> The Model 3 and Model Y became the highest selling EVs of all time because they were the first below $50K to have long-range and be worth buying.
And then Musk totally abandoned Tesla's original brilliant game plan of using the luxury models to find actual low-cost models (which $50K is not), and completely ceded the future EV market to Chinese companies that understand how to make a better car than Tesla for less money. BYD sells more cars than Tesla.
> They are #1 and #2 best-selling EVs of all time!
Unlike other car manufacturers, Tesla only has the two models into which all cumulative sales numbers accrue. This is a sleight-of-hand for the emotional support of Tesla stockholders.
> Sure, but only by 20%, and only because it also sells low-cost EVs that have less range than anything Tesla sells.
To put it another way, Tesla wastes its time designing cars with more range than people need, which then cost too much because they have too much range.
highest selling is not same as cheap - apple also have the highest selling iphones among smartphones and they are still pretty much the most expensive (and usually not the best either these days).
The Model 3 and Model Y became the highest selling EVs of all time because they were the first below $50K to have long-range and be worth buying.
Until a few years ago, every other sub-$50K EV absolutely sucked.