The US is said to be the toughest auto market in the world and California is the largest and toughest or most competitive of its markets. Model 3 was the best-selling vehicle in California in the 2nd half of 2018 of any kind in California and it beat F-150 there by about 40% (rounded up.) Tesla sales were up massively in the US when US vehicle sales were down by a lot- presumably also due to to the electric effect making ICE a double loser. Model 3 outsold Silverado by about 100% in California for the 2nd half of 2018. And the rest of the world looks like California in preferring cars over trucks. A solid sign that the age of idiot is coming to a quick end. What did the US do with the good will at the end of WWII? It wasted it on trying to enslave people with money and fossil fuels. https://cleantechnica.com/2019/02/23/tesla-model-3-was-top-selling-car-in-california-in-2nd-half-of-2018-cleantechnica-report/
According to Cleantechnica, in 2018 Tesla had a 3.5% market share in California and 1.0% nationwide. California has particularly generous electric vehicle state, local, and utility tax credits/rebates. The 2018 market share percentage of electric vehicles in California (9.96%) was over twice that of the next highest state, Oregon. The median market share for EVs in all 50 states was just 0.91%.
According to Gardner back in 2007, Apple iPhone wouldn’t even make 1% market share because it was too expensive and didn’t have a keyboard. Guess what: within a few years they put Nokia and Blackberry out of business, killed point and shoot cameras and MP3 players together with GPS devices. EV is the future and the future is now whether you like it or not!
Well let us keep in mind that the average Model 3 selling price even with a rebate likely would have been quite a bit more than the average F-150 but it still outsold the F-150. And let us keep in mind that the F-150 receives a huge subsidy in the form of a decades old 25% tariff on imported trucks likely because they knew build gas guzzlers and Toyota wouldn't so it was a Toyota tax to protect Ford but mainly to protect fossil fuels- so pathetic. Even more pathetic that around the world this kind of manipulation really only hit in the US which is the only place were the taller friction-lined fuel foot print increasing scam took hold and only due to US corruption. US is really having a huge time with business corruption, just look the rest of the world for broadband and what they pay same with health car. But back on point look at the model 3 vs the ICE cars in its class. It decimated the ICE cars in its class in CA and the lower priced variants will only do that lower down in the pay spectrum. There was a great article where a UCLA profession pointed out that his Model S worked out to be essentially free. That is the case with the Model 3 even more so. And of course this stuff isn't a fluke highest customer satisfaction ratings for any vehicle for the Model 3. Makes people like Chanos and Einhorn look dumb and corrupt, how Darwin Award do you have to be to bet against electric vehicles?
