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Tesla overtakes Toyota in global sales in Q1



TESLA’S Model Y was the first electric car to become the world’s best-selling car, beating the Toyota Corolla in the first quarter of this year, despite nearly doubling the price.

In a more positive Tesla news, Ford has also announced that it will use the electric vehicle specialist’s proprietary charging port to give Ford customers access to the “superior” Supercharger DC fast-charging network.

But in a twist to the ongoing story about Tesla’s so-called Full Self-Driving technology, a whistleblower leaked a damning series of data about safety incidents since last year. 2015 along with evidence of internal policies designed to keep such reports out of the public eye.

First, good news. According to data sourced from Jato Dynamics, the Model Y overtook the Toyota Corolla and RAV4 to take the top spot, selling 267,200 units globally in Q1 2024 compared to 256,400 Corolla and 214,700 RAV4. The numbers represent a 69% year-over-year increase for the Model Y.

Locally, FCAI sales figures show Tesla is Australia’s seventh most popular car brand with YTD sales of 14,083 (4.0% market share). The Model 3 is Tesla’s best-selling vehicle here and it dominates the mid-size passenger car segment over $60,000 with 8,819 units delivered through the end of April, while the Model Y has accumulated 5264 sales. in the midsize SUV segment over 60 thousand dollars.

Now for some bad news. Adding to the reports of battery fires and autonomous driving problems that have beset Tesla almost since day one, a whistleblower at the company leaked 100GB of data to the German business magazine. Handelsblatt shows more than 2,400 cases of self-acceleration and more than 1500 braking incidents related to Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) technology since 2015.

In addition, among the data is the account of unintentional emergency braking and the so-called virtual stop due to false collision warning.

Now, Tesla has recalled approximately 362,758 FSD-equipped vehicles for problems described by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) as a “collision hazard.”

Furthermore, the leaked documents state that it is Tesla’s company policy to keep reports of such matters “confidential,” with any correspondence relating to the matters only known to the public. sent to customers on a verbal basis.

“For each incident there are bullet points for ‘technical review’. Employees who enter this review into the system regularly state that the report is for ‘internal use only’. Each entry also contains a note in bold that the information, if any, can only be passed ‘orally to the customer’, reports Handelsblatt.

“Do not copy and paste the report below into an email, text message, or leave it in a customer voicemail. Vehicle data is also not disclosed without permission. If, despite the advice, it is ‘impossible to prevent the involvement of an attorney’, this must be documented.

Based on HandelsblattTesla responded to its queries about the data by “requiring to delete the data.”

To end on a more positive note; no big bad wolf, it looks like Tesla is gearing up to sign a deal with Ford to share its Supercharger network with owners of Blue Oval electric vehicles.

As part of a recent meeting between Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Ford CEO Jim Farley – who has repeatedly publicly praised Tesla – Ford announced that it will adopt the standard proprietary charging port. Tesla’s North American Charger (NCAS), giving Ford customers access to Tesla’s “Superior Electric Vehicle Charging Network”.

In return, and according to the publication of the United States precipiceTesla received “a significant acquisition for its charging technology from one of the leading automakers in the world”.

“Farley said all current and future Ford customers will have access to 12,000 Tesla Turbochargers across the United States. And for existing Ford EV owners, Musk said a converter is expected to be in production early next year,” the report said. precipice.

In a Twitter post, Mr Farley said the ability for Ford EV customers to be able to charge their vehicles using Tesla’s Supercharger network would accelerate the transition to electric vehicles.

“To accelerate EV adoption and make the transition a success for our customers, we must improve our charging infrastructure. (We) are excited to partner with Elon Musk and Tesla to provide Ford EV owners access to the Tesla charging network,” he tweeted.

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