In Europe, electric vehicle sales are slumping after Germany slashed subsidies for buyers. Tesla remains reliant on just two cars — the Model Y sport utility vehicle and the Model 3 sedan — for most of its sales, while rivals like G.M. and Hyundai-Kia offer more choices, newer designs and often lower prices.

With road transportation accounting for about 15% of greenhouse gas emissions, it’s hard to see how the world will reach its net zero climate goals unless people give up their gasoline and diesel cars.

There’s a smorgasbord of electric vehicles for buyers to choose from in today’s market. No car is perfect, and electric vehicles are certainly far from claiming that title, but they’re better than ever before. Many models are faster, more capable, less expensive, and more refined. Now, we invite you to decide which one deserves the top spot.

Tesla's global deliveries rose in the third quarter, the first increase this year for the electric vehicle maker

Tesla Inc. is expected to post its first quarterly sales increase this year after car buyers in China, the world’s largest electric vehicle market, seized on a sweetened government incentive.