Tesla not solely beat all US luxurious automakers on automobile gross sales for 2022 as a complete, but in addition beat them by a ridiculous margin. BMW was the previous champ, and whereas its gross sales dropped by over 5% yr over yr, Tesla’s gross sales grew by greater than a whopping 40%.

each luxurious model that sells automobiles within the US, and never separating out any automobiles by powertrain, Tesla was the clear chief for 2022. Regardless that the US automaker solely produces EVs and solely sells 4 fashions, it left all luxurious rivals within the mud.

Based on a report by Automotive Information, Tesla had 484,351 new automobile registrations within the US in 2022.  Information compiled by Experian confirms that this quantity is up 41% from that of 2021. In the meantime, BMW had 327,929 new automobile registrations for the yr, a 5.3% drop. Mercedes-Benz’s 2022 gross sales basically remained flat in comparison with 2021, coming in at 269,511 new registrations final yr.

Tesla and CEO Elon Musk do not actually see rival EVs as their prime opponents, however relatively, gas-powered automobiles. It’s because it is Tesla’s mission to steer the transition to EVs. Whereas Tesla’s fashions are simply outselling all their totally electrical classmates, it is arguably a lot greater information that the US firm’s lineup as a complete is outselling sought-after German luxurious manufacturers that produce primarily gas-powered automobiles.

We used to speak about particular Tesla fashions lastly beating their gas-powered rivals, however now, Tesla’s small lineup is knocking it out of the park in comparison with the a lot bigger lineups of profitable, legacy automakers. That mentioned, the Tesla Mannequin 3 and Mannequin Y made up the overwhelming majority of the US automaker’s gross sales in 2022.

As a complete, luxurious manufacturers’ complete registrations have been down 3.5% for the yr, at simply over 2 million. Tesla helped preserve this quantity up considerably, nonetheless. When you take away Tesla from the combo of luxurious registrations in 2022, the opposite manufacturers have been collectively down 11%.

In terms of EV gross sales, BMW’s registrations added as much as about 14,000 in 2022, and Mercedes’ got here in at round 11,500. Tesla solely sells EVs, so examine its complete of virtually 485,000 to the latter figures to color an image of the way it’s all enjoying out.