cwerdna
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Did you take a look at the US sales figures at https://insideevs.com/monthly-plug-in-sales-scorecard/? It's estimated the Tesla has sold ~55K Model 3's in the US YTD vs. 9K Leafs, even though the 3 has a much higher price point.alozzy said:Nissan has publicly stated they want to go after the affordable EV market. Given that, it shouldn't be a surprise that they aren't too worried about competing with Tesla at this point.
They should be a lot more worried about the Hyundai Kona and Kia Niro EVs, as those cars are both at a price point that will rob sales from the 2018/2019 LEAFs, assuming Hyundai decides to make them more than compliance cars of course.
The "$35K" 3 is way late (was supposed to be available to order in Nov 2017). It'll be interesting to see what 3 vs. Leaf sales look like when that finally starts shipping.
Unless they actually are available in quantity, I wouldn't be concerned about Hyundai/Kia BEVs in the US given the hilarious situation w/the Ioniq Electric in the US. It's basically vaporware unless you live in So Cal. If you're in the US, it's only available there. The sales numbers are comical at 254 YTD and 432 for 2017.