Tesla Commits To IAA Mobility Show In Munich
We’ve been hearing for years that auto shows are a thing of the past and that the internet has killed the personal touches we all loved about the industry. But while it might be true that auto shows aren’t the extravaganzas they once were, it can also be true that there’s still life in the industry and a reason to attend.
This year, Tesla, of all companies, will attend the IAA Mobility Show in Munich, Germany, and will display its electric vehicle lineup in front of what’s expected to be an enthusiastic crowd. The decision comes at a time when many automakers are looking to trim their marketing budgets. The IAA Mobility Show will attract other big-name automakers, including Ford and Volkswagen. Interestingly, VinFast will be at the show, as well as Opel, Renault, Rimac, Porsche, and Audi.
Here in the U.S., the New England International Auto Show has been canceled twice in a row due to low dealer inventories and waning financial investments from automakers. Elsewhere, it's already been a busy year in the auto industry as EVs take over the market. We’re halfway through 2023, but there are still a handful of high-profile shows and events, including Munich and the Detroit Auto Show in September.
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Chris grew up in, under, and around cars, but took the long way around to becoming an automotive writer. After a career in technology consulting and a trip through business school, Chris began writing about the automotive industry as a way to reconnect with his passion and get behind the wheel of a new car every week. He focuses on taking complex industry stories and making them digestible by any reader. Just don’t expect him to stay away from high-mileage Porsches.
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Last year I visited the Munich IAA. It was underwhelming because the focus was on electric vehicles (which I personally find boring), bicycles (e-bikes) and electric scooters. Vehicles with internal combustion engines were few and rare. And then you as a visitor were harassed by climate protestors outside of the grounds who verbally and even physically attacked visitors for what I can only describe as showing interest in individual mobility.
I hear this year the Munich IAA will feature no cars with combustion engines and the climate protestors will be out in force again. The climate protesters in Germany are the most extreme in the world, since the German government apparently secretly encourages and financially supports them for their climate agenda. They glue themselves to roads and harass motorists. Never again.
Look at that picture.
Which looks better, the black or the unpainted wheels? I vote no paint.
https://insideevs.com/news/677057/tesla-finally-builds-first-cybertruck-gigafactory-texas/
And while TTAC staff was asleep at the wheel, as usual, T E S L A made its first production Cybertruck. I'm very curious what its sales numbers at steady state will be. 10 times those of the Lightning? 15 times those of the BEV Silverado? Gentlemen (and assorted scum) place your bets!
"..In May, Elon Musk estimated that Tesla could sell between 250,000 and 500,000 Cybertrucks a year when production reaches full pace. "We'll make as many as people want and can afford," Tesla's CEO said..."
Have you noticed some HUGE differences between T E S L A and the legacy losers?
I did.