Tesla Sales Comparisons

The cluster centers on debates about Tesla's vehicle sales figures, growth, and performance compared to competitors like Porsche, BMW, Mercedes, Nissan Leaf, and Chevy Bolt, across markets such as the US, Europe, and China.

➡️ Stable 0.9x Startups & Business
2,749
Comments
19
Years Active
5
Top Authors
#5979
Topic ID

Activity Over Time

2008
1
2009
4
2010
1
2011
3
2012
14
2013
74
2014
34
2015
32
2016
104
2017
118
2018
252
2019
350
2020
178
2021
255
2022
223
2023
303
2024
321
2025
448
2026
34

Keywords

US europa.eu jaguarlandrover.com observatory.ec BEV ICE DOL GP HN CAR tesla sales selling model cars tesla model car sold evs europe

Sample Comments

mavhc Jul 14, 2021 View on HN

True, but Tesla have sold over 1.7 million cars total, with yearly sales rising by about 50% per year

level09 Aug 26, 2013 View on HN

is it fair to compare Tesla sales to Porsche, Jaguar ? aren't these from a different class ?

muzika Dec 28, 2019 View on HN

IDK where you got these numbers, Teslas are selling better right now (q4 2019) than ever before.

manicdee Jan 14, 2020 View on HN

Tesla has already sold every car they can manufacture, and their entry price is $40k-ish in the USA. Other manufacturers are limiting how many BEVs they produce, and still managing to sell most of the ones they build even though they are universally objectively worse than any Tesla offering.Tesla Model 3 is the best selling BEV in every market it participates in (not sure about numbers compared to PHEVs). It is selling in comparable quantities to ICE vehicles in the same price range.A sign

davidgould Nov 9, 2018 View on HN

That article is dated September 1, 2017. Last years news. This year, Tesla Model 3 is selling more than BMW or Mercedes cars in the US and ten times Chevy Bolt.

_dark_matter_ May 22, 2024 View on HN

What are you talking about? Tesla was not even in the top 5 by model in October 2022.https://alternative-fuels-observatory.ec.europa.eu/general-i...

simondotau Jul 29, 2021 View on HN

Success is relative. Tesla sold more Model 3 in one year (2020) than Nissan sold Leafs in a decade (2010–2020).

toomuchtodo Sep 28, 2018 View on HN

Let’s be real then. Tesla is actually attempting to ramp energy storage and EVs as fast as possible. No one else is even trying. Nissan has sold 300k Leafs in 7 years. Tesla sells that many EVs in a year at their current run rate. Ford isn’t even going to sell sedans in the US anymore, only low gas mileage trucks. The president of Fiat Chrysler asked people not to buy their EVs, as they lost money on each one. The Volt isn’t a vehicle worth arguing about (Chevrolet has only sold 100k of them, ev

mhh__ Jan 5, 2021 View on HN

It's sold 500k units which is more than most Tesla's have, it's a different product for a different market. Think again.

Latteland Oct 16, 2018 View on HN

Can you provide a specific example? I looked through several different cars and can't tell what you are referring to. It depends on what year you look at and when the refresh happened. There are cars that outsell tesla, (like the very popular and reliable econobox basics from Toyota and Honda). But Tesla is outselling on actual model year sales most other cars with the model 3. If you exclude the top 3 or 4 cars in the us (honda/toyota civic, corolla, accord camry), tesla appears to be