US Electric Car Sales Surge As Overall Car Sales Slip — Temporary Blip Or Game-Changing Trend? (Video)
, the chip shortage has proven to be far less of a problem for Tesla than for the legacy brands. It’s hard to escape the conclusion that the reason EVs bucked the overall market decline is simply that all-electric Tesla had cars to sell, while the other, gas-centric brands didn’t.So, does this mean that once the industry solves its supply-chain problems, the market will return to “normal?” That EVs’ heroic quarter was just a temporary blip? Not likely.
Every one of those EVs sold last quarter represents one less ICE car spewing pollutants into the air, and one more electric driver spreading the gas-free gospel to family and friends. Not least, the attention-grabbing sales statistics are generating mainstream media coverage of EVs, which is finally starting to trend positive . Cars are fashion products, and news of increasing sales has a snowball effect.
Perhaps more importantly, the policies at Tesla that have helped it to weather the chip shortage aren’t going to change. The legacy automakers will get their supply chains running smoothly again, but it will take time, and going back to the status quo ante pandemic won’t be an option. The wise companies are learning from Tesla, and starting to bring more of their software development in-house, as they also start to build new supply chains for the electric future.
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