Just passed a Tesla dealership that was so over full that 25 or so cyber trucks were parked in the grass next to the dealership. I googled to see if there was an existing photo and found this one of the same situation in Dallas. Lol.
Breaking -- environmentally conscious liberals don't want to buy a car from a white supremacist. And the reporting about how shitty the cars themselves are has finally started to break through to some people.
I got my model 3 in 2018, love the car to be honest but have wanted to sell it because Elon is such a plague. When I can afford to get a new car I will.
I saw a TV commercial for a Mercedes EV and found myself wondering, "Are Cybertrucks the Pinocchios of EV? Will they ever grow up and become real vehicles?"
As Tesla shareholders restore CEO Elon Musk's record $44.9 billion pay package, buyers aren't falling in love with the risky corporate raider/modern-day pirate with too many little people left in his wake.
I've noticed this where I live. A few years ago when I saw an EV it was 8/10 times a Tesla but over the last couple years I've noticed an explosion of EV's from other car brands. Still lots of teslas but I suspect most of those are just the same ones I've always been seeing.
I've been seeing a huge rise in EVs in my areas but only the same one Tesla with any regularity (I'll see one or two different ones a month) and this is an area with a lot of income disparity--im seeing a whole Load of very large expensive vehicles clogging up the roads, not many Teslas.
Pretty sure there have been virtually no sales of Cybertrucks after the preorders. Anyone waiting for the finished product knows better than waste money like that
As noted elsethread, GM discontinued the mainstays of their EV line, ostensibly to refocus on electric trucks and SUVs. They've since AIUI redesigned their EUV and continued production.
Any all-electric car builder kind of gets fucked in the US when other companies sell fewer ICE cars as a percentage, since there's tradable quotas on the average emissions of the "cars" you sell.
Selling those credits was a huge part of tesla's income for a long time.
Car economics are whack!
It is a crash though. Sales are down 13% year over year that despite huge price cuts that have eaten into their profits. Unlike GM and VW who both also had year over year drops Tesla only sells EVs so a 13% drop in 100% of their product is a 13% drop over all compared to a 20% drop in 10% for GM/VW.
And, by that argument, you thus need to look at 100% of Ford/GM sales and see how they're doing.
This is pretty much a macroeconomic issue, finance is expensive and most markets are either in or slowly exiting a recession. I bet all those manufacturers have experienced a similar 'crash' in % terms
It's also relative to where Tesla is in this specific market. Sure, it doesn't *look* as big given how much of a market share Tesla's had (on account of being on the ground floor of modern EV tech & selling *only* EVs), but overall, the only other makers that came close in percentage sold far less.
They have dealers. They don't call them dealers. There may be differences in pricing and pay versus other companies' dealerships, but it's what they are.
They're important, they're the only people authorized to work on a Tesla without voiding the warranty, and are the only people who can get parts.
Tesla has lots of dealerships and showrooms! They're just owned by Tesla rather than an "independent" dealer.
It simultaneously highlights the benefits of direct sales, and also why dealerships are important to push back on lemons and bad products from the manufacturer.
Like. Car dealership owners are petty tyrants to a man, they're American aristocracy and the seat of American fascism, but also they're the only people in a position to be responsible and say "I'm not accepting delivery of this shit these panel gaps are wide enough to put my hand in! sideways!!"
I used to cut through to avoid a long left at a light but there's physically not space to get through now they have so many unsold teslas filling the aisles
I wonder how easy it is to have a cybertruck towed when it isn't supposed to be there. Cos if that was my store I would have immediately started that process.
