Shock for VW: Tesla model at the top across Europe

With his Tesla Model 3, Elon Musk has secured two European milestones.

He owes this to the sales figures of his popular electric car.

Palo Alto - Good news for Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

In September, his Tesla Model 3 was the best-selling car in Europe.

With 24,600 cars sold, the US automaker secured first place.

This is reported by the market

.

Second place in the model ranking was taken by the Renault Clio.

Behind him was the Dacia Sandero followed by the VW Golf.

Tesla: E-car boom is making itself felt

“This is both the first time an electric vehicle has led the market and the first time a vehicle manufactured outside of Europe has taken first place,”

writes

in his report.

Overall, 25 percent fewer new cars were registered in September compared to the previous year.

A total of 964,800 new cars have been on Europe's roads since last month.

If you compare the new vehicle registrations over the past three years, you can clearly see the boom in electric cars.

While electricity-powered cars accounted for five percent of new registrations in September 2019, this year it is already a full 23 percent.

This means that e-car registrations have even overtaken diesel sales.

Here the proportion was 17 percent in September 2021.

Tesla impresses with its very fast delivery times

However, Tesla's lead is unlikely to be due solely to the greater popularity of e-cars.

Because the group around multi-billionaire Elon Musk manages to deliver cars in record time despite the global semiconductor shortage.

So if you don't want to wade on your new car for over a year, you might want to take a look at a Tesla catalog.

In addition, you can save 9,000 euros in government purchase bonuses when you buy an e-car.

Other manufacturers also benefit from this, but they cannot deliver that quickly.

According to the Tesla website, anyone who orders a Model 3 in the standard version online can already take the first jaunt in December.

When the first Teslas roll off the assembly line in the new “Gigafactory” in Grünheide, things will probably go even faster for German customers.