The title may be literally true, but is very misleading.
Many of the sales booked to Tesla in California are intended for buyers in other states that lack a Tesla dealership (but do have Porsche and Jaguar dealerships).
Many of the sales booked to Tesla in California are intended for buyers in other states that lack a Tesla dealership (but do have Porsche and Jaguar dealerships).
Anecdotally, whenever I am in the Brentwood/Santa Monica/other nice areas of West LA, Tesla sightings are getting very common. It's like the next Prius around here.
She will say, "Daddy theres a Tesla logo. " I'll say, "Where and what color." Immediately followed by, " Oh yeah, right you are. Good eye."
I'm asking because the report seems to use registrations and not just sales figures to describe the numbers in California[1]. To my knowledge a registration only occurs in the state where you're going to use the vehicle, but I don't know if the process varies for these trouble states.