Tesla delivered extra vehicles than Toyota in California within the second quarter of 2023, demonstrating the robust momentum of EVs within the largest U.S. new-car market.
Toyota has been the longtime best-selling model in California, however its 67,482 registrations for Q2 had been simply behind Tesla’s 69,212 registrations, in accordance with a California New Automobile Sellers Affiliation (CNCDA) report. Tesla registrations had been up 62.3%, whereas Toyota registrations had been down 8.3%, the report stated.
Toyota nonetheless had the most important market share of any model in California for the primary half of 2022, at 14.7% to second-place Tesla’s 13.6% share. That market share is already larger than the 11% Tesla took in California for the entire of 2022, although.
California EV market share for first half of 2023 (through CNCDA)
The Tesla Mannequin Y additionally continued its run because the top-selling model in California. Tesla’s smaller crossover can be the top-selling car nationwide, excluding pickup vehicles.
The Japanese automaker additionally had 4 of the eight best-selling autos in predominant market segments tracked within the report, together with the Camry sedan, Tacoma pickup, RAV4 compact SUV, and Highlander three-row SUV. The Tesla Mannequin 3 and Mannequin Y had been additionally best-selling of their segments because the group divides them.
New California EV registrations had been up total, rising 125% within the first half of the 12 months. EVs additionally made up 21.1% of the California new-car market within the first half of 12 months, in comparison with annual market share of 16.4% for 2022.
2024 Toyota Camry
California has lengthy been the chief in plug-in automotive gross sales. Within the first quarter of 2022, it accounted for 40% of U.S. EV and plug-in hybrid gross sales, in accordance with numbers launched by the California Power Fee and interpreted by electrical car advocacy group Veloz on the time.
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