7 Chinese And Korean EVs Outsold Tesla's Model Y In Australia

After Tesla Model Y became the world’s best-selling car in 2023 – and before Elon Musk’s descent into darkness – electric manufacturers realized how lucrative the market for compact SUVs and the potential market they represented was. Almost all brands competing in the electricity market know it and have a model in this segment, from Tesla itself, to Kia, Hyundai or Toyota, with its EV6, Ioniq 5 and bZ4x. BYD, which has every intention of becomin…

7 Chinese And Korean EVs Outsold Tesla's Model Y In Australia

Tesla was hoping the new Model Y Juniper would trigger a large increase in sales. Kia’s EV3 and EV5 have been exceptionally well received by Australian EV buyers. MG’s electric hatch and Geely’s budget SUV both outperformed several models. Electric vehicle sales in Australia are shifting fast, and the usual frontrunners are no longer guaranteed a spot at the top. As more buyers look beyond the legacy names, newer players are gaining ground, espe…

The Tesla Model Y has achieved the unthinkable: that an electric car is the best selling car in the world. And not only has it done it once, it has done it for two consecutive years: first in 2023 and then in 2024. However, its commercial performance may not be as good this year, as evidenced by the fact that its release edition after its great renovation has not yet been exhausted. According to Carscoops, although in its day the company would h…

BYD Sealion 7 outsells Model Y to be most popular electric car in April BYD Sealion 7 outsells Model Y to be most popular electric car in April

This post appeared first on Chasing Cars. The BYD Sealion 7 was the best-selling electric vehicle last month as sales of the usually dominant Tesla Model Y plummeted in April. BYD’s new midsize electric SUV registered 743 units in only the third month on sale, comfortably ahead of its direct Tesla rival that recorded only 280 sales. A heavily updated version of the Model Y has only just gone on sale in May, though Tesla’s Model 3 fared poorly as…

BYD Sealion 7 surpasses Tesla Model Y to become Australia's new best-selling electric car

With the Tesla Model Y soon to switch to a new model, it has allowed BYD to top the EV sales charts with its rivalling Sealion 7. A tumultuous month for electrified vehicle sales has seen BYD take over from Tesla as the new number one electric vehicle (EV) in Australia, as well as plug-in hybrid sales fall off a cliff now they are not part of the Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) exemption. A disastrous April for Tesla – in part due to the Model Y now i…