Every year, EV proponents insist that Americans are this close to adopting electric cars en masse, the way they adopt wayward dogs and cats. More than 150,000 of those buyers drove home in a single model, the Tesla Model 3, which was also the nation's most popular luxury car of any type. If Tesla domination wasn't crushing enough, the company surprised many analysts by moving up the scheduled start of production for its Model Y to summer, a compact SUV that Elon Musk himself believes will be Tesla's most popular vehicle yet.