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.
Mentioning Carson and colbert in the same thread is blasphemy.
Oh lord, shades of the Univ. of MD’s stupid Solar Car Project.
I graduated 30 years ago there. The Solar Car was the on-going never-ending project and competition they worked on. Mostly grad students.
I once asked how this could ever be practical, because the car was a very low wedge, completely covered by solar panels on top. This thing would never be able to carry a family or groceries. What is the point?
Have you done the math on hybrid? Adds a ton of expense that used to be difficult to recoup with gas savings. But maybe in a month. Electric is great if you charge overnight 98% of the time. No oil changes, no gas stations ever is really nice.
We’ve gone from Covid-19 to Petro-22.
I will offer the likelihood that Mr. Colbert is chauffeured to his night ly NYC theater gig in a gas powered SUV.
100 percent increase
6 month wait like buying a Firearm in a Demonut world ,LOL
More than likely absolutely correct....lso I bet if he had to do his own grocery shopping he’d die of starvation.
Yep I wonder about that.
Somebody on another thread said he lives in Manhattan. So, odds are he doesn’t even drive his Tesla very much. Or maybe he keeps that Tesla at some weekend/vacation place, and doesn’t drive around Manhattan at all.
Didn’t some countries say they would be banning the sale of new gas/diesel vehicles in 2030 ? so some people will never get another vehicle , kind of like Hitler and his Volkswagen Bug people put the money down and never got the car ,LOL
First of all, Colbert is painfully unfunny, so don't try too hard to get his "jokes". But the joke in this instance means that since he drives a Tesla, he does not care how high gas prices soar because he won't be buying any of it. Only non-elite schmucks who can't afford Teslas will be paying those prices.
Can you say brown out?
Electric will go up soon if not already.
Electric will go up with fuel cost.
Can you say brown out?
These virtue signaling ass*s will make it hard on the rest of us. As usual.
Actually, 0 to 1 is an infinite increase.
0 to 0.00000000000000000000000000000001 is an infinite increase.
1 to 2 is a 100% increase.
“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?”
That’s the joke.
Do any electric cars have a solar panel on the roof?
The real question is “How does the value of the electricity produced by the rooftop solar panels compare to the cost of adding them, along with the circuitry to charge the batteries with that power?”
This is the same behavior that happened during the last big gas price spike under Bush 43. People panicked near the end of it, traded in their trucks for econoboxes. Within a few months oil went from $147 to $27 and they were all so angry!
They lost thousands on trading to save a couple of hundred bucks worth of gas and then were stuck with toy cars that would cost thousands to trade off again.
This time they are falling for Biden’s chicanery. Even at today’s price, gas is cheaper (adjusted for inflation) than it has been for most of the last 30 years!
People do the dumbest things with their money and then complain there’s no way to “get ahead”.
The other surprise happens when after buying an EV, they call their insurance company.
Oops.
I would like to see a comparison of an electric bill before and after the purchase of an E.V.
Funny you NEVER hear any of those reports.
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