Tesla can declare to be probably the most American-made automaker, based mostly on the annual American-Made Index revealed by Automobiles.com on Wednesday. It is the one automaker with 100% of its U.S. gross sales coming from home manufacturing, and its 4 fashions take the highest 4 spots as probably the most American-made automobiles.

“Tesla debuted on the index simply three years in the past, however with headquarters and vital operations within the U.S., its rise shuffled the deck, displacing many conventional home producers,” Jenni Newman, Automobiles.com editor-in-chief, mentioned in an announcement.

The bestselling Tesla Mannequin Y electrical crossover led the cost, adopted by the Mannequin 3 compact sedan, Mannequin X three-row SUV, and Mannequin S full-size sedan.  

No car produced by Detroit’s massive three—GM, Ford, and Stellantis (previously Fiat Chrysler Vehicles)—cracked the highest 15. The Lincoln Corsair ranked sixteenth thanks partly to its manufacturing in Louisville, Kentucky, whereas the Chevrolet Corvette made in Bowling Inexperienced hit 19. The Dodge Durango was the best ranked car for Stellantis and in addition for manufacturing in Detroit at 21. 

With manufacturing shifted from Germany to Chattanooga, Tenn., the Volkswagen ID.4 took the sixth spot as probably the most American-made car. The remainder of the highest 10 consisted of Honda and Acura fashions. 

2023 American-Made Index prime 10, based on Automobiles.com

Electrified autos, together with hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and battery electrical autos, accounted for 22% of autos that made the index. The index is capped at 100 autos of the 388 fashions that might be thought of. 

Headquartered in California, and with factories in Fremont, Calif., and Austin, Texas, Tesla most met the five-point standards of the index.

The index methodology largely follows the American Vehicle Labeling Act (AALA) for components sourcing proven on the Monroney stickers of recent passenger autos: nation of origin of transmissions; nation of origin for engines; U.S. manufacturing workforce; location of ultimate meeting; proportion of U.S. and Canadian components. The in-depth evaluation was restricted to the 212,000 autos within the on-line automobile buying web site’s stock, in addition to from 437 in-person seller audits throughout the nation. 

2023 American-Made Index prime 10, based on Automobiles.com

As for electrical autos, the methodology thought of ultimate meeting of battery packs, however not the place the cells had been sourced from. 

Different parameters to the examine had been that autos cannot be too heavy, nor can its gross sales quantity be too low. Newman would not disclose the extent of these thresholds. 

Different electrical car automakers headquartered within the U.S. and with home manufacturing did not qualify. The Lucid Air did not qualify as a consequence of low gross sales quantity, and Rivian’s two fashions did not qualify as a consequence of their weight. Presumably, the exclusion follows the AALA, which doesn’t apply to passenger autos with a gross car weight score (GVWR) of greater than 8,500 kilos. The Rivian R1T pickup truck and Rivian R1S three-row SUV have a GVWR of 8,532 kilos. 

The methodology doesn’t assess gross sales quantity of every mannequin for a complete financial impact, as a substitute serving as a information to customers as to how a lot their thought of buy could contribute to the home economic system. In a complementary survey of 1,013 in-market customers, 48% mentioned they had been keen to pay extra for a brand new automobile if it contributed to or creates extra U.S. jobs. 

Final up to date in 2020, the methodology didn’t contemplate the brand new guidelines and incentives of the Inflation Discount Act finalized earlier this yr. The IRA incentivizes North American meeting of autos and battery packs, and has necessities for battery sourcing to qualify autos for a $7,500 federal EV tax credit score handed on to customers. It is triggered a wave of deliberate home manufacturing, most notably VW saying plans to have 80% of its 25 electrical autos made within the U.S. by 2030.