The Model Y may not be the best-performing Tesla, nor is it the most exciting design-wise, but it is a vehicle that presents a fantastic balance of price, features, safety, and utility. This balance, as it turns out, is allowing the Tesla Model Y to come within striking distance of becoming the United States’ best-selling vehicle by volume.
Wolf Street Corp., citing recent data from Experian, noted that there seems to be a change happening in the U.S.’ auto sector this year. Over the years, the Ford F-150 and full-sized pickups have maintained an iron grip at the top of the country’s best-selling vehicles list. But with high-end pickup trucks now approaching and even moving past the $100,000 mark, the vehicles are no longer as attainable as they were in the past.
This has resulted in the Ford F-150 dropping to No.3 in the United States’ best-selling vehicle list through the second quarter of 2024 with a share of 2.7%. Above the F-150 were two vehicles that still offer a decent amount of utility at a significantly lower price—the Tesla Model Y and the Toyota RAV4, both of which attained a share of 2.8% through the end of Q2 2024.
NEWS: The @Tesla Model Y is very close to becoming the #1 bestselling vehicle in the U.S. for the first time ever, according to new data from Experian.
Through Q2, Model Y had 2.8% share, its highest share ever (up from 2.6% in Q1), and just a…
