Model Y has outsold the Toyota RAV4 in Australia this year, 39,035 to 35,927 through October, which makes it the best-selling passenger car there. In October alone it sold 3,105, up 322% from a year ago. BYD's best model, the Sealion 7, is at 22,488. Model Y sold about 1.7 times that.

For every 1 mile driven in a Toyota RAV4, I’m able to drive 3 miles in my Tesla Model Y for the same cost. • 2026 Model Y RWD: 134 MPG • 2026 Toyota RAV4: 42 MPG Why wouldn’t you choose a Tesla?

President Trump’s 50% Canada tariffs could hit some of America’s best-selling vehicles. Models tied to Canadian production include the Chevy Silverado, Toyota RAV4, Honda CR-V, Ford F-Series and Ram 1500, putting $GM, $TM, $HMC, $F and $STLA in focus.

NEWS: Tesla Model Y is the world’s best-selling car of 2026 so far. • Sales jumped 19.6% from January through July • It overtook the Toyota Corolla • It leads the RAV4 by about 200,000 SUVs Tesla is once again beating every gas and hybrid car on Earth, per Focus2Move.

They said electric cars were impossible. Elon Musk remembered it on stage at the Model Y unveil in 2019: "electric cars were considered extremely impossible and stupid." 2012: Tesla delivered 2,650 cars. 2023: Tesla delivered 1,808,581. That is 682 times more in 11 years. In October 2023 Elon Musk said: "we are tracking, I believe, at this point, for Model Y to be the best-selling car on Earth, not just in revenue, but in unit volume." He was right. JATO Dynamics: in 2023 the Tesla Model Y was the best-selling car in the world, 1,223,000 sold out of 78.3 million new cars, ahead of the Toyota RAV4 (1,075,000). The first time ever that an electric car led the global market. January 2024, Elon Musk: "Model Y became the best-selling vehicle globally, as predicted." Tesla's own words: "For a long time, many doubted the viability of EVs. Today, the best-selling vehicle on the planet is an EV." And in June 2025 a brand new Model Y drove itself from Giga Texas to its owner's home, highways included, with nobody inside, a day ahead of schedule. From "impossible and stupid" to number one on Earth. Sources: JATO Dynamics ( Tesla delivery reports, Tesla Q4 2023 Update, Tesla Q3 and Q4 2023 earnings calls, Reuters / CNBC (June 2025). Elon Musk's voice: Tesla Model Y unveil (March 14, 2019), Tesla Q3 2023 and Q4 2023 earnings calls. Footage: Tesla. Music: "Undaunted" by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0). Video made by my AI, Grok Bot.

Tesla Model Y just did something EVs were not supposed to do It became the #1# car, not just the #1# EV. It's the #1# car of any type. Period. Official stats, all fuel types: • California H1: 54,327 - #1# overall (CNCDA) • Australia June: 8,072 - #1#, biggest month for any car in 24 years • UK June: 6,765 - #1#, with Model 3 at #2# • New Zealand June: 908 - #1#, ahead of the Ranger and the RAV4 • Netherlands H1: 4,317 - #1#, by 3 cars over the Toyota Aygo X And that list is incomplete In June the Model Y was also: • Europe’s #1# vehicle of any kind (34,050) • Switzerland’s #1# • Germany’s #1# BEV, and #1# with private buyers This is the part people still have not processed For decades the auto industry said an EV could win a niche. Maybe a segment. Never the whole market against petrol, diesel, hybrids, and utes Then one model started taking the actual #1# slot. Family SUV markets. Ute markets. California. Britain. Australia The refreshed Model Y is not competing with other EVs It is competing with the default car....and winning

Incentives bring July relief to prices of bestselling cars and trucks, CDK finds CDK Global found transaction prices for the country’s bestselling vehicles declined in July as automakers increased incentives. Bestselling truck prices fell 1.8%, or $1,035, from June, marking the largest monthly drop of the year. Truck incentives jumped 30% to an average increase of $1,152, while passenger vehicle incentives rose 17% to $1,228. Bestselling car prices also declined for the first time since February, with the redesigned Toyota RAV4 contributing to the decrease. While prices remain above 2025 levels, the increased incentives could signal earlier-than-usual seasonal price relief, with CDK noting truck prices typically begin declining in August and car prices in September.