That's what happens when you chant the cult leader's mantra without fact-checking him.
Put down the Kool-Aid and Google something for a change!
Autoweek -- July 20, 2023
Elon Musk claimed the Model Y crossover EV was the best-selling single model sold worldwide in the first quarter of this year, but the Toyota Corolla outsold it handily.
Perhaps taking advantage of general media confusion over Tesla’s production and delivery numbers, Elon Musk claimed the Model Y crossover EV was the best-selling single model sold worldwide in the first quarter of this year. That’s not just the best-selling Tesla model; it’s the best-selling anything—more than Toyota Corolla or any other traditional high-volume commodity car or truck.
Problem is, on all the charts we could find from Tesla as well as from fawning electric-vehicle sites reporting on them, the company groups Model Y production and sales with Model 3 production and sales. Tesla delivered 412,180 Models 3/Y globally in the first quarter, and we can’t find the breakout among the two.
We reached out to Toyota for Corolla numbers, and the automaker reports it sold 740,561 Corollas worldwide in the first quarter of this year, counting all versions including the Cross. That’s about 75% more than Tesla, even if you count the Model 3 in with the Model Y. Sorry, Elon, not even close.