EV Demand Not Sagging or Whatever: Rivian Deliveries +136% YoY, Tesla +27% YoY despite Factory Downtime for Upgrades by Wolf Richter • Oct 2, 2023 • 152 Comments And the “103 days’ supply of EVs” is BS because it doesn’t include Tesla, Rivian, and Polestar, with 65% of US EV sales.
Tesla Price Cuts, Followed by other Automakers, Plus Surging Incentives, Hit Average Transaction Prices, after Toxic Spike by Wolf Richter • Sep 12, 2023 • 145 Comments Detroit automakers hugely overstocked, ready for a strike.
I Love how Tesla Wreaks Havoc: Ford Slashes Prices of Electric Pickup Trucks, after 3 Big-Fat Price Hikes. Let the Price Cutting Continue by Wolf Richter • Jul 17, 2023 • 170 Comments Americans got battered for years by huge price hikes, especially on trucks, amid oligopolistic pricing behavior by legacy automakers.
EVs Made the First Visible Dent into Gasoline Consumption by Wolf Richter • May 11, 2023 • 277 Comments Gasoline sales have already been stagnating for years, interrupted by big drops in demand.
I Love How Tesla Wreaks Havoc among Automakers with Massive Price Cuts, Huge Sales Growth, Even Huger Production Growth, and Overcapacity by Wolf Richter • Apr 22, 2023 • 317 Comments Shareholders hate it. It’s bitter medicine for the industry that pushed upscale and jacked up prices so average Americans can no longer buy new vehicles.
EV Sales Spiked in California. Share Hit 17%. ICE Vehicle Sales Plunged. First Uptick in Electricity Sales after 13 Years of Decline by Wolf Richter • Feb 10, 2023 • 1 Comment Camry was dethroned as perennial #1 by Tesla Model Y & Model 3. And finally a little growth for electric utilities.
EV Competition Finally Produces Results: Ford Cuts Prices on Mustang Mach-E, after Tesla, Kia, Hyundai, Chevrolet, Nissan Cut Prices on their EVs by Wolf Richter • Jan 30, 2023 • 93 Comments EVs now start at $27,000, about $20,000 below the average new-vehicle transaction price. That’s a good thing all around. Except for stock prices.
Tesla Joins my Imploded Stocks, -70% from Peak: Object of Religious Veneration Turns into Automaker by Wolf Richter • Dec 24, 2022 • 267 Comments Beyond the consensual hallucination, the real world for automakers is not fun.
Ford Jacks Up Price of F-150 Lightning for 3rd Time since EV Incentives: What You Get for Subsidizing Products Already in Hot Demand & Short Supply by Wolf Richter • Dec 16, 2022 • 135 Comments Since the $7,500 EV incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act last August, Ford hiked the Lightning price by $16,000.
As Used-Car Prices Have Hit Wall amid Signs of Buyers’ Strike, Used EV Prices Spike amid Huge Demand and Little Supply by Wolf Richter • Aug 24, 2022 • 142 Comments Craziness in used cars is far from over. Cheapest used EV models see biggest price gains. Only the Porsche Taycan, most expensive used EV, sees dip.
