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by alexlmiller 1907 days ago
Tesla dwarfs everybody else combined: https://cleantechnica.com/2021/02/08/2020-us-electric-vehicl...
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tonfa 1907 days ago
Worldwide data: https://cleantechnica.com/files/2021/02/World-plugin-vehicle...

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...

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foepys 1907 days ago
VW plans to produce 1.5 million EVs per year ~in their Zwickau plant~ worldwide from 2025 onwards. They are also evaluating more plants to switch to full EV production.

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.

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reitzensteinm 1907 days ago
Do you have a source for that? As far as I know, Zwickau has already made its last ICE and they're targeting 1k units a day - and not seven days a week. Are you sure you're not mixing up total VW BEV numbers?
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foepys 1907 days ago
Thank you for the correction. I misread.

https://www.volkswagen-newsroom.com/en/zwickau-3755

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IdiocyInAction 1907 days ago
VW has the ID.3 and ID.4 in Europe, which are fairly successful.
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ajross 1907 days ago
Those are "plugin" sales, which includes hybrids along with EVs.
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w0m 1907 days ago
Tesla has by far the early mover advantage here; the % growth of the traditional players moving forward will be key as Big Guys start taking the market more seriously.
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