Hacker News with Generative AI: Market Trends

Over 17M EVs sold in 2024 – Record Year (rhomotion.com)
Rho Motion, the leading electric vehicle (EV) research house, today revealed that following the fourth successive global monthly record of passenger car and light-duty EV sales, 17.1 million units were sold in 2024.

Electric Vehicles, Automotive Industry, Market Trends

12 points by toomuchtodo 3 days ago | 10 comments

Tesla deliveries down 43% in Europe while EVs are up 31% (electrek.co)
The official numbers from ACEA are out, and they confirmed that Tesla deliveries have crashed by 43% in Europe so far this year.

Electric Vehicles, Tesla, Europe, Automotive Industry, Market Trends

188 points by zfg 9 days ago | 248 comments

Tesla owners are trading in their EVs at record levels, Edmunds says (cnbc.com)

Tesla, Automotive Industry, Consumer Behavior, Market Trends

45 points by ceejayoz 12 days ago | 32 comments

Realtor.com Reports Active Inventory Up 28.5% YoY (calculatedriskblog.com)
Realtor.com Reports Active Inventory Up 28.5% YoY

Real Estate, Market Trends, Housing, Economics

15 points by speckx 13 days ago | 4 comments

Residential battery storage skyrockets in record-setting 2024 (electrek.co)
The US battery storage market set another record in 2024, installing 12.3 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity across all sectors, according to a new report from the American Clean Power Association (ACP) and Wood Mackenzie.

Renewable Energy, Battery Storage, Market Trends, Energy Industry

9 points by mfiguiere 14 days ago | 0 comments

Global smartwatch sales fall for first time (bbc.com)
Global sales of smartwatches have fallen for the first time, new figures indicate, in large part due to a sharp decline in the popularity of market leader, Apple.

Consumer Electronics, Market Trends, Apple

7 points by billybuckwheat 21 days ago | 0 comments

Tesla Used Car Price Crashes – Model Y, Model 3 Deals Explode (forbes.com)
New cars are out, used cars are in.

Tesla, Used Cars, Automotive, Market Trends

57 points by bentocorp 24 days ago | 38 comments

Ask HN: Is anyone making money selling traditional downloadable software? (ycombinator.com)
Curious if any HNers are running successful businesses selling desktop/downloadable software with a one-time payment model - not SaaS, not subscriptions. Something like the old days. How's the market for that? What's your experience with support and updates?

Software, Business, Market Trends, Monetization

210 points by 101008 73 days ago | 168 comments

China's EV Sales Soar 40 Percent Amid Gasoline Plunge (newsweek.com)
China's electric vehicle (EV) market experienced a record-breaking year in 2024, with sales surging over 40 percent, industry data revealed Monday.

China, Electric Vehicles, Automotive Industry, Market Trends

13 points by thelastgallon 75 days ago | 0 comments

Cybertruck Values Have Cratered and Are Still Dropping (jalopnik.com)
When the Tesla Cybertruck first launched, its earliest Foundation Series models cost $120,000. This didn’t stop Tesla loyalists from spending up to nearly double that to get their hands on one, and resale values have shown the folly of that approach: Cybertruck values are dropping far and dropping fast.

Tesla, Electric Vehicles, Automotive Industry, Resale Value, Market Trends

6 points by ChumpGPT 131 days ago | 2 comments

Electric vehicles now represent 19% of the passenger vehicle sales worldwide (twitter.com)

Electric Vehicles, Automotive Industry, Market Trends

28 points by doener 150 days ago | 46 comments

Ask HN: Is patio11's salary negotiation guide relevant in today's market? (ycombinator.com)
The market has changed a lot since this classic blogpost[1] on salary negotiation was written. With no specific numbers to back it up, it feels like demand for generalists SWE has decreased, while supply has increased by a lot.

Software Engineering, Salary Negotiation, Market Trends

116 points by sideway 154 days ago | 192 comments

WordPress Doesn't Matter for the Future of Web (molodtsov.me)
WordPress won the market but the entire paradigm shifted to managed solutions like Webflow. Markets that aren’t growing become a zero-sum game, which probably caused the conflict in the first place.

WordPress, Web Development, Market Trends, SaaS

85 points by twapi 170 days ago | 78 comments

Electric vehicle battery prices are expected to fall almost 50% by 2026 (goldmansachs.com)
Technology advances that have allowed electric vehicle battery makers to increase energy density, combined with a drop in green metal prices, will push battery prices lower than previously expected, according to Goldman Sachs Research.

Electric Vehicles, Battery Technology, Green Metals, Market Trends, Price Predictions

45 points by doener 173 days ago | 127 comments

$2 H100s: How the GPU Rental Bubble Burst (latent.space)
H100s used to be $8/hr if you could get them. Now there's 7 different places sometimes selling them under $2. What happened?

GPU, Cloud Computing, Market Trends, Hardware

403 points by swyx 174 days ago | 279 comments

Most gamers prefer single-player games (midiaresearch.com)
It’s no secret that the bulk of AAA games market revenues come from in-game purchases, mostly from live-service games.

Gaming, Video Games, Market Trends, Industry Analysis

171 points by omnibrain 181 days ago | 212 comments

How to Lose Money on the Most Popular Investment Theme (wsj.com)

Finance, Investing, Market Trends

4 points by haltingproblem 213 days ago | 0 comments

EVs, Hybrids Set to Exceed 50% of China Car Sales for First Time (bloomberg.com)

Electric Vehicles, Hybrid Vehicles, China, Automotive Industry, Market Trends

5 points by belter 237 days ago | 3 comments

Nearly 2/3 of Home Listings Have Been Sitting on the Market Longer Than a Month (redfin.com)

Real Estate, Housing Market, Market Trends

29 points by toomuchtodo 248 days ago | 46 comments

Mac shipments grew 6% year-on-year, outperforming the PC market (9to5mac.com)