Car sales sources

[bwilson4web]

Hi,

I get unhappy when a single number is published trying to make a claim without the rest of the market. Worse when the claimed source, Cross-Sell, does not have a press release to see if it was just bad cut-and-paste or something worse. This was shown in:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ly-halve-in-second-quarter-data-idUSKCN24H005

Tesla registrations in California nearly halve in second quarter: data​

So I asked Mr Google "Q2 auto sales 2020" and got:

https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2020/07/seeing-red-u-s-auto-sales-q2-2020/

• Tesla up 13.2%
• Total down -23.1%

https://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2020-us-vehicle-sales-figures-by-brand/

• Tesla up 6.79%
• Everyone else down

There were others using different criteria, qualifications of what data they used. For example, a trade magazine for dealers did not list any Tesla car sales. Regardless, Tesla went through 2020 Q2 in an expansion of sales . . . the bottom line that makes a car company profitable. The Rueters report about registrations combines both 'special pleadings' and 'cherry picking' the data.

Bob Wilson