Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Or support our Kickstarter campaign! I recently looked into Tesla’s January sales in 12 European markets, and the results were not pretty. Overall, across those 12 markets, Tesla’s sales were down 23%. However, one reader pointed out that it could ... [continued]
I will give Tesla credit for one solitary thing: They did help jumpstart electrics. Help. Not cause.
But that has been picked up by real car manufacturers, who just need more encouragement to continue to increase numbers, along with infrastructure projects to bring more charging stations to more places. A critical area would be for installations in places like apartment parking lots and various public parking lots (i.e. paid parking but I mean shopping lots)
Tesla cars also fail the mandatory safety inspections in Europe at an alarming rate. That’s not a good look when buying a new car.
They’re also notoriously terrible build quality.
I will give Tesla credit for one solitary thing: They did help jumpstart electrics. Help. Not cause.
But that has been picked up by real car manufacturers, who just need more encouragement to continue to increase numbers, along with infrastructure projects to bring more charging stations to more places. A critical area would be for installations in places like apartment parking lots and various public parking lots (i.e. paid parking but I mean shopping lots)