China Amazes With 180,000 Plug-In Electric Car Sales In December
According to EV Sales Blog,
last month closed with 181,385 plug-in car sales, which is 70% more than a year ago and new all-time record – around 40,000 higher than the previous record in November!
December was also the fourth straight month with a new sales record.The market share went through the roof and seems to be 8%!
The best selling models for the month were:
BAIC EU-Series – 12,561
BAIC EC-Series – 8,407
BYD e5 – 8,234
BYD Yuan BEV – 8,021
BAIC EX-Series – 6,844
In 2018 sales of plug-in electric cars in China
increased roughly 83% to around 1,102,375 at average 4.2% market share (twice higher than in 2017).
The top-selling models for the year are:
BAIC EC-Series – 90,637
BYD Qin PHEV – 47,424
JAC iEV S/E – 46,586
BYD e5 – 46,213
Chery eQ – 39,374
The best foreign model (and brand)
BMW 530e noted 13,493 sales.
Nissan Sylphy Zero Emission noted 5,520 sales
BYD with 20% of the market,
BAIC with 15% share.
Tesla’s share is estimated at 1%.
https://insideevs.com/china-180000-plug-in-ev-car-sales-december/amp/