July 2023 Auto Sales
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Yes lots of drama queens as market slowly shifts.
Once again, percentage wise, the EV’s are being sold mostly in California.From CNBC Financial News:
82.7% ICE
8.8% Hybrids
8.5% EV
If you are hoarding bunch of engine oil, relax, don't worry, it will get used.
Looks like "Thin vs. Thick" threads will be here for a VERY long time!
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Yep. No surprise either, IBTL.
Here is a snapshot of 2022 from California.
No surprise, so are the highest percentage of the sales. We are a huge economy.
They talked about E. & W. coast are buying most of the EVs and automakers and dealers are sending the EVs from mid US to the coasts.
also something about F-150 lightening not having a good range in cold weather and one dealer saying people are trading them back with the regular F-150 gas models.
I’m shocked that hybrids don’t make up a larger portion of sales.
They talked about hybrids gaining popularity and iirc, first time that their % sale was higher than EVs. Both still very low relative to ICE but hybrids gaining momentum.
I'm not an EV person yet but don't mind a hybrid. If I get a 15 years battery warranty, I may consider one. Their prices are not crazy like EVs.
I'm not an EV person yet but don't mind a hybrid. If I get a 15 years battery warranty, I may consider one. Their prices are not crazy like EVs.
Shortages of hybrids? It seems like hybrids are all backordered and/or hard to find.
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Are they zero emmmission vehicles because that coal is burnt somewhere else, or????
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A fantasy. (zero emission vehicles).
Certainly half of California’s power comes from burning natural gas. Solar and wind gets the press but gas turbines do the heavy lifting.
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11% of the Western Interconnect - of which California is part - is coal, or was in 2020.
Looking Beyond the Region: US and the Western Interconnect
www.nwcouncil.org
A helpful hint in reading these stats is knowing that hybrids are internal combustion vehicles. They run on gas, period.
Yes-but they run on a gallon of gas a longer distance....that's why you have to wait months for them...period.
Not necessarily; for example, the BMW PHEVs can run on the electric motor alone for some distance. When I worked at BMW a salesperson was leasing a 330e for his wife she drove to work on the electric motor and drove home on the IC motor. She averaged 75 mpg.
If the vehicle plugs into the grid, then that can be true -- ie. plug in hybrids. If the energy goes in through the gas tank, it is irrelevant that the car runs on batteries for a while. Hybrids are, on the main, gasoline vehicles.
There supposedly is a slow down of ev sales on the horizon as many of the early adopters have purchased one.From CNBC Financial News:
82.7% ICE
8.8% Hybrids
8.5% EV
If you are hoarding bunch of engine oil, relax, don't worry, it will get used.
Looks like "Thin vs. Thick" threads will be here for a VERY long time!
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