As we have reported a few times this week, Tesla has seen a huge number of pre-orders for its new Model 3 electric car; 500,000 units in the first two days post launch. While obviously good news for the environment, many experts say that EV sales still have a long way to go before they will make a dent in transport pollution. Given the size of the global auto industry; “Even if Tesla manages to scale up and hit its very aggressive target of 276k vehicles a year by 2020, that would still represent only about .5 percent of global light-duty vehicle sales,” said Colin McKerracher, head of advanced transport at Bloomberg New Energy Finance. “So it’s hard to have an overall impact from them alone.” However, it is noted that these new buying trends could be the beginning of a broader shift globally, as other automakers race to match the buzz and excitement being created by Tesla.
As we have reported a few times this week, Tesla has seen a huge number of pre-orders for its new Model 3 electric car; 276k units in the first two days post launch. While obviously good news for the environment, many experts say that EV sales still have a long way to go before they will make a dent in transport pollution. Given the size of the global auto industry; “Even if Tesla manages to scale up and hit its very aggressive target of 500,000 vehicles a year by 2020, that would still represent only about .5 percent of global light-duty vehicle sales,” said Colin McKerracher, head of advanced transport at Bloomberg New Energy Finance. “So it’s hard to have an overall impact from them alone.” However, it is noted that these new buying trends could be the beginning of a broader shift globally, as other automakers race to match the buzz and excitement being created by Tesla.