United States: Tesla accounts for 2/3 of U.S. EV sales in August

Tesla's market share in the United States has declined, but it still has two-thirds of the market share. Tesla has dominated the U.S. electric vehicle market for years. For all of 2020, Tesla vehicles accounted for 79% of new electric vehicles registered in the United States. In 2021, that number drops to 69.95%.

Tesla had about two-thirds of the U.S. electric vehicle market as of August, according to data from Experian for August 2022. Ford and Hyundai took second and third place, respectively, but were still far behind Tesla.

In addition, Tesla has four of the top five best-selling electric vehicles in the United States:

• Tesla Model Y: 134,978

• Tesla Model 3: 123,634 units

• Ford Mustang Mach-E: 25,596 units

• Tesla Model S: 20,032 units

• Tesla Model X: 19,739

• Hyundai Ioniq 5: 16,929 units

• Kia EV6: 15,612 units

• Chevrolet Bolt EUV: 11,788

• Volkswagen ID.4: 9127 units

• Nissan Leaf: 8,740 units

According to data released by the Passenger Federation , domestic retail sales of new energy passenger vehicles in September reached 611,000 units, an increase of 82.9% year-on-year, with BYD and Tesla ranking the top two. Tesla's share was 12.7%, down 2.9 percentage points.