Tesla Cybertruck Gross sales Extra Than Doubled In Q3, Turned third Finest Promoting EV In USA

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The Tesla Cybertruck is something however regular. Nevertheless, the sci-fi electrical truck is following the development of different Tesla fashions and capturing up the gross sales chart. Naturally, ramping up steadily, it’s nowhere near the highest promoting Tesla Mannequin Y (86,801 deliveries within the third quarter) or the Tesla Mannequin 3 (58,423 deliveries), however it has risen to grow to be the third greatest promoting electrical automobile in the US (16,692 deliveries), in keeping with Kelley Blue Guide.

That 16,692 supply complete greater than doubled the variety of Cybertrucks on the street, bringing the year-to-date complete to twenty-eight,250. (One other 190 vans have been delivered within the 4th quarter of 2022.)

Extrapolating 16,692 out to a full yr, that will be virtually 67,000 Cybertrucks a yr, lower than half of what Elon Musk as soon as set as his expectation for the electrical truck (150,000 gross sales a yr). I don’t suppose we’re near manufacturing ramping as much as its max, however I did simply obtain an invite from Tesla to finish my lower-cost Cybertruck order (I’ve a reservation nonetheless that I’m not anticipating to make use of).

If you happen to go to the Tesla Cybertruck order web page immediately, it nonetheless exhibits the $99,990 Cybertruck because the lowest price Cybertruck. So, this invite above is certainly only for reservation holders.

Nevertheless, if they’re already attending to reservations for the lower-cost Cybertruck trim, it makes me suppose Tesla has already burned by way of an excellent chunk of its reservations. However we’ll see.

In comparison with different electrical vans, the Cybertruck is rocking it. In distinction to Tesla’s 16,692 deliveries of the Cybertruck, the Ford F-150 Lightning had solely 7,162 deliveries within the third quarter and the Chevrolet Silverado EV had a mere 1,995 deliveries. The Rivian R1T had solely 3,817 deliveries.

Behind the Cybertruck, the following greatest promoting electrical automobile in the US final quarter was the Ford Mustang Mach-E, with 13,392 deliveries. And the fifth greatest promoting — and right here’s the shocker — was the Honda Prologue. Who would’ve thunk it?

Total, with 166,923 deliveries, Tesla accounted for 48% of the USA’s 346,309 BEV gross sales within the 2nd quarter. It’s an enormous chunk of the US complete, however, as I famous a few weeks in the past, the model simply dropped beneath 50% of the US BEV market within the 2nd quarter for the primary time since … seemingly endlessly.

By the best way, whereas Tesla gross sales have been flying, its arch nemeses from a decade or so in the past — hydrogen gasoline cell vehicles — have been languishing as little greater than a footnote. Simply 73 Toyota Mirai and 26 Hyundai Nexo gasoline cell electrical automobiles have been offered within the third quarter in the US. The one factor that shocks me is that there are nonetheless someway 100 hydrogen gasoline cell automobiles being offered within the nation.

Ford was the 2nd greatest promoting model for EVs in Q3 2024 (23,509 deliveries) and Chevrolet was third (19,933 deliveries). The numbers are getting bigger, simply not practically as a lot as all of us want.