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Tesla Model Y becomes first EV to top global sales charts (www.autocar.co.uk)
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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.

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[–] polygon6121@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

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.