Climate Changed
Can the Model 3 Boost the U.S. EV Market?
- Green car demand rising for just the first time in four years
- Total U.S. auto sales poised to fall a seventh straight month
Tesla Delivers the New Model 3, Here's a First Look
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For all the excitement Tesla Inc. mustered by starting to deliver its cheaper Model 3, the tall order ahead for the sedan will be to pull off what no electric car has done to date -- move the needle on the auto market.
Tesla’s sedan starting at $35,000 has landed as U.S. sales of EVs and other green autos, including hybrids, perk up for the first time in four years. The gains have been too modest to matter to an industry in decline during the first half of the year. Total car and truck deliveries probably shrank a seventh straight month in July.