JeffKeryk
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Originally Posted by Dave9
Originally Posted by JeffKeryk
But its products are in strong demand in an otherwise shrinking new car market.
Umm no. They have merely increased their production rate but this in no way suggests their products are in strong demand. If they had the same production capacity as everyone else, I predict that their sales decline would be near the same as everyone else, or possibly a lot worse since a potential economic depression can decrease luxury/toy sales rates of anything. It is merely a sign that they can't keep up with the very weak demand but are (now, were) getting better at it.
I am not sure where you are getting your information from; please show me a source? I have not read anything like that.
That's the opposite of what the numbers say. The Model 3 was #3 selling car in CA behind Civic and Camry. CA is by far the biggest market in the US.
#7 car in US.
China is the biggest market in the world and the Shanghai factory opened in Dec.
The new Gigafactory 4 near Berlin opens early next year as European demand is strong.
And the Model Y has just been released. It is expected to take SUV market share, which as you know is where the sales are.
I visited the local Tesla service center to check out the Y; they didn't have one. This was early March.
They told me wait time was 6 months to 1 year for new orders.
Originally Posted by JeffKeryk
But its products are in strong demand in an otherwise shrinking new car market.
Umm no. They have merely increased their production rate but this in no way suggests their products are in strong demand. If they had the same production capacity as everyone else, I predict that their sales decline would be near the same as everyone else, or possibly a lot worse since a potential economic depression can decrease luxury/toy sales rates of anything. It is merely a sign that they can't keep up with the very weak demand but are (now, were) getting better at it.
I am not sure where you are getting your information from; please show me a source? I have not read anything like that.
That's the opposite of what the numbers say. The Model 3 was #3 selling car in CA behind Civic and Camry. CA is by far the biggest market in the US.
#7 car in US.
China is the biggest market in the world and the Shanghai factory opened in Dec.
The new Gigafactory 4 near Berlin opens early next year as European demand is strong.
And the Model Y has just been released. It is expected to take SUV market share, which as you know is where the sales are.
I visited the local Tesla service center to check out the Y; they didn't have one. This was early March.
They told me wait time was 6 months to 1 year for new orders.
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