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Electric car The Renault–Nissan–Mitsubishi Alliance is the world's leading all-electric vehicle manufacturer. By mid-2018, the Alliance's global all-electric vehicle sales totaled about 600,000 units, including those manufactured by Mitsubishi Motors, now part of the Alliance. Tesla is the second best-selling all-electric vehicle manufacturer with almost 500,000 electric cars delivered worldwide by November 2018. Its Model S was the world's best selling plug-in electric car for two years in a row, 2015 and 2016. The world's all-time top selling highway legal electric car is the Nissan Leaf with global sales of 370,000 units, followed by the Tesla Model S with global sales of