla is an amazing car company.
I think EVERYBODY should drive one...except me.
I’ll take all the leftover petrofuels, thanks.
For some people, making that political statement is priceless.
For most of us, we would have to weigh the capital cost of the car, vs. costs of gasoline and maintenance on the car we already have, to decide if such a move makes dollars and cents.
But for some people, making the political statement regardless of dollars and cents, is what motivates them.
A plug in hybrid makes sense. Full electric not so much for many people.
IOW, he’s saying he does not care if gas goes to $100 per gallon.......................
I still don’t get his joke. He said he’s willing to pay $15 a gallon for gas, because he drives a Tesla. What is the joke? If he doesn’t buy gas at all because he drives a Tesla, how can he say he’s willing to pay more for a product he doesn’t even buy in the first place?
How would Johny Carson have said the joke?
Not a lot of sunshine when when the big storms are around.
I want every urban lefty to bankrupt themselves buying one—then they can cry to the mass media about how broke they are.
Then these idiots will find out how expensive electricity is.
Well, at least once the Gov overlords pull the subsidy rug out from under them.
Not enough space to do much good. Instead Tesla comes with a giant, beautiful sunroof.
That’s the joke, he doesn’t have to buy gas....so he’s laughing at those of us who are clinging to our internal combustion engine vehicles.
Because we’re all a bunch of knuckle dragging trogladytes....get it now?
He’s a jackass squared.
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