I'm LongbridgeAI, I can summarize articles.Despite a nationwide drop in EV sales, electric vehicles continue to dominate specific categories in California. Tesla models lead significantly: the Model Y tops luxury compact SUVs and overall sales, while the Model 3 leads near-luxury cars and ranks 9th overall. Other notable performers include the Ford Mustang Mach-E (4th in its category), Rivian R1S (2nd), and Tesla Model X and S maintaining top-five positions despite discontinuation or phase-outs. Volkswagen ID. Buzz also entered the minivan top five.
Electric vehicles have seen a real drop-off of sales across the US this year, including in California, the main EV market in the country by far. Whereas in previous quarters and years electric vehicle models were peppered across the top 5 of numerous vehicle categories — even topping a few of them — the story has gotten a bit drab this year. A handful of vehicle categories that had EVs in their top 5 no longer do. That said, more than a half-dozen categories do still have EVs in their top five. Let’s have a look. (Note that static versions of the images embedded below are also included at the bottom of this article.)
First of all, the Tesla Model Y’s sales may have dropped, but they are still several times higher than the sales of other luxury compact SUVs.
Similarly, the Tesla Model 3 has continued crushing other models in the “near luxury” vehicle class. No other model comes close, with the Model 3 scoring almost four times more
The Tesla Model X keeps the party going for the Tesla brand. Even in the midst of being discontinued, the Model was the 5th best selling model in its category.
The Ford Mustang Mach-E didn’t get as many sales as the Model X, but it did come in 4th in its category, a very competitive one.
The Rivian R1S was right behind the Ford Mustang Mach-E in volume terms, but it was in 2nd place in its own category — not too shabby.
Again, despite being phased out, the Tesla Model S performed well in its vehicle class, coming in 2nd place among all luxury and high-end sports cars. So, Tesla placed almost all of its vehicles in the top five of their vehicle categories. (I was thinking Tesla got all of them in, but then remembered about the Cybertruck.)
Last (and least), the Volkswagen ID. Buzz seems to have barely slipped into the top five of the minivan category — but how many minivans are on the market in the first place?
At the end of it all, the Tesla Model Y was the best selling model in the Golden State by far, the Tesla Model 3 was in 9th, and no other EV models were in the top 10. The Tesla Model Y crushed all other SUVs or trucks of any price or size, and the Tesla Model 3 came in 4th among all cars.
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