Originally Posted by
Icarus2001
Yes, look how far we have come. Last year in Australia 0.3% of cars sold were electric. In the USA 2.1 % and in Japan 1%.
The above chart is a blatant lie.
1. Look at the fine print. The chart "excludes Tesla, which does not reveal sales data". That's a lie. Tesla is a publicly traded company and reports sales data every quarter (
example). In 2018 Tesla produced 254,530 vehicles and sold 245,162. For the chart to exclude Tesla -- the #1 EV car manufacturer in the world -- is beyond misleading.
2. The chart compares apples vs. oranges, because it includes vehicle categories (such as large trucks) with no EV equivalent yet. But if we compare by market segment, EVs have been doing very well, and in some cases (such as Tesla) EVs sales are
surpassing the competition:
As we can see in the category Tesla competes in (Small & Midsize luxury vehicles) Tesla outsold all competitors in the US during Q1 2019, and looks to repeat the same for the full H1 as they reported
record production and sales in Q2.