What is the name of the world's best-selling electric car as of 2023?

The world’s best-selling electric car in 2023 was the Tesla Model Y. Tesla delivered roughly 1.2 million Model Ys that year, making it the first electric vehicle to lead the overall global vehicle-sales ranking.

The Model Y is a battery-electric compact crossover derived partly from the Model 3 platform. Tesla unveiled it in March 2019, and customer deliveries began in 2020. Its crossover shape, substantial cargo space, broad international availability, and Tesla’s price reductions helped drive unusually high global demand.

Readers sometimes confuse the Model Y with the Tesla Model 3, which had previously been the company’s best-selling electric model and ranked among the world’s top-selling EVs. The 2023 claim is specifically about global sales for that calendar year; rankings can differ slightly depending on whether analysts count deliveries, registrations, or plug-in vehicles.