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The German concern BMW AG has, for the first time, outpaced the American company Tesla in the sale of electric cars in the European Union.

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Bit early to celebrate isn't it?

Tesla has sold 178,700 models in Europe through July, compared to BMW, with 97,525,

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"BMW sold more EVs in Europe than Tesla last month, the first month any company beat Tesla."

You: "But what about the months before that?!"

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I mean.... yes? I'm not saying it's not news, but people are acting like this means BMW is now firmly leading EV sales when car sales are famously volatile month to month for a variety of reasons and it's not like things have been neck and neck. Tesla is still clearly leading, at least for now.

As I said it's definitely news worthy, but it seems like people are overreacting.

Another commenter pointed out these numbers also seem to include hybrids as well, so even less significant. Let's see how things go for the rest of the year.