US Sales 2020
Tesla: 235,000 units
Toyota: 1,837,898 total units, Camry: 294,348 units, Corolla: 237,179 units
...and that's just last year, they've sold at least 500K units combined annually over the past decade.
So either you live on a anomaly street or your observations don't count much against easily verifiable numbers.
Camry: 294,348 units
Corolla: 237,179 units
OP claims they've seen more Teslas than Camries and Corollas. English tends to be imprecise when 'and' can mean 'or' or 'combined', I'm pretty sure we can assume 'or' here.
It's perfectly reasonable for some markets to have more of a similar volume of vehicle either purchased or seen out on the street. Not all vehicles are driven the same amount or at the same time of day. If moms are using Corollas to pick up their kids at 3:30, I probably won't see those. If tech workers are driving them home at 6, I'll probably see more of those.
> Frequency illusion, also known as the Baader–Meinhof phenomenon or frequency bias, is a cognitive bias in which, after noticing something for the first time, there is a tendency to notice it more often, leading someone to believe that it has a high frequency (a form of selection bias)[1]
What you are looking for you will see more of especially if new to you or new in general. For instance, most people see Teslas because they are looking for them. No one is looking for a Camry or Corolla unless you know someone that owns one.
When you get a new car, you suddenly see all of those styles on the street, they were always there though. If you start looking for Camrys or Corollas you will see tons, same with any vehicle really that is even slightly mass produced.
I always notice Teslas myself because I was looking for them. Some of them like the Model 3/X/Y models also are just bigger/taller than most cars and they stand out.
There are definitely lots more Teslas on the road today than just a few years ago, but if you look for others you'll see them as well.
In Arizona, people are on the lookout for Waymos as they are the self-driving cars being tested there, people see them all the time because they are looking for them, and they are big and have the sensors on top and around. Seems like everyone sees them all the time. There are tons of Camrys and Corollas which no one sees unless you own one or have a friend/family member that has one.
You will find the self charging Toyotas in the country side but the sales are doing downhill fast.
In some European cities they seem to be over-represented too, such as Amsterdam.
It wouldn't be anomalous at all to see a street that's plurality tesla. Car culture is very local. California is especially tesla heavy.
The Tesla Model 3 Performance goes around the Nordschleife in pretty much the same time as a 2005 Volkswagen Golf GTI. "Blown out of the water" seems a tad bit generous.
https://fastestlaps.com/tests/92pk54hhz8sl
You could probably try to push a faster lap out of the Model 3 if you dare. However it seems like the brakes are a bottleneck, so emphasis on the word "dare".
>A total of two laps, less than half of the first lap of the brake alarm temperature is too high, but also can feel the obvious thermal attenuation
I just hope that critical mass is reached AFTER the supercharger infrastructure is set in place.