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Short term Ford thinking again, that’s why they’re losing to Tesla.

If the Lightning OUTSOLD Tesla, is that really losing to them? Feels to me like an indictment of the scale that Tesla actually operates: an order of magnitude less than the big car makers. If Ford declares a truck that sold better than CT as a failure, it's because for their size it didn't sell enough. If that lesser number IS enough for Tesla, they're simply not a player in the same league as Ford.

> If the Lightning OUTSODE Tesla

This reflects a very common pronunciation of syllable-final Ls in English, called a vocalised L, but I've never seen it reflected in spelling in such a way. Very cool!

I'm extremely curious - did you go for that spelling as an intentional stylistic variation, or was it a typo reflecting your usual pronunciation?

Typo.

Thank you for confirming!

The Tesla model Y is the best selling car in the world.

The Toyota Rav4 outsold the Model Y in 2025. Toyota led all brands worldwide with 10.3 million cars sold by November. Tesla which sold 1.64 million, didn't make the cut for top ten brands.

Here’s the Tesla source. Everything I’m seeing for the rav4 is dated before the end of 2025, so the data is projected for the rav4 to make a headline, not actual data.

https://www.teslarati.com/elon-musk-tesla-model-y-worlds-bes...

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