Tesla is getting tons of orders in the United States because of the high gasoline prices, Electrek reports. In some places it could even be 100 percent growth.
The news comes from “sources within Tesla” and thus by no means official, but it seems plausible. In the American market that is not driven by addition rates and bpm, the electric car has to find its buyers largely on its own, although there are certainly subsidies in the US. One of the strongest arguments for going for an EV is the advantage when it comes to running costs. Fuel prices are a lot lower in the US than here, but so is the energy tariff. So there is also an advantage there, and that advantage has only increased with the record high fuel prices.
The EV in the US is therefore an attractive alternative for more and more people, and then you quickly end up with Tesla. Tesla is also by far the market leader in this area. The aforementioned sources report that the brand will certainly receive more orders this week than in the previous period. In the areas hardest hit by the high fuel prices, the increase could even be around 100 percent.
That does not necessarily mean that more episodes will follow, because the amount of episodes has long been mainly determined by what Tesla can build. With ‘only’ two factories, the limit has now been reached, but after the opening of the factories in Texas and Berlin, the number should increase significantly later this year. Before that, it is expected that the delivery time at Tesla will also do the same.
– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl