After the announcement of a record order by the lessor Hertz of 100,000 Tesla, the title rose by more than 12% on the Wall Street stock exchange. Result: the action, which was already at stratospheric heights, exceeded 1000 billion dollars. Tesla is now worth 12 times more on the stock market than General Motors, the largest American automaker. The manufacturer even exceeds Facebook, becoming the 6th most valued company in the world. And this stock market madness is also inflating the wallet of the boss of the company, Elon Musk. The latter sits on nearly $ 300 billion. It alone weighs more than ExxonMobil, the American oil giant.
And what’s more, Tesla outperforms the competition.
The Model 3, which is the brand’s most accessible model, in September became the best-selling car in Europe, all engines combined. A historic first that shows the breakthrough of electric vehicles. With 24,600 copies sold, the small Tesla has topped two thermal vehicles, the Renault Clio and the Dacia Sandero. Tesla naturally leads the electric vehicle market with a 24% share. The Model Y, which is the brand’s new SUV, is second in the 100% electric car market, despite its price of 60,000 euros. The American manufacturer is doing better than the Volkswagen group, which is at 22%, than Stellantis, which is at 13%, and Hyundai-Kia which is at 11%.
Another type of vehicle breaks all records: it is the license-free car.
Yes… With an increase of 73% since January, the cart explodes the counters. Not bad for a vehicle restricted to 45 km / h. More than 16,000 unlicensed cars were sold in France between January and September, against 9,626 over the same period in 2019. The Covid crisis forces the French to turn away from public transport and fall back on carts, mopeds and cars. used car. The market for used cars without a license has also seen a 23% increase in volume. In addition, the manufacturers knew how to break the codes with more ecological and more glamorous models.
And then vintage Citroën models appear in the cinema …
In the film The French Dispatch, released on Wednesday at the cinema, we can indeed see the appearance of Traction, Type H but also 2 CV, Ami and Citroën DS. This feature film is the continuation of several stories about the same character in a fictional village in France in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. There are a lot of stars in this film, but the American director Wes Anderson makes models of Citroën the indirect stars.