The Tesla Model Y was Europe's best-selling passenger car overall last month( November), overtaking the Volkswagen Golf.
Year-to-date, the Peugeot 208 – which also offers an all-electric variant – is Europe's overall top-seller, with a volume of 193,743, according to Dataforce's preliminary numbers cited by Automotive News Europe. The French subcompact hatchback looks set to finish 2022 as Europe's overall best-seller.
Through November, six different models have finished the month as Europe's top-seller, but only two of them were all-electric – Tesla Model 3 (March) and Tesla Model Y (September, November).
Interestingly, in Germany – Europe's biggest car market – the Tesla Model Y was dethroned in November by the Tesla Model 3. The sedan overtook the crossover as the most-registered electric vehicle in Germany, according to data from the country's national auto agency, the Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA).
Tesla sold 6,811 Model 3s in November in Germany, compared to 3,687 Model Ys. Last month also marked the start of deliveries for the refreshed Model S and Model X in Germany, with Tesla selling 106 and 35 units, respectively.