Electric Vehicles Top 5 Vehicle Classes in California — CHARTS

Final Up to date on: twenty fourth Could 2025, 03:30 am

Electrical automobiles account for greater than 20% — a couple of out of 5 — auto gross sales in California. The Tesla Mannequin Y and Tesla Mannequin 3 dominate the market and are the first and third best selling cars in the state. Nonetheless, a number of different electrical fashions rank very properly in their very own automobile courses. Let’s check out seven automobile courses the place electrical automobiles are the highest sellers within the Golden State, 5 of which have an EV within the #1 spot.

Okay, we’ll begin with the large ones. Within the luxurious subcompact SUV market, the Tesla Mannequin Y crushes the competitors, because it has achieved for years. Regardless of gross sales being down (significantly), you may’t even inform this chart as a result of the Mannequin Y is up to now forward of the opposite “top sellers.”

… And it’s primarily the identical story within the “near luxury car” class (which actually must be the weirdest automobile class on the market). The Mannequin 3 dominates, and even with gross sales down, it’s a number of occasions increased than the #2 Lexus ES. One other electrical mannequin, the BMW i4, then slips into third. Congratulations, BMW, on that.

Right here’s the place issues get fascinating! Within the “2-row midsize SUV” class, the Honda Prologue has shot up into the management place. It simply goes to point out how huge the Honda model is and the way a lot it helps EV gross sales to have Honda provide an actual EV possibility, even when it was really developed by GM. Then you definately’ve received the Ford Mustang Mach-E in second place, and we must always give a nod to this automobile for rating properly in its class for a number of years now. That’s not straightforward to do.

We don’t have an electrical winner on this automobile class. Moreover, we’ve seen the Mannequin X decline and lose its place on this class over time. However, hey, it’s nonetheless within the high 5, and so is the BMW iX. Congratulations?

Within the “large luxury SUV” class, we’ve one other electrical winner! The Rivian R1S took the gold on this class, and it’s properly deserved. We also needs to observe {that a} respectable portion of these Cadillac Escalade gross sales are in all probability Cadillac Escalade IQ gross sales — or pure EV gross sales.

We’ve received one other non-Tesla electrical class winner right here. Kudos to Mercedes for scoring huge with the EQB — and never even having to look over their shoulder. Moreover, we’ve received the Audi This autumn e-tron making an attempt to make its method up the chart.

Final however not least — oh wait, sure, that is the least (gross sales are the bottom on this class) — we’ve received the “luxury and high-end sports car” class. That is the one class the place we’ve received three electrical fashions within the high 5. It’s additionally fairly humorous that two “Tesla killers” really are outselling a Tesla, the Mannequin S, for as soon as. The BMW i5 and Lucid Air are elbowing one another and making an attempt to work their method as much as 1st place. Can one in all them — or the Mannequin S — obtain that objective within the second quarter? We will see!

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