More than 1.2 million examples of electric crossover were sold in 2023; dethrones Toyota RAV4
The Tesla Model Y has become the first EV to be crowned the world’s best-selling car, after more than 1.2 million examples were sold worldwide in 2023.
The American crossover dethroned the Toyota RAV4, confining it to second place despite a rise in sales to 1.07 million in 2023. Its Toyota Corolla sibling placed third with 1.01m.
“Today the best-selling vehicle on the planet is an EV,” Tesla said during its fourth-quarter earnings call.
The Model Y led sales in both Europe and China, the world’s two largest electric car markets – partly thanks to Tesla slashing prices by as much as £8000 last January across all of its markets.
This priced the Model Y 18% and 23% lower than the average cost of an EV in Germany and the US respectively, data firm Jato Dynamics has revealed.
Is there any EV car that’s not a data hog? I want an EV that doesn’t need internet to run.
Maybe some “older” models. Hyundai Kona 2019 comes to mind. Being connected is sold as a feature, most often paired with an app, and is something alot of customers ask for. It has added convenience at the expense of sharing all your data.
I agree with you that it sucks, but also for the reason that I will have a 2 ton brick on my driveway if the manufacturer decide to not support the model anymore. Or best case the cars just loose alot of features and value that I paid alot of money for when I bought the car. There is a possible future that the vehicles produced today will be even worse for the environment because they will basically have build-in planned obsolescence.
MG? Mine doesn’t seem to connect to anything.
Isn’t MG Chinese ? I avoid anything thats Chinese.
Yeah they are, most of the best and affordable EVs are at the moment. I couldn’t stand myself if I went near anything Musk though.
