Tesla Mannequin Y & Mannequin 3 Dominate US EV Market, However Who Completes The Prime 10?

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The USA EV market is an … fascinating market. It’s so a lot much less numerous than the Chinese language or European EV market, nevertheless it has gotten much more fashions up to now few years. That mentioned, Tesla nonetheless dominates the market. It’s such a provided that the Tesla Mannequin Y and Mannequin 3 will dominate the market quarter after quarter that I believe most of us simply skip previous them now to see how the opposite fashions are doing.

Properly, let’s give credit score to Tesla for topping the charts once more, however then let’s bounce proper into the remainder of the fashions and see the place they fell in Q2 2026. After which let’s check out how gross sales of varied fashions modified yr over yr final quarter. (Notice that static variations of the charts embedded within the article are offered on the underside of the article as nicely.)

So, behind the Tesla Mannequin Y and Mannequin 3, the Hyundai IONIQ 5 took dwelling the bronze and was the one different mannequin to get greater than 10,000 gross sales within the quarter. I do know it might sound like a joke, nevertheless it’s really noteworthy that the mannequin is now getting almost one-third as many gross sales because the Tesla Mannequin 3. That’s fascinating…. The Toyota BZ (beforehand known as the Toyota BZ4X) then bought 4th! Wowza. Proper behind it in fifth is the Ford Mustang Mach-E, nonetheless going sturdy in any case these years.

The Chevy Equinox EV, Rivian R1S, and Honda Prologue are the one different fashions to interrupt 5,000 gross sales within the quarter, and if I’m being sincere, I don’t actually really feel prefer it’s price giving an additional point out to any fashions getting fewer than that many gross sales in 1 / 4.

On to adjustments in mannequin gross sales yr over yr.

As we will see right here, the Toyota BZ and its younger new sibling the Toyota C-HR topped the charts (the latter was rising from 0 the yr earlier than although, after all, however the former has been in the marketplace for some time and grew considerably from its 3,639 gross sales in Q2 2025).

You then’ve bought the Chevy Bolt, the Kia EV9, and two new EV fashions from Subaru — the Uncharted and the Trailseeker.

On the underside of the chart, my oh my, the Tesla Mannequin 3 did have a giant drop (therefore the Hyundai IONIQ 5 getting a lot nearer to it). The Chevy Equinox EV, surprisingly, additionally took a giant hit yr over yr. The Nissan Ariya is saying sayonara to the US market, so it’s unsurprising seeing it down there as nicely. And the Acura ZDX and Chevy Blazer EV additionally fell off a cliff.

Much more fashions sank than rose yr over yr, however there are some brilliant fashions to keep watch over.