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Originally Posted by glennQNYC
Are you saying there is a 7th reason they didn't list, and that the entire US automotive industry was also down a similar amount as EVs? Perhaps you're right, but do you know of any data backing up your hypothesis?
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According to
THIS SITE, US auto sales were down 1.9% in 2019.
The EV drop doesn't surprise me, the Tesla hype is seemingly dying down. Musk is scrambling to keep Tesla in the headlines, hence the Cybertruck... Gotta try and stay relevant. Although, Tesla did just cross the 1,000,000 vehicle mark.
With the Mach-E coming this year with a ton of pre-orders, I am interested to see how well they are received. It hits on all of the US HOT sales points by being an electric SUV with a good price point and decent range. The only caveat is that Ford has said the first year will be limited to 50,000 orders globally, and that is an awfully small number compared to a Rav4, which sold 200,610 units in 2019, or a CR-V (176,944 units), or a Rogue (175,267 units), or even a Tahoe with 53,795 units. All of those numbers are US sales only, so 50k globally sounds like a lot, but definitely isn't. Also, funny enough, over 25% of all pre-orders for the MachE are from which US state...? CALIFORNIA, who would've guessed??