Thursday Morning Auto News, May 12, 2022: SEC investigates Musk; Musk disses hydrogen (one more time); Nissan returns to profit; more

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Wednesday Morning Auto News, May 11, 2022: China vehicle sales drop 48% in April, Russia’s crater by 79%; more

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Tuesday Morning Auto News, May 10, 2022: Tesla stutters in Shanghai, issues big recall in U.S.; Toyota slashes production; more

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Monday Morning Auto News, May 09, 2022: Musk’s procreation tweets cause anger; Diess has doubts about catching up with Musk; Uber cuts costs; more

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BEVs in Germany: Spot the Teslas

Why aren’t we surprised anymore? A month after Tesla dethroned Volkswagen in terms of monthly German BEV registrations, the Californian carmaker has crashed into the also-rans on the BEV leaderboard. To be fair, Tesla came in at the top of the also-rans, besting powerhouses such as Volvo, or MG Roewe by some 100 cars. By now, car counters should be intimately familiar with Tesla’s ups and downs: By the end of the quarter, everything that is halfway salable is pushed to customers (occasionally, with customers providing free labor) and a month thereafter, it’s cold turkey-time.  Then, by the end of that quarter …

At 8,045 units, German March deliveries were high even by Tesla’s yo-yoing standard.  Of course, April followed with a royal dud: Only 650 Teslas were registered in Germany in April, most likely reflecting the few that didn’t get to their local Strassenverkehrsamt  (DMV) in time to register their bought-in-March Tesla.
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