How does this compare with the EVs made by the "traditional" auto makers (Ford, GM, VW, Toyota, etc.)?
Judging by this great report [1] you would expect a worldwide market of about 800k EVs in Q1 2021, with Tesla and Wuling as the most significant producers.
1: https://insideevs.com/news/498088/global-plugin-car-sales-fe...
Does this number include all their plug in hybrids? I find it very hard to believe they sold that many E-trons and Golf-E's. Do they have other electric vehicles I don't know about?
https://cleantechnica.com/files/2021/02/World-plugin-vehicle...
VW Group's top-selling EV in 2020 was the VW ID.3 with 56,500 deliveries, followed by the Audi E-Tron (47,300 deliveries) and VW e-Golf (41,300 deliveries). This year, VW Group will start sales of the VW ID.4, which will likely be a bigger hit than the ID.3 due to its SUV body style. The ID.4 will also be sold in the United States, unlike the ID.3.
There will also be an Audi version of the ID.4 this year, which will go by the name Q4 E-Tron, and Audi will also launch this year its own version of the Taycan, the E-Tron GT. Other VW Group brands also plan to launch various EVs this year.
https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1130931_vw-group-sold-al...
Globally, about 56 million cars sold in 2020 (or about 14 million per quarter), down from 65.5 million in 2019.
China was the largest market with nearly 20 million sales, followed by the United States with 14.5 million.
Comparing the estimate of 14 million per quarter, Tesla hitting 183,000 sales would account for 1.31% of global sales. That is small, but also given how many manufacturers they are, it's by no means insignificant (and of course leading in EVs.)
Globally, Toyota sold 8.7 million cars (2.17m / quarter) or 15.5% of global sales.
In the US, GM sold 2.5 million cars (637k / quarter) in the U.S. or 17.6% of US sales.
[0] https://www.best-selling-cars.com/international/2020-full-ye...
VW is pretty impressive, did they have any popular electric vehicle before last year?
edit: Yes, they have a massive growth indeed, if they continue like that they'll likely overtake tesla already this year: https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1130931_vw-group-sold-al...
Tesla expects to make 500.000 cars per year in their German plant they are currently building.
Edit: 330.00 in Zwickau, 1.5 million world-wide.
I know the Mach-E is supposed to be more "luxury" than the consumer facing model 3/Y it copied from, but to only sell 7000 of them means they aren't even trying to sell them.
Maybe that is because the individual dealers have the ultimate say in what they sell, but still, there have to be at least 7000 Ford dealers in the world, and they should have been able to sell at least 3 each.
https://insideevs.com/news/498351/us-ford-mache-sales-q12021...