Tesla vehicles took the top four points of 2025 American index (Ami), an annual list calculated by Cars.com ranking in the qualifying vehicles manufactured and purchased in the United States.
Tesla’s dominance in Ami is not new. The US car industry, which brings together the four passenger vehicles of Light at all in Texas and California, landed in the top 10 since it began to participate in the annual ranking five years ago. This year, model 3 was classified as the most “American” vehicle sold in the United States.
But here is what can surprise consumers-and even those who follow the industry: EVs got six of the top 10 points in the US index. In addition to Tesla, Kia EV6 and Volkswagen ID.4 they got the 6th and 10th point, respectively.
The annual indicator ranks current model-year vehicles using five major factors, including the position of final assembly, US and Canadian percentage, countries of origin for all available engines, countries of origin for all available US. About 400 vehicles from the 2025 model were studied to reach 99 vehicles of the 2025 US index, according to cars.com. Heavy duty vehicles such as the Tesla Cybertruck and the Rivian R1s, both of which are made in the US, do not qualify.
The Kia EV6, which is assembled on the West Point of the Korean automobile, the Georgia Factory, received another eyebrow award. The Kia EV6 contains 80% American and Canadian parts, the highest percentage of any vehicle sold in America today.
Cars.com noted that only eight EVs qualify for index 2024. This year, 11 battery vehicles did it at AMI, including the Ford F-150 Lightning, Hyundai Ioniq 5 and the SUV Kia EV9. And another 19 are hybrids and plug-in hybrids. Statistics indicate that “the push of the industry for electricity was not a simple lip service”, according to cars.com.
The question is whether invoices, highest prices and End of Federal EV Tax credits (proposed by the Senate in its tax and budget) will derail this electrical orbit.
