Apple Car, Tesla Roadster top of global search volume charts

Tesla Inc's NASDAQ: TSLA hotly anticipated sports car and truck and Apple Inc's NASDAQ: AAPL secretive car are some of the most anticipated electric vehicles, according to global search volume data compiled by car leasing research firm Lease Fetcher.

What Happened: Tesla's yet-to-be-launched electric sports car Roadster and electric pickup Cybertruck won the top spots for the most searched electric vehicles in 2021, ahead of most legacy rivals.

In 2021, Tesla s Roadster secured 8.5 million annual searches, grabbing the top rank and ahead of Cybertruck's 7.29 million annual searches at the No. Lease Fetcher looked at the data from Alphabet Inc NASDAQ: GOOG NASDAQ: GOOGL owned search giant Google from 168 countries across the world.

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The Tesla Cybertruck production has been delayed until 2023 as the automaker makes changes to the vehicle. The Roadster, which was Tesla's first-ever production car, is making a comeback and is expected to be launched next year as well.

The mysterious Apple Car has been searched 5.8 million times and has received the third ranking in global searches.

Legacy players make an entry from the fourth spot onwards with BMW OTC: BMWYYY s i 4 and General Motors Co NYSE: GM-owned Chevy Silverado as the rest of the top five most anticipated model list.

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GM's Cadillac Lyriq ranked sixth at 2.36 million, ahead of Ford Motor Co's NYSE: F hotly anticipated F-150 Lightning, which secured the eighth position at 1.4 million searches.

U.S. Search Rankings: In the U.S. Tesla's Cybertruck, the ranking was changed with the Roadster amid a neck-to- neck contest for eyeballs. The Roadster secured 3.14 million searches and the Cybertruck took the top rank at 3.3 million searches.

The Chevy Silverado sailed past Apple's electric car in terms of searches in the U.S., with the two grabbing the third and fourth positions, respectively.

The sixth rank was secured by Ford's Lightning. Fisker Inc's NYSE: FSR yet-to- be launched electric Ocean SUV made it to the top ten searches, placing it ninth in the top ten with 348,000 searches last year.

Country Wise Rankings: Lease Fetcher points out that Tesla s Roadster topped the search volume charts in 56 of 168 countries, including Argentina, Canada, Egypt, France, Israel, Morocco and Thailand.

Fisker sees $1.3 billion revenue potential from over 23,500 Ocean Electric SUV Reservations.

Despite no concrete production date or other details, Apple Car topped the search volume charts in 54 out of 168 countries. The Apple Car is the most anticipated EV in countries such as India, Japan, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and South Korea.

Among the existing EVs, Tesla's best-selling affordable electric sedan Model 3 won the gold medal, with 25,440, 000 searches yearly in 2021, outshining the Model Y, with 14,160, 000 searches for the second spot.

The rest of the top 5 is made up of the Porsche Taycan, Tesla Model S and Tesla Model X.