Model 3 best selling in class in California

will be interesting once the tax credits are gone.

 

i agree about oil subsidies and there should be higher gas taxes, but not going to happen.
when the tax credit is gone, some potential purchasers will reevaluate.
outside of california, there is much less incentive to buy an ev.

 

2017 vehicle stats - "Among used vehicles 6 years old or newer registered in California last year, Toyota led the statewide market share at 14.8 percent. Ford was second at 10.8 percent. Toyota also led new-vehicle market share statewide, at 17.2 percent, last year." As stated from the Sacramento Bee.

 

yeah, i think it will be a long time before the rest of the country follows cali, there are probably a couple. jersey took a big hike awhile back.

 

So did Pennsylvania.

 

probably when peeps couldn't go over the boarder for cheap gas anymore.

 

Actually, it was the other way around. Pa raised their tax to generate income for the general fund.

At the risk of going political, Christy and the Republicans brought in the gas tax increase in NJ in order to fund lowering the sales tax. Have friends that were against it because a fuel tax hits the lower income folk more. NJ sales tax doesn't apply to essentials like food and clothing. So lowering it saves those able to buy more 'luxury' items.

 

2018 not over yet....

 

To be fair, Tesla has a long way to go before it is destroying any of the legacy automakers, in general.
In the focused area of EVs, Tesla is leading, and influencing many of the automakers for the better.

Now, if the legacy automakers don’t respond with competitive products, Tesla will take more and more market share in the markets they enter.
It is rather funny, as any one of them could have squashed Tesla like a bug back in the 2010-2012 time frame. Now, it is too late. Tesla will keep expanding until competition arrives.

 

Christy is just a disgusting whale of a politician as a reminder of what's wrong with the political establishment in general (NJ in particular is exhibit A when you also consider Menendez). Did you see him stuffing his lard-laden face at the cringey WH correspondents' dinner. The irony was rich, almost on cue with the Wolf ribbing.

 

Tesla will buy GM.

 

I actually think GM is the only other automaker other than Tesla to have the 3 pillar approach to the future: Electrification (yes I realize they aren't quite as committed to it as Tesla, but more than some automakers), Autonomy (they have a solid and legitimate autonomous strategy), and Ride Sharing (Maven has a ways to go, but again its much better than other car manufacturers).

I see GM being a very strong business for decades to come.

 

GM Cadillac's division will be a fierce competitor to Tesla and the world!