China Sets New Record: اكثر 600,000 Plug-In Cars Sold in May 2023!

Plug-in electric car sales in China continued to grow in May, taking more than a third of the entire car market.

According to EV Volumes’ data, shared by Jose Pontes, some 614,361 new passenger plug-in electric cars were registered in China in May, وهو 54 percent more than a year ago.

Rechargeable cars represent some 35 percent of the total new passenger car sales, which is far more than in Europe or in the United States.

An even more spectacular thing is that China represented around 60 percent of the total global plug-in car registrations for the month of May.

According to the data, BEVs outsell PHEVs more than 2:1 في الصين. BEV sales noticeably exceeded 400,000 في مايو, which was 24 percent of the total market.

Results for the month:

BEVs: *421,000 و 24% share
السيارات الكهربائية الهجينة القابلة للتوصيل بمصدر كهرباء: *193,000 و 11% share
Total: 614,361 (فَوْق 54% year-over-year) و 35% share
* estimated from the market share

So far this year, اكثر 2.5 million new plug-in electric cars were registered in China (up roughly 41 percent year-over-year), which is about 35 percent of the total volume.

Results year-to-date:

BEVs: عن *1.75 million and 24% share
السيارات الكهربائية الهجينة القابلة للتوصيل بمصدر كهرباء: عن *0.80 million and 11% share
Total: 2,548,127 (فَوْق 41% year-over-year) و 35% share
* estimated from the market share

For reference, في 2022, اكثر 5.92 million new passenger plug-in electric cars were registered in China (30 percent of the total volume).

Model rank

في مايو, the BYD Qin Plus family of BEV and PHEV versions was the most popular one (42,887, منها 10,816 BEVs), noticeably ahead of the BYD Song Plug plug-in family (37,610).

لكن, when it comes to all-electric cars, the Tesla Model Y (31,054) was number one, slightly ahead of the all-electric BYD Dolphin (30,441). العام, we can see four BEV models in the top five and six in the top ten.

Top 10 plug-ins for the month:

بي واي دي Qin Plus (بيف + سيارة كهربائية هجينة): 42,887
بي واي دي سونغ بلس (BEVs + السيارات الكهربائية الهجينة القابلة للتوصيل بمصدر كهرباء): 37,610
تسلا الموديل Y: 31,054
بي واي دي دولفين: 30,441
بي واي دي يوان بلس (aka Atto 3) بيف: 26,072
GAC Aion S: 25,233
Wuling Hong Guang MINI EV: 20,346
بي واي دي هان (بيف + سيارة كهربائية هجينة): 20,158
جي أي سي أيون Y: 19,306
بي واي دي النورس: 14,300
After the first five months of the year, the BYD Song Plus remains at the top with a huge advantage over other models, but the BYD Qin Plus is consistently decreasing the distance.

As far as all-electric cars are considered, the Tesla Model Y is the most popular model.

Top 10 plug-ins year-to-date:

بي واي دي سونغ بلس (BEVs + السيارات الكهربائية الهجينة القابلة للتوصيل بمصدر كهرباء): 215,825
بي واي دي تشين بلس (بيف + سيارة كهربائية هجينة): 162,129
تسلا موديل واي: 152,461
بي واي دي يوان بلس (aka Atto 3) بيف: 135,576
بي واي دي دولفين: 130,951
Wuling Hong Guang MINI EV: 108,271
GAC Aion S: 93,112
بي واي دي هان (بيف + سيارة كهربائية هجينة): 72,561
GAC Aion Y: 71,426
نموذج تسلا 3: 67,432
* BEV and PHEV versions of the same models were counted together in the source.

العلامات التجاريه
BYD is the most popular brand and automotive group in China, and this is not expected to change anytime soon.

Top brands by share in the plug-in segment year-to-date:

بي واي دي: 36.0%
تسلا: 8.7%
جي أي سي أيون: 6.6%
سايك-جنرال موتورز-ولينغ: 6.0%
لى السيارات: 4.2%
Top automotive groups by share in the plug-in segment year-to-date:

بي واي دي: 37.8%
including Denza brand
تسلا: 8.7%
المتطوره: 7.6%
including SAIC-GM-Wuling joint venture (between SAIC, GM and Liuzhou Wuling Motors)
جي أي سي: 6.9%
Geely-Volvo: 5.3%
تشانجان: 4.5%