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.