Tesla Model 3 is the best selling electric car in Europe – and it beats its petrol rivals

Tesla Model 3 was the bestselling electric car in Europe in February this year.

This was the first month the electric car went on sale outside of the US and a whopping amount of sales were racked up.

A total of 3,6657 were sold last month, according to new data from Jato Dynamics.

This puts the Model 3 ahead of rivals such as the Nissan Leaf, BMW i3 and Kona EV. The next best-selling electric car, the Renault Zoe, sold 2,884 vehicles.

Felipe Munoz, JATO’s global analyst, commented that the growth in sales of Model 3 is impressive and unusual.

He said: “The performance of the Model 3 is remarkable, given we normally don’t see this kind of result until four or five months after a new car has hit the roads.”

Not only was the Model 3 the best selling electric a bit was also the best-selling mid-sized saloon beating vehicles such as the BMW 3 Series.

The Model 3 has been on sale in Europe for a number of months ahead of deliveries from America.

Notably, most of the volume sales were from private registrations, which breaks the usual trend of a new vehicle’s volume being made up of business/fleet registrations.

“As we’re seeing in the US, Tesla is also shaking up the European market.

“Its long-lasting impact will depend on how quickly the German premium makers, Volvo and JLR react to the arrival of the Model 3 to Europe and how quickly they can bring in their own midsize electric cars,” continued Munoz.

The best-selling car in Europe was the VW Golf with a whopping 31,769 registrations, followed by the Renault Clio (26,062) and Volkswagen Polo (22,610).

While battery electric cars market share is still jus a marginal 1.9 per cent, February saw a 92 per cent increase in the number of registrations.

Around 20,000 BEVs were sold across the continent over that period of time.

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