According to the "Asia Daily", the Korea Automotive Research Institute released the "2021 Electric Vehicle Sales Performance and Market Trends" report on the 7th, showing that last year's global pure electric vehicle market sales were 4,717,728 units, a year-on-year increase of 112%, accounting for 5.8% of the overall automobile market share, up 2.9% year-on-year.
The world's top electric vehicle sales are still Tesla, with a total of 921,642 units sold last year; followed by China SAIC Motor (611,023 units), Germany Volkswagen (436,669 units), BYD (335,257 units); Hyundai Motor sold 240,500 electric vehicles worldwide last year, ranking fifth.
Although Tesla is still in the championship, the advantage is gradually weakening. While the overall sales volume of the electric vehicle market increased by 112%, Tesla's sales increased by 86% year-on-year, while SAIC And BYD showed strong growth of 160% and 173% respectively, and Volkswagen and Hyundai also increased by 98% and 65% year-on-year.
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