"Tesla Model Y Blows doors off US bestseller Ford F-Series.
But Tesla lost share within EV space against the giants it woke up.
In California, nearly 40,000 battery-electric vehicles (EVs) – not including plug-in hybrids – were sold in the first quarter,
for a share of 8.1% of all new vehicles sold in the state, according to registration data released by the California New Car Dealers Association (CNCDA) this week.
Despite the growth of EV sales, overall new vehicle sales in the state fell by 2.9% year-over-year, to 493,160 units.
Tesla’s Model Y outsold the bestselling vehicle of all times in the US overall, the F-series truck, by 6%, with 13,786 Model Ys against 12,978 F-series.
Tesla’s sales in California in the quarter grew by 12.5% year-over-year, to 26,154 vehicles, according to registration data.
But Tesla lost market share within the EV space as more legacy automakers started rolling out EV models, now that they’ve gotten the memo about where growth is,
with Tesla’s share falling from 70% of EVs sold in the year 2020, to 65% in Q1.
EV sales are a fast-growing, increasingly large segment in the declining new-vehicle market in California:
Tesla, the only automaker that manufactures vehicles in California, sold 26,154 vehicles spread over all its models, giving it a share of 5.3% of the overall new vehicle market in Q1, up from 4.6% a year ago, putting it in 6th place overall:
About that bestselling vehicle of all times in the US, the F-series.
Ford sold 12,978 F-series trucks in California.
It has for years been the bestselling vehicle in the US, outselling cars and trucks alike, but not in California.
In terms of registrations in California in Q1, the F-series was outsold by four models, three of them Toyotas plus the Tesla Model Y.
In the Top Dozen, there are four Toyota models, three Honda models, and two Tesla models (number of registrations in parentheses):
Toyota RAV4 (17,266)
Toyota Camry (15,526)
Tesla Model Y (13,786)
Toyota Corolla (13,180)
Ford F-series (12,978)
Honda Civic 12,942
Toyota Tacoma (12,515)
Ram pickup (12,477)
Chevy Silverado pickup (12,049)
Honda Accord (10,839)
Honda CR-V (10,339)
Tesla Model 3 (9,731)
California is a tough market.
Overall new vehicle sales peaked in 2016, same as in the US, and then began to decline, same as in the US.
By 2019, they’d dropped 5.4% from the 2016 peak.
Then in 2020, sales plunged another 22%.
... automakers have now discovered EVs.
All major automakers already have, or soon will have, EVs on the market.
In the Near Luxury category, Tesla sold 9,731 Model 3s.
BMW’s 3-Series was the runner up with 2,634 sales.
In fact, Tesla sold more Model 3s in Q1 than the other four contenders in that category combined: BMW 3-Series, Lexus ES, Mercedes C-Class, and Lexus IS.
In the Luxury Compact SUV category, Tesla sold 13,786 Model Ys, more than the next four contenders combined: Audi Q5, Lexus NX; Mercedes GLC; and BMW X3.
The Chevrolet Bolt, GM’s EV model from several years ago – which GM isn’t even trying hard to sell – was the number two vehicle in the despised subcompact car category with 2,839 vehicles, behind the Nissan Versa (2,995).
But in the Luxury and High-End Sports Cars category, Tesla’s aging Model S (889) got trounced by the BMW 5-Series (1,852), Mercedes E-Class (1,788), and the Porsche 911 (974).
Later this year and next year, the legacy automakers are going to trot out more EV models across the spectrum, in larger quantities, and with larger marketing budgets. "
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