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onegunzo t1_iwr5y6i wrote

Reply to comment by 8to24 in Global Electric Vehicle Sales Up 62% (Overall Auto Sales Down 8%) by ElectrikDonuts

Planning to build and being able to build - two very very different processes.

Who's actually ready? Ford? Tesla? VW? Hyundai? I'd say that's it.

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8to24 t1_iwraelm wrote

Tesla, , Rivan, Polestar, Lucid Motors NIO, etc are car manufacturers who exclusively make EVs and already have cars for sale.

Traditional automakers also have numerous cars available now:

  • Audi has 3 separate EV models: RS GT e-tron, A4 e-tron, and the e-tron.

  • BMW has 3 separate EV models: i4, iX, i7 for sale now.

  • Ford has 3 separate EV models: E -Transit Cargo, Mach E, and F150 lightening.

  • GM has 7 separate EV models: Hummer, lyriq, Bolt, Silverado EV, Blazer EV, Equinox EV

I will stop there for the sake of brevity Honda, Hyundai, KIA, Mazda, Mercedes, Mini, Nissan, Porches, Volvo, etc all have EV models.

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onegunzo t1_iwrf0m0 wrote

I hear you, but actually producing is a big deal.

14K Rivians

15K GMs

128K BMWs

336K VWs (Audi and Porsche fall under VW)

135K Hyundai/Kia

28K Fords

365K Teslas

Those are reported 3rd quarter YTD BEV numbers. I did miss BMW (those minis :) and gave Ford way too much credit. Everyone other than the highlighted 4 are struggling for production. As noted by someone: 'Production is hard'.

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8to24 t1_iwrg3e8 wrote

Cumulatively that's about a million cars just last year. Considering cumulatively only 52k EVs were sold per year 10yrs ago a million is enormous progress in a very short period. That million also left out Polestar/Volvo, Mazda, Mercedes, Honda, Nissan, and others who also produce EVs.

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onegunzo t1_iwrhx77 wrote

All those other EVs maybe add up to a 10 to 20K total. Again mostly compliance vehicles.

Agreed on the movement of EVs. We're about to hit the S curve of EVs. And who's in great position vs. who's not. The ones who are not in position, only the highlighted + Ford are ready. The rest, I'm sorry just aren't going to be there.

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ElectrikDonuts OP t1_iwrlu40 wrote

Its good to see VW taking the bull by the horns. I was very skeptical. I assume those are most European eco cars and better, not $4000 Chinese GM golf carts

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DonQuixBalls t1_iwzjmg5 wrote

Correct. They're German made ID series vehicles, and they're quite good.

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Surur t1_iwrdq3t wrote

There is a difference between making a few EVs and being able to mass-produce them, particularly if they are unprofitable and your ICE car sales are in freefall.

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8to24 t1_iwrf1x1 wrote

Tesla sells over 300k cars per year. NIo sold 250k last year.GM sells 20k of just the Chevy Bolt per year. Ford sold 20k of the Mach E.

Define "mass-produced".

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Surur t1_iwrg3pq wrote

> Tesla sells over 300k cars per year.

I mean, you are technically correct.

Tesla sold 935,000 cars in 2021 and is on track for around 1.3 million in 2022.

Note BMW only sold 2.2 million cars in 2021.

I would define a million per year as definitely mass production. I think less than 100K is definitely not.

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ElectrikDonuts OP t1_iwrlid8 wrote

Tesla is growing so fast ppl can barely keep up with how much the make to the same significant digit

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DonQuixBalls t1_iwzjyns wrote

>GM has 7 separate EV models

Not quite. Hummer, Bolt, and Bolt EUV are the only ones on the market.

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phycoticfishman t1_iwr8eyl wrote

GM is surprisingly ready as well. Though they have had little to no hype except for the electric Hummer.

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8to24 t1_iwrajep wrote

GM already has 7 EVs in the market.

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onegunzo t1_iwrfvlz wrote

I hope we can agree # of brands is a meaningless #. It's about what can you deliver/produce?

If you can produce a few thousand (or even 10K) of a brand, is that really production? Or just compliance cars so you don't have to pay credits to Tesla and other EV companies?

A reminder, Rivian has produced 14K YTD. GM has produced just over 15K YTD. That's the real measuring tape - yeah?

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8to24 t1_iwrge1b wrote

>Global EV sales reached a record-high of 6.9 million in 2021. https://theicct.org/publication/global-ev-update-2021-jun22/#:~:text=Global%20EV%20sales%20reached%20a,%2Dduty%20vehicles%20(HDVs).

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onegunzo t1_iwriuyr wrote

And?

Please go deeper into what made up those 6.9 million. I'll spoil it for you. Most likely 4-5 million plus were golf cart sized cars in China. Only about 2 to 2.5 million were real vehicles(being generous). And again a lot if not most of those were produced in China. Only 1+ million were produced outside of China.

But what's your point?

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8to24 t1_iwrjy5n wrote

>Only 1+ million were produced outside of China.

Tela alone sells a million cars per year.

My point is that production has been dramatically scaled up.

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onegunzo t1_iwrki8l wrote

Most of Tesla cars are built in China...

Other than the ones I highlighted elsewhere in this thread, the rest are in real trouble.

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ElectrikDonuts OP t1_iwrl8kk wrote

Double what tesla has and like 1/4th of the sales, if that. Number of models doesn’t matter. If anything its just a distraction when EV are battery supply limited

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