American electric-vehicle and clean-energy company founded in 2003. Tesla builds the Model 3, Model Y, Model S, Model X, and Cybertruck, and runs the Supercharger fast-charging network. Its Shanghai factory supplies the Chinese market.
The Tesla Model 3 is a battery-electric sedan, updated in 2024 with the "Highland" refresh. The China lineup runs from a rear-drive version to an 830 km Long Range RWD and a Performance model, from ¥235,500. Canada is supplied from the same Shanghai plant, where the Premium RWD starts at C$39,490.
The Tesla Model S is a battery-electric liftback sedan built at Fremont, California since 2012. Tesla ended production in May 2026 after a 14-year run, closing out the line with the AWD dual-motor (670 hp, 410 miles/660 km) and the 1,020 hp tri-motor Plaid (368 miles/592 km, 0-100 km/h in 2.1s). Final US pricing ran from $109,990 to $124,990.
The Tesla Model X is a battery-electric SUV with falcon-wing rear doors, built at Fremont, California since 2015. Tesla announced the model's end in January 2026 and built the last cars in May, closing out the line with the AWD dual-motor (670 hp, 352 miles/566 km) and the 1,020 hp tri-motor Plaid (335 miles/539 km, 0-100 km/h in 2.6s). Final US pricing ran from $99,990 to $114,990.
The Tesla Model Y is a battery-electric mid-size SUV, refreshed in 2025 with the "Juniper" update. The China lineup runs from a 593 km rear-drive version to an 821 km Long Range RWD and a six-seat Model Y L. Prices start from ¥263,500.
Battery-electric cars took 98.7% of Norway's new passenger car registrations in August 2026, a monthly record. The total market shrank 3.4% at the same time, which is why OFV now frames further emissions cuts as a question about the old fleet rather than about new-car sales.
The Tesla Model Y outsold every domestic model in South Korea in July 2026, its second month at number one in three. The mechanism is a price: the Shanghai-built Premium rear-drive version lists at 49.99 million won, just under the 53 million won ceiling for a full government EV subsidy.
China's market regulator has ordered nearly 4.3 million vehicles from 11 manufacturers back for a fix, the largest recall in the country's history. The fault is the emergency door release inside the cabin, which occupants and rescuers may not find after a crash cuts the power. Tesla accounts for about 2.98 million cars.
The Volkswagens sold in China are built by two companies, and one of them is Chinese. That arrangement started in 1983 as a condition of entry, and it has since produced badges that exist nowhere else: Jetta, Wuling, and AUDI in block capitals with no rings. Who holds which half, which brands the ventures invented for themselves, and which of the old partnerships have quietly ended.
America's car industry comes down to a few big names, and not all of the 'Big Three' are American-owned. Here is who owns what: GM, Ford, the Europe-based Stellantis behind Jeep and Ram, Tesla and the EV newcomers, and the familiar names that are now owned abroad.
The Tesla Model Y outsold every domestic model in South Korea in July 2026, its second month at number one in three. The mechanism is a price: the Shanghai-built Premium rear-drive version lists at 49.99 million won, just under the 53 million won ceiling for a full government EV subsidy.
Kelley Blue Book puts US electric vehicle sales at roughly 463,000 in the first half of 2026, half of them Teslas. The Model Y alone accounted for 163,454 of them, more than ranks two through nine put together, while Toyota and Lexus were the only names in the top 10 to post triple-digit or near triple-digit growth.
New-energy vehicles took a record 64.4% of China's retail car sales in July 2026, even as NEV retail itself fell 2% year on year - the seventh straight monthly decline. The record came from combustion collapsing faster than EVs are growing.
The UK's new-car market grew 9.2% in the first half of 2026, but the standout was the Jaecoo 7 - a Chinese SUV that only reached UK showrooms in 2025, and already the country's third best-selling car.
In May 2026 not a single petrol or diesel model made China's top 10 - the first time combustion cars have vanished from the list. It says less about an EV boom than a fuel-car collapse.
Tesla, Inc. was founded in 2003 and delivered its first car, the Roadster, in 2008. The Model S followed in 2012, the Model X in 2015, the Model 3 in 2017, and the Model Y in 2020. The Model Y went on to become one of the best-selling vehicles in the world by the mid-2020s. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
Tesla designs its own electric powertrains, battery systems, and driver-assistance software. In China it builds the Model 3 and Model Y at Gigafactory Shanghai for domestic sale and export, and the Shanghai-built cars run on a mix of LFP and ternary battery chemistries depending on trim. The Supercharger network gives Tesla owners access to high-power DC charging across most major markets.
