300k electric* cars sold in one month
*number includes hybrids
Hello apples, meet oranges, your new point of comparison.
*number includes hybrids
Hello apples, meet oranges, your new point of comparison.
So anything can be anything.
Basically, it's an easy way to add another 30% to a number on a chart. The intent behind doing so could vary from simple negligence, to outright misinformation, and like many things, the truth likely resides somewhere in-between.
Personally, hybrid electric vehicles seem to be the most viable current option for almost everyone, and it gives us some time to get the power grids upgraded enough to move to all electric later. That in my eyes is an ideal situation, as it gives battery tech, and generation tech, time to mature further. Sure 300-some miles in a nice Tesla is an achievement, but, 1000 miles, half the weight, twice the generation efficiency, and half the charge time is better overall, and from what I'm seeing, all of the above is doable within 10 years or so.
The Prius Prime is approximately the same weight as the Model 3, more expensive than the Model 3 after the rebate, and only gets 2.9 miles/kWh vs 4.1 miles/kWh for the Model 3. So it takes at least 33% longer to charge for the same distance of travel while slow charging and of course doesn't support fast charging.
I found the RAV4 Prime, which is a plug-in hybrid which will do 40 miles on the battery without touching gas.
All of my daily driving is now electric, but it is a plug-in hybrid and I do use the gas engine on road trips.
So, yes, it's not a pure comparison of electric cars to electric cars, but when people are buying a new car, they're in the market for a _car that meets their requirements_, not _electric cars only_.
An uncareful reader would take that to mean BYD is catching up to Tesla in the electric car market, which would be remarkable, but ultimately that isn't a true statement.
That isn't to say BYD isn't remarkable on their own, they outsold VW group's EV's 2:1 in Q2, which are the most up-to-date numbers available. That's still fewer than Tesla, and a smaller gain Q1-Q2 than Tesla, but for a manufacturer completely locked out of the US market, it's really impressive.
I would assume that they'd quickly overtake Tesla if the US lifted their de facto embargo on non-domestic cars, given that their unit costs are substantially lower.
https://en.byd.com/news/byd-starts-strong-in-2022-with-sales...
"New Energy Vehicles". Every time they do it, large sections of the media report them as a "Tesla challenger". I do agree though that they are making increasingly good EVs.
It's more a fault of the media failing to report this accurately, especially being that in their press release linked above, they have broken out how many hybrids and how many EV's they've sold.