As if Tesla’s 280% stock price increase since the beginning of 2013 or becoming profitable in Q1 of this year wasn’t enough, the Electrification Coalition released a report last week stating that Tesla’s Model S made up 8.4% of the U.S. luxury automotive market in the first six months of the year.
In the first quarter of this, year Model S sales outpaced Audi A8, BMW 7-series and Mercedes S Class sales. But what’s really striking about the comparison is that Tesla is a young car company and its Model S has been selling for only about 14 months, while BMW has sold its 7-series since 1977 and Audi’s flagship A8 launched back in 1994.
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