It is valuable to consider and compare alternate views of the future
Here are some perspectives from Snowbull Capital on their view of the "EV market" which includes BEVs, ICE PHEVs, ride-hailing
1. Global Passenger EV Sales
- 40 million units for 2031
Our own view starts with an expected 25 million units from Tesla in 2031
- 20% Global Market Share would give the BEV industry 125 million units
- if Snowbull is right about lower industry volume then Tesla's Market Share would be 63%
A simple consequence of Slow Competitors
2. Global Passenger EV Sales by Region
- these numbers imply a significant shrinkage of the global and regional automobile industry
This chart provides a useful reference point for regional sales historically
And we expect the overall volume of demand to grow by over 2.3x between 2017 and 2040
- but there will be big differences in that growth by region
Snowbull's numbers do not reach past levels
3. Tesla Global Passenger EV Market Share
- Snowbull's market definition is said to include BEVs, ICE PHEVs, ride-hailing
- in which case it overstates the 2018, 2019, 2020 numbers
Our Global Market Share tracking is for pure BEVs only
4. Tesla Sales By Model
- there appears to be an assumption here that Tesla will cease developing any new products
- which appears to be a little inconsistent for a company that has clearly said it intends to deliver 20 million units in 2030
5. Tesla Sales By Region
- the peak numbers seem low for the three main regions just based on currently planned production locations
- the cause of the projected volume declines during the 2030s is unknown
6. Tesla Passenger EV Sales by Region
- the total number in 2031 is about 6.9 million vehicles
- Tesla has clearly stated its intention to deliver 20 million vehicles, or nearly 3x more
The reason for the difference from management guidance is unclear
Delivery of only ~600 million BEVs by 2040 in line with Snowbull's forecasts would substantially delay the conversion of the Global Vehicle Fleet from ICEVs to BEVs compared to the ~2,200 million BEVs shown here
- and significantly delay the improvement of global CO2 emissions
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We do not yet have a final total for Global Vehicle Sales in 2020, but preliminary indictions are that 77.1 million vehicles were sold of which 2.1 million or 2.7% were pure BEVs
The number of ICE vehicles sold is estimated at 75 million
This means that ICE sales came in -34 million units below trend line growth of Natural Demand, twice as deep as the -17 million units contraction seen in 2019
This also means that ICE sales are now -20.9 million vehicles or -21.8% down from their 2017 peak
- they are also -13.1 million vehicles down from the 2019 level
- and they are -5.0 million units below our own original view of 80 million ICEVs for 2020
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