Global Plug-In Electric Car Sales Increased 61% In July 2022 To 778,000

Global passenger plug-in electric car sales do not disappoint and, considering that the overall car market is down, look very promising.

According to EV-Volumes data, shared by Jose Pontes, some 778,092 new passenger plug-in electric cars were registered in July, which is 61% more than a year ago.

That's one of the best monthly results and the best first month of a quarter. Compared to the overall market, plug-ins hold 14% of the market (including 10% for battery-electric cars).

It's amazing that one in ten new cars is already 100% electric and the segment is expanding at a healthy pace against all challenges.

Meanwhile, conventional hybrids are down year-over-year for the fourth consecutive month. Is this what prompted Toyota to invest more in BEV battery production?

Plug-in car registrations:

• BEVs: about *556,000 (up 73% year-over-year) and 10% share
• PHEVs: about *222,000 (up 36% year-over-year) and 4% share
• Total: 778,092 (up 61% year-over-year) and 14% share

* estimated from the market share

Global Plug-In Electric Car Sales – July 2022

So far this year, more than 4.9 million new passenger plug-in electric cars were registered globally, compared to almost 6.5 million in the full twelve months of 2021.

Plug-in car registrations year-to-date:

• BEVs: about *3.66 million and 8.9% share
• PHEVs: about *1.27 million and 3.1% share
• Total: 4,928,376 and roughly 12% share

* estimated from the market share

Model rank

July was an especially good month for BYD, which put multiple models in the top 10, including the Song BEV/PHEV (37,784) at #1 and Qin Plus BEV/PHEV (30,115) at #3. Between the two, we can see the Wuling Hong Guang MINI EV micro car (37,129).

The Tesla Model Y was fourth, but at the same time, it was also the best monthly result for the first month of a quarter. Interesting is also the record of over 19,000 set by the Volkswagen ID.4.

Top 10 for the month:

1. BYD Song (BEV + PHEV) - 37,784
2. Wuling Hong Guang MINI EV - 37,129
3. BYD Qin Plus (BEV+PHEV) - 30,115
4. Tesla Model Y - 29,829
5. BYD Han (BEV + PHEV) - 25,293
6. BYD Dolphin - 20,546
7. BYD Yuan Plus (BEV) - 19,295
8. Volkswagen ID.4 - 19,035
9. Tesla Model 3 - 17,246
10. GAC Aion Y - 12,530

The Tesla Model Y remains the top-selling plug-in car model after the first seven months of the year, with a huge advantage over the Wuling Hong Guang MINI EV micro car. The Tesla Model 3 is third, but its advantage over the top BYD models is shrinking (although only when counting BEVs and PHEVs together, as in the data source).

Top 20 by the end of July:

1. Tesla Model Y - 344,928
2. Wuling Hong Guang MINI EV - 244,961
3. Tesla Model 3 - 236,518
4. BYD Song (BEV + PHEV) - 196,875
5. BYD Qin Plus (BEV + PHEV) - 162,610
6. BYD Han (BEV + PHEV) - 122,518
7. Volkswagen ID.4 - 82,632
8. BYD Dolphin - 79,151
9. BYD Yuan Plus - 74,258
10. Li Xiang One EREV - 70,826
11. BYD Tang (BEV + PHEV) - 68,816
12. Chery QQ Ice Cream - 63,478
13. Hyundai Ioniq 5 - 60,985
14. Changan Benni EV - 60,273
15. Chery eQ1 - 58,116
16. GAC Aion Y - 56,781
17. Hozon Neta V - 49,401
18. Kia EV6 - 48,131
19. GAC Aion S - 46,788
20. Ford Mustang Mach-E - 45,474

Brand rank

In July, BYD noted a huge record of over 160,000 plug-in electric car registrations, which is over three times more than Tesla at 52,084. The third top brand was Volkswagen with a record of 46,400 units.

Top 10 for the month:

1. BYD - 160,061
2. Tesla - 52,084
3. Volkswagen - 46,400
4. SAIC-GM-Wuling - 40,275
5. GAC - 25,094
6. Geely - 24,599
7. Chery - 24,498
8. BMW - 24,175
9. Dongfeng - 19,680
10. Hyundai - 18,348

So far this year, the top brand is BYD, followed by Tesla, while the SAIC-GM-Wuling is the best of the rest.

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