1/ ICCT came out with their October European analysis. Bottom line: Daimler, FCA/Tesla/Honda and VW don't look good, Ford-Volvo not too close while the others are close to the target.
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2/ However, if you look close enough, October #'s are usually much closer to the targets (that vary by OEM! as their car sizes and other parameters vary too) than yearly averages. Based on that alone, Nov/Dec will help pretty much everone better than average reach targets.
3/ For example, look at Daimler: their share of electrified vehicles has doubled during the year.
Oct figures don't include models like Volvo XC40, Renault Twingo, Fiat 500e, VW ID.4 and others that will add to Nov-Dec data, while most others have a strong EOY push.
4/ And these are BEVs listed above, PHEVs account for an even higher reduction, however, incentives distort the picture country by country.
5/ Here is an overview of the overall market and EV shares. Add Norway for 72%.
6/ Overall, FCA with PSA (Stellantis combined) won't need credits from 2021 (although they still have the contract with Tesla in place), VW won't need credits as their MEB platform ramps up, Daimler is electrifying heavily so with EQA and EQB they won't need credits either.
7/ That will leave Tesla with tiny JLR and Honda as potential credit buyers from 2022 (unless the capped super credit distorts the pic too much; but I expect most to be compliant from 2022 based on October actuals and expected 2021 progress).
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1/ Now that I’ve reached 4206.9 followers, I thought it’d be time for a *short* historical overview.
I’ve joined Twitter in October of 2018. I had a specific reason in mind regarding $TSLAQ, so I wanted to become part of the community.
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2/ But I haven’t planned my presence for long. Hence my handle: I wanted something I couldn’t emotionally relate to. @fly4dat sounded like something even below neutral. Who likes flies anyway? Not even flies do in some cases.
3/ First, I was trying to add value by finding some strange stuff, of which, at that time, have been way more than now.
Lots of speculation about M3 ramp-up, SuX refresh (LOL), and the evergreen scams: FSD, the Semi, the Roadster.
Important: ships came late so Nov is totally irrelevant but for SuX (which stands at -50% YoY but will get somewhat less bad with more countries reporting).
2/ Shareholders of other OEMs are shareholders there and not in Tesla for a reason. They wouldn't accept $TSLA shares without guarantees that they can get out safely. However, financial engineering has always been Tesla's strong suit, and there is too much at stake here.
3/ Others argue that $TSLA would fail at a DD. Well, there are always some utterly corrupt C-suites, not necessarily only Italians, if you know what I mean. Also, 2/ answers the DD question too.
2/ But there is always some inventory left (logistics hiccups, rejects, even if everything gets sold). 2-3k seems to be the minimum now, so 27-28k is a theoretical maximum.
As we don't yet know December demand, I'll report back with my estimate later. Expect 24-28k.
3/ That 10-15% yearly M3 fall is after SuX drop of 30-35%. In a market where BEV sales ex-Tesla will have grown by 150% (2.5x).
2/ There is time for 3 more ships, but they need 1 (maybe 2) more to APAC.
The China window of opportunity has pretty much closed, no ship from Shanghai could reach Europe in time.
So 9 ships tops, unless Tesla a) ships from the East or b) sends cars from Shanghai by train.
3/ Although it's possible that they ship again from the East, I find it unlikely this time. They would have had plenty of time to ship from SFO, and shipping from the East is costlier and involves more risk.
Similarly, shipping from China by train is quick but pricey (and new).