China Sets New Record: Sur 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’ données, shared by Jose Pontes, some 614,361 new passenger plug-in electric cars were registered in China in May, qui est 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 en Chine. BEV sales noticeably exceeded 400,000 en mai, which was 24 percent of the total market.

Results for the month:

Véhicules électriques à batterie: *421,000 et 24% share
Véhicules hybrides rechargeables: *193,000 et 11% share
Total: 614,361 (en haut 54% year-over-year) et 35% share
* estimated from the market share

So far this year, plus de 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:

Véhicules électriques à batterie: environ *1.75 million and 24% share
Véhicules hybrides rechargeables: environ *0.80 million and 11% share
Total: 2,548,127 (en haut 41% year-over-year) et 35% share
* estimated from the market share

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

Model rank

En mai, the BYD Qin Plus family of BEV and PHEV versions was the most popular one (42,887, y compris 10,816 Véhicules électriques à batterie), noticeably ahead of the BYD Song Plug plug-in family (37,610).

Toutefois, 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). Total, we can see four BEV models in the top five and six in the top ten.

Top 10 plug-ins for the month:

BYD Qin Plus (BEV + VHR): 42,887
BYD Song Plus (Véhicules électriques à batterie + Véhicules hybrides rechargeables): 37,610
Tesla Modèle Y: 31,054
BYD Dauphin: 30,441
BYD Yuan Plus (aka Atto 3) BEV: 26,072
GAC Aion S: 25,233
Wuling Hong Guang MINI EV: 20,346
BYD Han (BEV + VHR): 20,158
GAC Aion Y: 19,306
Mouette BYD: 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:

BYD Song Plus (Véhicules électriques à batterie + Véhicules hybrides rechargeables): 215,825
BYD Qin Plus (BEV + VHR): 162,129
Tesla Model Y: 152,461
BYD Yuan Plus (aka Atto 3) BEV: 135,576
BYD Dauphin: 130,951
Wuling Hong Guang MINI EV: 108,271
GAC Aion S: 93,112
BYD Han (BEV + VHR): 72,561
GAC Aion Y: 71,426
Modèle Tesla 3: 67,432
* BEV and PHEV versions of the same models were counted together in the source.

Marques
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:

BYD: 36.0%
Tesla: 8.7%
GAC Aion: 6.6%
SAIC-GM-Wuling: 6.0%
Li Auto: 4.2%
Top automotive groups by share in the plug-in segment year-to-date:

BYD: 37.8%
including Denza brand
Tesla: 8.7%
SAIC: 7.6%
including SAIC-GM-Wuling joint venture (between SAIC, GM and Liuzhou Wuling Motors)
AMC: 6.9%
Geely-Volvo: 5.3%
Changan: 4.5%