https://www.motor1.com/news/669135/t...g-car-q1-2023/

This is a significant bit of news for the auto industry. For the first time, a pure electric car is at the top of global sales rankings. And it could only be a Tesla. Yes, JATO data for 53 markets worldwide, plus information for other key markets and estimates for others, indicate that the Tesla Model Y was the world's best-selling car in the first quarter of this year.

Back in August 2022, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced during the annual shareholders meeting that the Model Y would become the best-selling new vehicle in the world in 2023. Although the brand has grown very rapidly, it was considered an optimistic target at the time, given the high average price of this mid-size SUV.

But recent price cuts and Tesla's worldwide expansion are boosting demand for the Model Y. It was the third best-selling car last year, behind only two very popular names: the Toyota RAV4 and the Toyota Corolla. According to data from 152 markets, Tesla sold 747,500 units of the Model Y, a 91 percent increase from 2021.

The Model Y fell 244,000 units behind the Corolla sedan and 268,000 behind the RAV4. The gap between the two models has started to narrow as Tesla has continued to reduce the prices of its cars and the EV boom has gained even more traction.

Tête-à-tête Between Model Y and Corolla

Data collected for the first quarter shows the Tesla Model Y in the lead with 267,200 units sold. That's an increase of approximately 69 percent from the same period last year. The Model Y performed strongly in China, its core market, in the United States where it's up 68 percent, and in Europe, where it became the top-selling vehicle.

The Toyota Corolla is less despite sales figures including all available body types: sedan, wagon, and hatchback. The Corolla, which has been one of the most popular cars in the world for years, recorded downward-trending sales of 256,400 units. That includes a 29 percent drop in China and a 10 percent decline in the United States.

The current generation of the Corolla was presented in March 2018, while the Tesla Model Y debuted a year later in March 2019. The gap between the two is not that great, which means that anything can happen by the end of the year.

lies

How does it sell better than the Camry or Corolla when it's much more expensive than the two

It is a great car srs

Companies are fleet leasing them, cause everyone's going 'green'

EVcels will never learn

lmfao....

dat "net zero"

I dont believe it. Most people can't afford it, especially with todays interest rates. (Ded fkn Srs)

I see a fair amount of them on the road these days.

It’s one of the most affordable cars on the market.

No sales tax.
$7500 tax credit.
Some states offer rebates too.

Interesting. Could be a decent upgrade. I've been thinking of trading my car in for a Lexus. I dont think Tesla does trade ins. (Ded fkn Srs)

Because one is a nice car and the other two are pieces of sheit.

I don't believe it for a second

LOL

But there are 1.5 billion Indians in the world.

So the Camry sales should be about 100 million there alone

They do. If you have somewhere to charge it, it’s 100% worth it.

I’m on Long Island NY and it’s all you see. Unreal how quickly it happened too. Everyone wants one. Nobody wants to go to a gas station. See so many home charges where I live.

It’s over for gascels

They join horsecels

Arrives in 2 weeks

Government incentives are knocking $20k off the price of mine.

Jfl @ the government taking money off hard working taxpayers to make my new car cheaper, just to please the climate change doomsday cult

Where about on Long Island are you brah?

I'm in town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County. Been seeing a lot of Teslas around here in the past year or so,.

the ugliest 50K car ever made

Nassau Gold Coast, north shore, it’s insane, fookin like a Tesla convention.

I see them everywhere, even the ghetto hood rats with crooked teeth are in them.

Then you got the other people who add spoilers on them like they are in the fast and the furious X.

Wait until they secure all the contracts for the government.

Elons number one customer.

Buy stocks man, it is already coming down.

We are transitioning and supposed to be 100% ev by 2035.

Tesla will get a huge majority of these contracts.

My first time today seeing at an airport several of those private taxi or some limo ride or whatever companies using Tesla model Y, it was always stupid Ford crown Victoria‘s around here for like decades, it seems,

It’s over for gascels,

Inb4 land moons on man

Since we’re on the topic of electric cars what do y’all think of this. Might talk to them about leasing one.

https://www.bmwusa.com/vehicles/all-.../overview.html

I’ve driven a polestar before and I enjoyed the drive but the interiors on these electric cars are lacking in my opinion. And I didn’t enjoy the recharge process and having to go out of my way to get it done.