YTD is Year to date which means from the start of the current year to the current date. That is January 1st 2023 to the current date.

It is not the performance over the past 365 days.

Actually this is probably incorrect, at least for vehicles. Most people don’t wait for their engine to die before getting a new car. Having a vehicle battery that can maintain its storage capacity would be a huge benefit for the adoption of EVs, as well as for the used and new car markets. Auto manufacturers make more on a battery in a new car than in having to sell one to replace a depleted battery in an old car. The residual value of batteries from older vehicles would be a benefit to the used car and salvage markets. Your car frame might be totaled but your battery might be reusable or recyclable.

They weren’t the first smart phone, blackberry or Nokia were. Apple did reinvent it though. Before that, the iPod wasn’t the first mp3 player but they were the dominant player once the market matured. Tablets existed before the iPad but weren’t successful or popular until iPad.

Seldom does the first to market emerge as the leader in an established industry. There will soon be better performing and better looking EVs than anything Tesla has to offer.

I’m fine with this as long as they knock in those genes that give these fruits and vegetables back their flavor.

What it looks like you are trying to say is the antivaxers are going to be more stupid and crazy than they already are.