Tesla Model 3 Becomes First EV to Top European Monthly Sales

The interior of a Tesla Model 3 electric vehicle is shown in this picture illustration taken in Moscow, Russia, on July 23, 2020. Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters

FRANKFURT—Tesla’s Model 3 topped European car sales in September, marking the first time an electric vehicle has done so in monthly charts, research group JATO Dynamics said on Monday.

At 24,591 cars registered, Tesla’s Model 3 recorded year-on-year growth of 58 percent, followed by Renault’s Clio, Dacia’s Sandero, and Volkswagen’s Golf model, JATO said.