Tesla Supercharger - Electric vehicle charging station
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Posted on 04/11/2025 9:05:24 PM PDT by Cronos
Tesla’s sales in the United States fell almost 9 percent in the first three months of the year even as the overall market for electric vehicles grew, according to data compiled by a research firm.
Car buyers are moving away from Teslas and toward models like General Motors’ Chevrolet Equinox electric vehicle, which starts at around $35,000 and can travel more than 300 miles on a charge, Cox Automotive, the research firm, said in a report.
Sales of all-electric vehicles in the United States rose 11 percent during the first quarter to about 300,000 cars and light trucks, Cox said, much faster than the overall auto market, which has been flat. About 8 percent of new domestic car sales were electric, Cox said, a slight increase from 2024.
“Despite many obstacles — and what you may read elsewhere — electric vehicle sales continue to grow at a healthy pace in the U.S. market,” the firm said.
Tesla, whose chief executive is Elon Musk, still sells far more electric cars in the United States than any other automaker, accounting for 44 percent of the market, according to Cox. But its share has fallen from 51 percent a year earlier.
The decline in Tesla’s U.S. sales mirror a global slump. The company said this month that deliveries during the quarter in all markets fell 13 percent to 337,000 vehicles.
Analysts attribute the decline to Tesla’s aging selection of models; poor sales of its newest one, the Cybertruck; increasing competition...sales of the Cybertruck have not lived up to projections made by Mr. Musk. Tesla sold 6,400 Cybertruck pickups during the quarter, more than double a year earlier, when the company was still ramping up production, but just half as many as in the last three months of 2024.
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How LIBERAL is it?
It is mostly determined by local demand, because refineries operate on a zero inventory basis and they try to match the price to the demand. Typically what gas stations sell their gas at will be affected by what they bought the gas for at the refinery.
Depending how rural you are, another factor is that prices tend to be lower in the rural areas as gas states try to generate demand by giving a bit of a discount at the pump.
None of these other manufacturers offer that, and they never will.
Yeah - sure...
(I guess I shudda set the WIDTH correctly!)
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipP8OZOhIt7SBv596BIev2YOMfv9Smk7q51ONeV3=w544-h306-k-no
The percentages fail to tell the true story.
Tesla outsells all the other American EV manufacturers combined by a very wide margin
Funny thing. Despite sales shifting from Tesla to GM, buyers are increasingly refusing to buy GM EV models.
irishjuggler wrote: “Let’s face it... Teslas or any EVs still only make practical sense for one segment of auto buyers: urban drivers in relatively warm climates who can charge their vehicles overnight at home and can afford a 2nd ICE-based vehicle for road trips. Who are such people? Largely upper-middle-class liberals living in places like L.A. or San Francisco.”
I suspect that most/many EV buyers who fit your description don’t take vehicle road trips but fly instead.
Haha I am retired and don’t need EV auto to commute. I quit golf at age 75 due to move to Florida and gave up my membership at a country club in WA state. Now my exercise is beach walks.
Ev’s a a globalist marxost plot
GOD created the Dinosaurs, so that we could drive big cars filled with gas.🤣
Good point.
When you are NOT walking, how do you getaround?
Gasoline powered Chevy Trax!
ACCELERATION is a nerve tingler!”
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Insurance awaits speed demons...
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