Tesla Model 3 Barely Misses European Top 10 Sales List For September

Europe’s car market registered a significant growth this past month, with a total of 1.28 million cars finding new owners. One of the big winners was Tesla, with the Model 3 missing out on the top 10 sales rankings by just 217 units.

“The overall growth posted in August-September indicates that, despite the market’s new challenges, consumer demand continues to be strong in Europe. This is a good sign for the coming months, when the looming CO2 targets become even more pressing for the industry,” said JATO analyst Felipe Munoz.

rockreid - 10/24/2019 11:53:34 AM

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Gigafactory Europe planning is underway and production there means Europeans will make this a Top 5 best selling car there in a few years. Count on it. Audi and BMW better start planning on a smaller slice of the pie soon.

SanJoseDriver - 10/24/2019 5:32:29 PM

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That means the car was locked, even with normal door handles the same situation would have applied on any car.

Truthy - 10/24/2019 4:20:21 PM

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That 97 percent falloff in Norway after incentives ended sure hurt. Proof that Tesla cannot compete on a level playing field.

SanJoseDriver - 10/24/2019 5:33:50 PM

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The only way it would be level is if all the externalities were factored into oil/gas as well. The incentive falls to nothing in January in the US, we'll see what happens.

Truthy - 10/24/2019 6:13:48 PM

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That is a BS response. Vehicle to vehicle, EVs have enjoyed significant incentives at both the federal and state level.
Do you have any figures beyond just rhetoric to justify your "externalities" comment?

valhallakey - 10/25/2019 12:01:45 AM

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Vehicle to Vehicle you are right, however the oil and gas subsidies make the power for a fossil fuel car in the US (and lots of the world) artificially cheap. Easy subsidies include cheap leases to our public land and theoretically our oil... although I think the oil companies keep all that profit. States also have a lot of subsidies as well. They are easily researched on the internet including many of our governments own executive branch web sites.

valhallakey - 10/25/2019 12:03:50 PM

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Love it -5 without a scintilla of evidence refuting it.... Because there isn't.

Truthy - 10/26/2019 4:34:17 PM

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Give me some numbers to back up your rambling.
Much of the tax incentives are used to develop new technology and find new oil reserves.
The same incentives you refer to also help lower electrical cost to power your Tesla.
And fuel is not artificially cheap here, we have lower fuel tax than Europe.

MrEE - 10/26/2019 1:38:18 PM

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Good to see a US vehicle doing well in Europe.

Truthy - 10/26/2019 4:30:22 PM

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The 97 percent drop in Tesla sales after incentives stopped proves your point and will be repeated across Europe.

SanJoseDriver - 10/27/2019 2:34:24 AM

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Incentives have been cut in the US twice now, sales have been great despite them.

SanJoseDriver - 10/28/2019 4:36:49 AM

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They just raised prices, think that would happen if overall demand was low?