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    19 days ago

    Nice summary in the article. Except for North America, most regions see a very solid increase.

    Here’s how 2025 EV sales stack up through May:

    • Global: 7.2 million (+28%)
    • China: 4.4 million (+33%)
    • Europe: 1.6 million (+27%)
    • North America: 0.7 million (+3%)
    • Rest of World: 0.6 million (+36%)
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      19 days ago

      Interesting to see that USA that prevent competition with steep import tariffs has the lowest growth in a relatively new market.
      A stellar example of how tariffs slows progress.

      There is no way Europe should be more than twice as big on EV than USA under normal circumstances, with 1.6 million sold against only 0.7 in USA. Especially considering that Tesla was pioneering the modern EV and is an American company.
      There’s a reason Tesla sales are dropping more in Europe and China than they are in USA. Tesla is simply not as competitive globally anymore, and a good (imported) EV is expensive in USA.

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        19 days ago

        I might be wrong, but the US EV market might be actually shrinking in the next few months, due to a combination of political climate and import restrictions.

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          19 days ago

          I also heard that Tesla is such a significant part of the charging grid in many places, that it’s problematic to charge without using Tesla chargers.
          So people sometimes have to go back to ICE if they want to boycott Tesla.
          Here we don’t have that problem, but we do have a problem with needing many apps on our phone to be able to use whatever charging station is the most convenient for the trip.