China Sets New Record: เหนือ 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’ ข้อมูล, shared by Jose Pontes, some 614,361 new passenger plug-in electric cars were registered in China in May, ซึ่งก็คือ 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 ในประเทศจีน. BEV sales noticeably exceeded 400,000 ในเดือนพฤษภาคม, which was 24 percent of the total market.

Results for the month:

บีอีวี: *421,000 และ 24% share
PHEVs: *193,000 และ 11% share
Total: 614,361 (ขึ้น 54% year-over-year) และ 35% share
* estimated from the market share

So far this year, more than 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:

บีอีวี: ประมาณ *1.75 million and 24% share
PHEVs: ประมาณ *0.80 million and 11% share
Total: 2,548,127 (ขึ้น 41% year-over-year) และ 35% share
* estimated from the market share

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

Model rank

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

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

Top 10 plug-ins for the month:

บีวายดี ฉินพลัส (บีอีวี + พีวี): 42,887
BYD ซองพลัส (บีอีวี + PHEVs): 37,610
เท สลา รุ่น Y: 31,054
บีวายดี ดอลฟิน: 30,441
บีวายดี หยวน พลัส (aka Atto 3) บีอีวี: 26,072
GAC Aion S: 25,233
Wuling Hong Guang MINI EV: 20,346
บีวายดี ฮัน (บีอีวี + พีวี): 20,158
GAC ไอออน Y: 19,306
นกนางนวล 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 ซองพลัส (บีอีวี + PHEVs): 215,825
บีวายดี ฉิน พลัส (บีอีวี + พีวี): 162,129
เทสลารุ่น Y: 152,461
บีวายดี หยวน พลัส (aka Atto 3) บีอีวี: 135,576
บีวายดี ดอลฟิน: 130,951
Wuling Hong Guang MINI EV: 108,271
GAC Aion S: 93,112
บีวายดี ฮัน (บีอีวี + พีวี): 72,561
GAC Aion Y: 71,426
รุ่นเทสลา 3: 67,432
* BEV and PHEV versions of the same models were counted together in the source.

แบ รนด์
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:

บีวายดี: 36.0%
เท สลา: 8.7%
GAC ไอออน: 6.6%
SAIC-GM-อู่หลิง: 6.0%
หลี่ออโต้: 4.2%
Top automotive groups by share in the plug-in segment year-to-date:

บีวายดี: 37.8%
including Denza brand
เท สลา: 8.7%
SAIC: 7.6%
including SAIC-GM-Wuling joint venture (between SAIC, GM and Liuzhou Wuling Motors)
จีเอซี: 6.9%
Geely-Volvo: 5.3%
ฉางอาน: 4.5%