Tesla automobiles took the 4 high spots of the 2025 American-Made Index (AMI), an annual checklist calculated by Automobiles.com that ranks qualifying automobiles constructed and purchased in the US.
Tesla’s dominance within the AMI isn’t new. The U.S. automaker, which assembles its 4 light-duty passenger automobiles in Texas and California, has landed within the high 10 ever because it began taking part within the annual rating 5 years in the past. This 12 months, the Mannequin 3 was ranked as probably the most “American-made” automobile offered in the US.
However here’s what would possibly shock shoppers — and even those that observe the business: EVs took six of the highest 10 spots within the American-Made Index. Along with Tesla, the Kia EV6 and the Volkswagen ID4 took the sixth and tenth spots, respectively.
The annual index ranks present model-year automobiles utilizing 5 main components, together with the placement of ultimate meeting, proportion of U.S. and Canadian components, nations of origin for all out there engines, nations of origin for all out there transmissions, and U.S. manufacturing workforce. Some 400 automobiles from the 2025 mannequin 12 months have been studied to reach on the 99 automobiles on the 2025 American-Made Index, in response to Automobiles.com. Heavy-duty automobiles just like the Tesla Cybertruck and the Rivian R1S, each of that are made within the U.S., don’t qualify.
The Kia EV6, which is assembled on the Korean automaker’s West Level, Georgia manufacturing unit, took one other eyebrow-raising prize. The Kia EV6 comprises 80% U.S. and Canadian components, the very best proportion of any automobile offered in America at present.
Automobiles.come famous that solely eight EVs certified for the 2024 index. This 12 months, 11 battery-electric automobiles made it on the AMI, together with the Ford F-150 Lightning, Hyundai Ioniq 5, and the Kia EV9 SUV. And one other 19 are hybrids and plug-in hybrids. The stats exhibit “the business’s push for electrification wasn’t mere lip service,” in response to Automobiles.com.
The query is whether or not tariffs, larger costs, and the end of the federal EV tax credits (which the Senate has proposed in its tax and price range invoice) will derail this electrical trajectory?