Posted on 02/09/2022 10:57:24 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Tesla’s Model Y compact crossover SUV is seeing sales surge in its home state of California, reports CNBC’s Squawk Box.Based on data from the California New Car Dealers Association, the Model Y dominated in 2021 car sales, surging to the number two spot, beating the Honda Civic and just trailing slightly behind leader the Toyota Camry.
Sales figures show the Camry at 61,599 car sales in 2021, with the Model Y at 60,394, and the Civic in third at 59,818 sales, while Toyota’s RAV4 at 59,153. Tesla’s Model 3 sedan is in the fifth spot at 53,572.
The Camry, Civic and RAV4 are popular gas vehicles seen as economical vehicle choices. The Model Y starts at $60,990 USD.
According to CNBC’s Phil Lebeau, he says in less than two years, Tesla’s Model Y has surged in the state, even without a federal EV tax credit available.
(Excerpt) Read more at teslanorth.com ...
Tesla's reportedly only the fifth most popular auto brand in Cali -- given the entertainment industry nitwits are flush with cash, the top four are probably foreign luxury nameplates.
Employees reportedly debated whether or not to inform customers about the change, and ultimately chose not to.
BY ROB STUMPF FEBRUARY 8, 2022
There's no denying that Tesla's 2021 Q4 deliveries were impressive. It's part of the reason that the Texas-based automaker was able to turn a record-breaking profit, all while somehow mitigating the industry-wide global chip shortage. However, there's reason to believe that those profits may have come as the result of some compromises that could involve vehicle and passenger safety.
According to a report from CNBC, two Tesla employees and internal correspondence seen by the publication revealed that Tesla allegedly eliminated a redundant electronic control unit found in the steering racks of some Model 3 and Model Y vehicles, in order to hit production targets near the end of last year's final quarter.
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Different countries have different consumer needs as well as different government Regulations. Fortunately for me and many other americans, we don’t live in that country. The country I live in, Kentucky, allows the market to determine what products people buy and use. It means we don’t have to worry much about rolling brownouts. 😁
Pickup trucks have had the top spots nationwide for years. They are omitted from this listing.
Just in time for the blackouts.
That’s a lotta extension cords.
While I worked in L.A. (2019-2020) Tesla, and Toyota Pickup trucks where everywhere. The folks I meet that had Tesla’s said they charged them at home during the evening. In a city of 19 million that has a long history of air pollution/ smog electric is the way for them.
Factor in the average price for a gallon of gas @$4.25 a gallon. Makes sense.
“the top four are probably foreign luxury nameplates.”
At least read the excerpt before posting fake news.
sales in a state with some of the worst electric service in America.. and the highest prices
apparently, the public screwools have “succeeded” in dumbing down Californicators
Time to permanently ruin more landscapes with concrete and windmills and solar panels, and power lines stretching across hundreds of square miles along ridges in the coastal ranges, the southern sierra, the mojave and sonora deserts, owens valley, imperial valley, anza borrega, and shut down nukes in places like san onofre, diablo canyon and rancho seco.
And every time you turn around, there's a recall. Just saw another one today for windshield defroster issues.
” However, there’s reason to believe that those profits may have come as the result of some compromises that could involve vehicle and passenger safety.”
You omitted the following:
Tesla vehicles on the road today are not steer-by-wire, meaning that there is still a physical link between the steering wheel and the rack, so controlling the vehicle manually is not believed to be an issue.
Wait until Gruesome somehow manages to shut down the power grid.
Correction: L.A. County population @ 10 million.
“Pickup trucks have had the top spots nationwide for years. They are omitted from this listing.”
They were omitted because they sold less than the top five.
For those of you who eschew EV’s and hate Tesla........ Tesla not only is but is barely beginning.
I am not a fan nor a customer but can see what is coming
Guess this has nothing to do with it:
https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/movingca/cvrp.html
And why doesn’t Tesla qualify for the Federal Tax Credit? Not that I support it just curious why Tesla and GM and off limits?
“and the highest prices”
and the highest gas prices
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