Featured Model 3 Outsells Prius

There are always more numbers, different time frames and different ratios that can be used.
I appreciate that the title clarifies that their "outsells Prius" in the headline is referring to 2Q not first half of the year.
3Q should be more interesting yet, as Tesla continues to get their production issues fixed.

That said, I would love to see hybrids grab more market share from conventional cars. Happy to see the Prime growing quickly, hope that continues.

 

I suspect the Prime plays a big part in decreasing Prius sales.

 

tesla will sell as many model 3's as they can make until the waiting list ends. then, game on!

 

July 2018 Tesla delivery numbers, if sustained and continuing to grow, really are the first monthly numbers that establish it as a major car maker of disruptive significance. Combine this with 2nd quarter earnings reports stating they have no new funding rounds planned, combine with short-sellers in their stock having their butts kicked. combine with vague plans to go private, is it any wonder that the establishment's smear campaign against them is going full blast right now?

 

Hard to imagine the waiting list having a foreseeable end...

 

Don't you mean 200% increase?

 

The waiting list isn't as much of a thing anymore. Many people posting that they are taking ownership in the 2-4 month time period stated clearly on Tesla's website.

 

Uh... except for the large waiting list still waiting for the vaporware car for $35k.

 

Let them wait. It's a new model, new tech, new processes and it is in high-demand. Nobody is twisting anyone's arm to buy one, and they are selling quite well doing it the way they are doing it.

 

Which reminds me the 1st Half California/USA data is available:

PHEV: Ca=29622/55817 = 53% sales in Ca. (which is quite a bit higher than usual 40-45%)
BEV: Ca=33015/63574 = 52% sales in Ca. which is slightly higher than typical 50%

 

Or 66.7%

 

agreed, i'm thinking two years.

 

That would be 1 and 2/3rds cars sold.

 

Yea... I saw you said that and went and did some digging... I suspect the actual buyers of the car are more reliable sources of info than elsewhere. Did you get your info on a Tesla forum of some sort?

The biggest problem with understanding where Tesla is really going right now is the insane amount noise. It's like a Keeping up with Kardashians media hype, combined with the hype of: entrepreneur makes war with hedge fund short sellers, fossil fuel industry and luxury car makers all at the time. There's never been more investors in those industries who benefit from smear campaigns against Elon Musk now that he shocked them with finally reaching 5000 Model 3 a week production goal. Add to all this insanity is that Tesla is spending big on their own PR campaign to fight back because from every direction they're under attack.

Meanwhile, A guy who hired me to do some tree pruning had some family friends over with there new Model 3... They love Tesla so much that 3 family members each bought 3 model 3... Can anyone tell me when in history a very expensive Luxury car became so popular that a few people in one family would order 9 of them? I suspect by end of the year we'll be able to have perspective on all this madness.

In the meantime, it's good to hear people buying the available versions of model 3 are no longer having to wait very long.

 

The problem here is in your dataset--the linked article compares sales of Prius and Model 3 *in California only* *in Q2*. Your linked TMNA file charts Prius sales nationwide YTD, and the chart embedded in the article shows YTD California registrations, both of which show the Prius ahead. Therein lies the discrepancy!

 

Percentages for an increase or decrease can be calculated from the beginning value or the final one.

With the 1 to 3 example, it can be 200% comparing the increase of 2 to the 1, or 66.7% comparing the 2 to the 3.

It's another way of being misleading with percentages. A real world example is with Fair Tax advocacy. The literature claims the national sales tax just needs to be 23%, but that is by figuring the percent the second way of looking at the final price on goods with the tax added. Compared to the starting good price, it is a 30% increase.

 

The later is not one that was ever expressed in any math class I ever had. Where do you find it documented?