Plug-in electric car sales in China continue to increase and in August reached an unprecedented level of 750,000 units.
According to EV Volumes' data, shared by Jose Pontes, 750,735 new passenger plug-in electric cars were registered in China in August, which is roughly 36 percent more than a year ago. Super Fast Ev Charger
The market share of plug-ins also appears to be at a record level of 39 percent. That's basically two out of five new cars sold.
China is the world's largest market for rechargeable cars, estimated at around 60 percent of the total global volume.
It's worth noting that all-electric car sales are about two times higher than plug-in hybrid car sales in the country, reaching respectively roughly 500,000 and 250,000 units in August.
Plug-in car registrations for the month:
* estimated from the market share
So far this year, more than 4.6 million new plug-in electric cars have been registered in China (up roughly 36 percent year-over-year), which is about 36 percent of the total volume.
* estimated from the market share
For reference, in 2022, over 5.92 million new passenger plug-in electric cars were registered in China (30 percent of the total volume).
In August, the first four out of the top five best-selling car nameplates happened to be rechargeable cars.
The top one is the BYD Song family (56,743), followed by the Tesla Model Y (51,117), the BYD Qin family (42,808), and the BYD Seagull (34,841). The top internal combustion engine car was the Volkswagen Lavida (33,891).
Top 10 plug-ins for the month:
The top 10, in terms of vehicle sales after the first eight months of the year. has not changed much. The Tesla Model Y still holds third place overall (and first among BEVs), while the majority of the top-selling rechargeable models are Chinese.
* BEV and PHEV versions of the same models were counted together in the source.
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 in January-August:
Top automotive groups by share in the plug-in segment in January-August:
Source: Jose Pontes (EV Volumes data) - CleanTechnica
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