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Anonymous wrote:The numbers in your post are very old (September 2018) and pretty bad. Check out the most recent numbers here (April 2019) and 2019 YTD.

https://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2019/05/u-s-auto-sales-brand-rankings-april-2019-ytd/

Year to Date Sales (number of cars):

Mercedes: 104,298
BMW: 97,704
Lexus: 88,151
Audi: 68,417
Acura: 48,072
Infiniti: 42,806
Tesla: 42,525

What changed?

Tax credit for buying an electric vehicle expired for Teslas.

If I had the money to buy a Tesla, I sure as hell would not buy a Tesla:

The thing about owning a Tesla no one talks about — nightmarish repair delays

Craig Hedges was driving on the Stanford campus on Oct. 27, 2018, when a Toyota Corolla pulled out from a parking space and plowed into his 2016 Tesla Model S.

Neither vehicle was moving very fast, but the Tesla sustained front fender and suspension damage and wasn't drivable. So the Burlingame resident had it towed a few days later to Chilton Auto Body in San Carlos, the nearest Tesla-approved body shop and the preferred shop of his insurer, Allstate.

Nearly six months later, he says his Model S still hasn't been repaired.

"When my car got in an accident, it was somewhere in the thirties to be worked on and the last time I had a conversation with someone there a few weeks ago, there was well over 130 Teslas there to get fixed," Hedges said.

"Now I think if you're number 130 [in line to get fixed], it's going to be well over a year to get your car back."

https://www.sfgate.com/cars/article/tesla-repair-wait-time-complaints-electric-car-13796037.php

Anonymous wrote:The numbers in your post are very old (September 2018) and pretty bad. Check out the most recent numbers here (April 2019) and 2019 YTD.

https://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2019/05/u-s-auto-sales-brand-rankings-april-2019-ytd/

Year to Date Sales (number of cars):

Mercedes: 104,298
BMW: 97,704
Lexus: 88,151
Audi: 68,417
Acura: 48,072
Infiniti: 42,806
Tesla: 42,525

What changed?

The numbers in your post are very old (September 2018) and pretty bad. Check out the most recent numbers here (April 2019) and 2019 YTD.

https://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2019/05/u-s-auto-sales-brand-rankings-april-2019-ytd/

Year to Date Sales (number of cars):

Mercedes: 104,298
BMW: 97,704
Lexus: 88,151
Audi: 68,417
Acura: 48,072
Infiniti: 42,806
Tesla: 42,525

It's a bit misleading. For example, Audi, which sells a lot less than luxury carmakers like BMW and Mercedes, has about double Tesla's sales in 2019:
http://carsalesbase.com/us-car-sales-data/tesla/
http://carsalesbase.com/us-car-sales-data/audi/

Now, this is all Audis, not just certain models, but it's also all Teslas, not just certain models. I'd say it's a fair comparison.

Tesla's had a big sales drop this year:
https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1122580_sales-of-electric-cars-droop-so-far-this-year-amid-tesla-issues

Didn't the tax credit expire last year, for buying an EV from Tesla?

In case you did not follow how Tesla is doing on the USA market it is a fun read. That explain why we see more and more of them out there every day.

Surprised? Going back a decade.. who would think.

"Tesla increased its deliveries by more than 100% in the third quarter compared to the second quarter, its previous best quarter in history. In 6 years, its Q3 sales jumped from 321 to 83,500."

Yep, Tesla Is Gobbling USA Luxury Car Market — 8 Charts & Graphs
https://cleantechnica.com/2018/10/03/yep-tesla-gobbles-usa-luxury-car-market-8-charts-graphs/