https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/03/05/teslas-model-3-drives-growth-in-californias-electric-car-sales/ > If you bought, and registered, a Tesla Model 3 in the state of California last year, congratulations. You are No. 1. > That is, you are the tops of those who bought fully electric cars in the state in 2018, according to new data released by the California New Car Dealers Association (CNCDA). And the number of new Model 3s that went on the road illustrates the place Tesla has in the mindset of the electric car buyer.