“Tesla Model S launches in North America.”
Distribution of 5,237 2012 variants by body type.
Petrol still dominates in absolute volume in 2012, but the share is sliding to electric and hybrid year over year.
Quickest, most powerful, most efficient — from variants documented with a 2012 model year.
Variants with a 2012 model year currently in the catalog.
Stop-start became standard. Three-cylinder turbos replaced four-cylinder NA in the city-car class (Ford Fiesta 1.0 EcoBoost, BMW 1.5 B38). Tesla released the Model S in 2012 and the Model 3 in 2017 — by 2019, every major OEM had committed to a 2030 ICE phase-out. Dieselgate hit in 2015.