Who says global sales of electric cars are sluggish? Global electric vehicle sales, including all-electric and plug-in hybrids, rose 19 per cent in March from a year earlier to 1314687, the third-best month on record, after December (1556728) and November (1385000), according to CleanTechnica.
Thanks to strong sales in March, global electric vehicle sales totaled 3216366 units in the first quarter of this year, up more than 25 per cent from a year earlier, and electric vehicle market share rose 2 percentage points to 16 per cent, with pure electric vehicles accounting for 10 per cent of the market.
China is still the main force in the global electric car market, with 16 of the world’s 20 best-selling electric models on the list in the first quarter, an increase of 2 over the same period last year.
Chinese brands account for 9 of the top 20 best-selling electric car brands in the world.
The Q1 global Top 20 electric vehicle list: China accounts for 16 seats, while only 4 foreign cars.
Tesla’s global delivery volume showed a Waterloo in the first quarter of this year, a rare decline compared with the same period last year, and the sales of its main model Model Y also fell 5.
7% from the same period last year.
Nevertheless, Tesla Model Y continued to win the title of the world’s best-selling electric car, nearly 120000 cars ahead of BYD Song (including pure electric cars and hybrids), while BYD Song stayed comfortably in the runner-up position.
The main change came from the third place.
BYD Qin Plus, including BEV and PHEV, benefited from its record performance of 52305 vehicles in March, surpassing Tesla Model 3 to make it into the top three.
Does this mean that Tesla Model 3 will lose its position in the top three by the end of this year? At present, it is hard to say that, on the one hand, the competition among BYD’s internal models is also fierce, and the new BYD Qin L is about to go on sale, which may steal some thunder from Qin Plus, then Model 3 will benefit from it.
On the other hand, Model 3 got off to a bad start this year, with global deliveries falling 20% in the first quarter from a year earlier, a worrying sign for a model that was updated not long ago.
If the Model 3 ends up in the top three, it will be the first time since 2017.
Outside the top three, BYD Seagull (known as Dolphin Mini in overseas markets) overtook M7 to No.
5, followed by M7, but M7 needs to be wary of the gap between BYD Plus (overseas market known as Atto 3) and its sales of less than 3000 vehicles, which is likely to be overtaken by BYD in the next month or two.
It is also worth mentioning that BEV+PHEV jumped three places to 10th place, giving BYD a full six seats among the world’s top 10 best-selling electric models in the first quarter.
BYD’s other model, the Destroyer 05, has also been improving, reaching a record 19153 in March, pushing it up two places in the first quarter to 13th.
The two Ian cars also regained some strength in March, with both returning to the TOP 20 list at 16th and 17th, respectively.
In addition to the top 20, Audi Q4 e-tron is gaining momentum to re-enter the list, with a gap of only 300 cars compared with the 20th Geely Panda mini.
It is worth noting that among the 20 best-selling electric models in the world in the first quarter, there are only four foreign models.
Apart from Tesla, the other two cars are Volkswagen ID.
4 and ID.
3, and this is also the only two electric models on the list from traditional car giants.
Q1 Global Top 20 Electric vehicle Brand list: sales soared and Ian recovered.
According to the brand list, BYD’s price reduction wave did not disappoint.
It ranked first steadily in the first quarter, leading the second place Tesla nearly 200000 vehicles.
Tesla’s sales fell in the first quarter as the delivery wave receded, due to the upgrading of production lines in California, the suspension of production caused by arson near the Berlin plant, and supply chain problems caused by the Red Sea conflict.
But in spite of this, Tesla’s electric car sales are still three times that of BMW in third place.
With the exception of BYD and Tesla, the competition among other brands is slightly fierce.
Wuling was overtaken by BMW at the end of the first quarter after beating BMW in the top three for a long time in February.
However, Wuling’s performance was also eye-catching.
Thanks to the listing of third-generation macarons and colourful fruits, Wuling’s global sales rose 33.
3% year-on-year to more than 100000 vehicles in the first quarter.
Mercedes-Benz hit a record high of 38069 vehicles in March, thanks to a strong offensive by its EQA, EQB and GLC PHEV, which pushed it up two places to fifth in the first quarter.
Thanks to the surge in sales of the new M7, sales rose more than 6.
3 times year-on-year, but the rise was blocked by the ideals of its direct competitors, whose sales also soared 66.
7% year-on-year to seventh place.
In the second half of the list, the Ian brand benefited from the recovery in sales of its two models, the Aion S and Aion Y, which also rose three places to 11th.
The remaining highlights came from traditional brands, with Kia rising to 14th and Hyundai to 17th.
In addition, Ford returned to 19th place, while Peugeot beat polar krypton to 20th place.
With the emergence of more and more new electric vehicles and the rise of new brands, the market share of BYD and Tesla in the global electric vehicle market will inevitably be divided.
Among them, BYD’s market share decreased by 2.
2 percentage points compared with the first quarter of last year, while Tesla lost 4.
5 percentage points compared with the first quarter of last year.
Overall, however, BYD and Tesla are still the biggest players, with the two brands accounting for 1/3 of the global electric vehicle market.
Other losers include the traditional car giants Volkswagen and BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo, while Geely’s competitiveness in the global new energy market has steadily improved, and its market share has also increased by 0.
8 percentage points compared with the same period last year.
the ideal share has also increased significantly, up 0.
7 percentage points.
in addition, with the launch of new models, the market share of Wuling has also increased.
In the future, it is foreseeable that the market share of head brands such as BYD and Tesla may be further divided.
At the same time, the rise of more emerging brands will also make the global electric car market blossom.
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