Although the Tesla are trending and a new hot topic right now, I wouldn’t be so quick to call it a winner. Elon basically carved his company a niche market that didn’t exsist. They have snatched a few sales from other manufacturers. But overall the quality of the final product, craftsmanship and features are lacking compared to the mainstream brands from Germany and even Lexus.

Tesla has also been living on corporate welfare. Once the Audi, BMW, Mercedes get into the game I see Tesla merging or dying off completely. I’ve seen reports of cars being delivered with mix matched alloy wheels, mix match interior door panels and even General Motors quality paint jobs. I would hardly call them a winner they have no competition, who are they beating?

Im a little confused to if you saying Lexus or Tesla is the best seller, but I digress.
I just crunched some numbers and I’m not seeing what you’re seeing in regards to numbers. I used www.goodcarbadcar.com please state your source via link?

Yes the model 3 is selling very well, but once again the company is on corporate welfare. The investors are keeping the company alfoalt and the US government is giving out $7500 tax credits like name brand candy on Halloween.

Your also missing my stated point the model 3 doesn’t really have any direct competition. It lives in it’s own little electric world for now. Yes we have the BMW i3 EV, the Nissan LEAF and the Chevy Bolt, but I would hardly call those true direct competitors especially considering the model 3 is labeled a premium segment EV car. You can’t compare it to the establishment until they launch a 3 series EV, C-Class EV or A4 EV etc. People buying conventional cars aren’t cross shopping their potential candidates with model 3’s. Same goes for the Model S it has stolen a small amount of sales from the full-size luxury market but, that has mostly to do with the hype of the brand and the cool factor of saying you own a swanky Tesla. No different then when Addidas launched the Yeezy’s and consumers went bonkers.

Once we have a playing field of pure EV sedans to compare then we can talk about who’s winning and who’s not.
One of my really good friends is a big EV guy he has owned every single model Tesla they have created including the roadster. He also has a i8 which he parks next to his recent purchased Model 3 performance. When he goes on trip to Florida or Hilton Head from Ohio he has to plan ahead and figure out where to stop for charging prior to his departure. Not all Tesla station has superchargers on board. Sometimes he tells me he has to purposely stay at a hotel overnight even though he own body had the energy to continue on his journey because of range anxiety. I’d rarher take my chances searching for 93 octane than doing all that work. Until electric cars can conveniently 100% charge in 5-10 mins I’m not even thinking about buying anything electric.