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Tesla Model 3 becomes all-time best-selling electric car in US

    Posted on April 15, 20192 minute readBridie Schmidt

The Model 3 on show in fellow RHD drive market, Hong Kong. Credit: Bridie Schmidt
The Model 3 on show in UK and Australia’s fellow RHD drive market, Hong Kong. Credit: Bridie Schmidt

The Tesla Model 3 is now officially the best-selling electric car in the US, with sales of the all-electric sedan topping all previous sales of former EV favourite, the Chevrolet Bolt.

With the Model 3 now accounting for 13.8% per cent of all EV sales in the US, it is 0.8% in front of the Volt, and has tallied 163,979 units sold compared to Volt’s 154,664 according to EV Adoption figures published yesterday (US time).

The Tesla Model S follows the Model 3 and Volt in an third most popular EV of all time, with 147,517 sold. This is followed by the Nissan Leaf which has sold 133,227 according to EV Adoption’s figures, making up a third of the Leaf’s total 400,000 sales globally.
Source: evadoption.com
Source: evadoption.com

All in all Tesla electric cars account for nearly a third of all electric cars sold in the US, which is one of the world’s strongest EV markets thanks to a goal of 1 million EVs on the road set by former US president Barack Obama in 2011 and the work of carmakers such as General Motors (Chevrolet), Nissan and of course Tesla.
Source: evadoption.com
Source: evadoption.com

This is nearly twice as many EVs sold in the US as have been sold by General Motors, and three times as many as Nissan.

Overall, Tesla and General Motors account for half of the entire US EV market.
Source: evadoption.com
Source: evadoption.com

Globally, Tesla is continuing its expansion of the best-selling Model 3 into overseas markets, having recently commenced deliveries in Europe and China.

On Saturday (Australian time), Tesla CEO and founder Elon Musk confirmed that UK residents will be able to begin configuring and ordering Model 3 in a few weeks’ time, with deliveries slated to start in June or July.

Responding to a Tweep about an update for the UK, the entrepreneur tweeted, “LHD order page should be live within a few weeks. Deliveries start hopefully June/July.”

The mistaken LHD (the UK being a right hand drive market the same as Australia) was then corrected with an, “Ahem RHD.”

    Ahem RHD

    — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 12, 2019

It is expected that once released onto the UK market, Tesla will then commence shipments of the Model 3 to Australia

Last month, Elon Musk replied to an Australian EV driver that the Model 3 would reach Australia this winter.
Bridie Schmidt
Bridie Schmidt

Bridie Schmidt is staff writer for The Driven, and Renew Economy. She specialises in writing about new technology, as well as using her technical skills in managing our websites.
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