The Tesla Model Y was Earth’s best-selling car last year, according to a new report.
Automotive analytics firm JATO Dynamics, analyzing data from 151 markets, reports, “Sales of the Tesla Model Y totaled 1.22 million units globally, up by 64% from 2022, or 480,000 more units than 2021 — a result achieved by no other manufacturer before. Consequently, the Model Y managed to outsell traditional global top-sellers like Toyota’s RAV4 and Corolla sedan.”
The researchers said the Model Y “secured this position without a presence in most emerging markets, where it continues to be unaffordable for the majority of consumers.”
The RAV4 took second place with 1.07 million units. The Honda CR-V, known as the Honda Breeze in some markets, took the bronze with 846,000 sales.
The U.S.’s best-selling vehicle, the Ford F-150, comes in seventh globally with 623,000.
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The SUV craze is no longer a strictly American phenomenon. SUVs accounted for about 47% of light vehicles sold worldwide in 2023.
However, the epicenter of the global auto market is moving. “While the industry generally focuses its attention on the European, US, and Chinese automotive markets, 22% of new car sales in 2023 came from emerging economies,” researchers note.
