Tesla Mannequin Y overtakes Corolla to be world’s best-selling automobile in 2023

The Tesla Mannequin Y electrical crossover is now the best-selling automobile on the planet, knocking the Toyota Corolla from the highest of the rostrum.
New knowledge from JATO Dynamics has revealed that within the first quarter of 2023 the Tesla Mannequin Y is the best-selling automobile on the planet, promoting 267,200 within the first three months of the 12 months, eclipsing Toyota Corolla’s 256,400 gross sales.
This was predicted a couple of years in the past by Tesla boss Elon Musk earlier than the automobile was even launched and now it’s occurred.
Right here in Australia, Tesla Mannequin Y has been a vastly widespread mannequin since its launch in June final 12 months and is already the second greatest promoting SUV of any sort, simply behind the Toyota RAV4.
It has bought greater than 14,000 of those electrical SUVs in Australia. This 12 months, over 5,000 have been bought with this quarter trying to be its greatest to this point. The beginning of it noticed April’s gross sales coming as much as 2,095 in accordance with knowledge from FCAI vFacts.

The gross sales proceed to rise in Australia, regardless of the car worth not qualifying for a lot of state and territory incentives resulting from its increased beginning worth when in comparison with the Tesla Mannequin 3.
When evaluating it to ICE automobiles, the Tesla Mannequin Y is the best-selling Medium SUV within the over $60,000, within the nation by a large margin.
With 5,264 gross sales, it far outpaces the subsequent best-selling Medium SUV which is the Audi !5 with 1,618 gross sales.
Earlier this 12 months, knowledge compiled by Tesla and EV Information fanatic Sawyer Merritt on Twitter exhibits how Model Y has fared in total sales when in comparison with the world’s best-selling automobiles in 2022.
Made a chart of the highest 10 best-selling passenger vehicles worldwide in 2022 (in items).
Mannequin Y was the one car within the prime 6 to truly develop its gross sales in 2022 (+88% YoY). Anticipate it to be #1 worldwide by way of each income & unit gross sales in 2023. @elonmusk @Tesla pic.twitter.com/8ZIZXiiKcD
— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) March 8, 2023
It is a large milestone for the EV transition.
It exhibits legacy automakers that the time to provide and promote extra compelling EVs is now if they’re to outlive the automotive valley of dying.

Riz is the founding father of carloop based mostly in Melbourne, specialising in Australian EV knowledge, perception studies and traits. He’s a mechanical engineer who spent the primary 7 years of his profession constructing transport infrastructure earlier than beginning carloop. He has a ardour for vehicles, notably EVs and needs to assist scale back transport emissions in Australia. He at present drives a pink Tesla Mannequin 3.