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Originally Posted by David70
Not sure why anyone would care that Tesla sold 7k 3's in the U.K. in March but thanks for posting.
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np, Dave. FYI, here's why people care: they're ignorant, petty & ridiculous.
You see,
every year for the last 5 years the same Tesla Q1 talking points get rolled out:
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In January, Tesla haters: "ZOMG Tesla Euro sales have imploded!"
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In March, Tesla fanbois: "ZOMG Tesla Euro sales are an all-time high!"
What's going on here is 3 things:
(1.) Tesla doesn't have European factories (yet)
So all vehicles must be imported from the US or China - this takes time to make & ship the vehicles.
(2.) Tesla, driven by Musk, batches deliveries by quarter
So he can report great numbers, and get quarterly analyst sunshine.
(3.) Tesla sells as many vehicles as it can produce
So Tesla's sales numbers are irrelevant to anyone not ignorant - Tesla is battery & production capacity limited, thus why they're building factories simultaneously on 3 continents.
If you want to compare to the bigs, VW sells as many BEVs as it can make in a few days, i.e., VW has excess BEV capacity ... so who would you want to be?
The company that sells everything it can make or the company who doesn't?