In January 2022, Tesla Model Y won the championship, Wuling Hongguang MINIEV won the second place, and BYD Qin Plus PHEV won the third place again after ranking among the top three in October last year.
BYD Song Pro/Plus PHEV ranked fourth. The Tesla Model 3 plummeted 82% month-on-month, from the first place last year to the fifth place in January this year. BYD Pro EV and GAC Aion Aion Y made the list for the first time, ranking 18th and 20th respectively.
In terms of car companies, IND once again surpassed Tesla to win the sales championship in January, and Tesla, SAIC-GM-Wuling, BMW, and Volkswagen ranked in the top five.
It is worth noting that the new car-making force United Automobile sold 11,010 units, making it on the list for the first time and ranking 19th. In addition to the top 20, Geely Automobile sold 10,751 units, and it is expected to soon enter the top 20 in the future with the increase of its brands Lynk & Co and Ji Kr.
According to Clean Technica data, in January 2022, global new energy passenger car sales were 603,007 units, up 87.8% year-on-year and down 33.6% month-on-month. Among them, pure electric vehicles increased by 94% year-on-year, and plug-in hybrids increased by 72% year-on-year, which was mainly due to the rapid growth of the Chinese market, which accounted for nearly 2/3 of the total global sales in January.
The market share of new energy vehicles is getting higher and higher, and the share of new energy vehicles in the global automotive market in January is already higher than last year's 9% market share, and the market share is expected to reach 15% this year.
Tesla Model Y sales of 32,700 units, a sharp drop of 58.9% month-on-month, surpassing its "brother" Tesla Model 3 ranked first, Wuling Hongguang MINIEV sold 26,682 units, down 52.1% month-on-month, taking the runner-up, BYD Qin Plus PHEV sales of 18,449 units, up 6.7% month-on-month, following last October among the top three, once again on the podium.
BYD Song Pro/Plus PHEV sales of 16,415 units, up 8.5% month-on-month, ranked fourth. Tesla Model 3 sales of 15,460 units, down 82% month-on-month, fell from the first place last year to the fifth place in January this year.
Ideal ONE sold 12,268 units, down 12.9% sequentially and up two places to sixth. Volkswagen ID.4 sales of 10,635 units, down 44.7% sequentially, dropped to seventh place.
BYD Dolphin sold 10,602 units, up 5.9% sequentially, surpassing Han EV to rank eighth. Chery QQ ice cream sales of 9,984 units, up 19% month-on-month, jumped from 18th in December last year to 10th in January this year.
BYD Qin Plus EV, Xiaopeng P7, Hezhong Nezha V, GAC Aion S once again on the list, BYD Yuan Pro EV, GAC Aian Aion Y for the first time, ranked 18th and 20th respectively. Volkswagen ID.3, Renault Zoe, Nissan Leaf, BYD Meta EV, Dacia Spring, Euler Black Cat fell off the list.
Beyond the 20th, the notable models are the Zero-Run TO3 with 6,007 units sold and the Hyundai Ioiq 5 with 5,716 units, which successfully surpassed the Kia Niro EV (5,271 units).
From the perspective of month-on-month growth rate, Chery QQ ice cream rose by 19% month-on-month, and BYD's four cars Qin Plus PHEV, Song Pro/Plus PHEV, Dolphin, and Tang PHEV all achieved single-digit growth. In addition to the five cars rising month-on-month, the rest of the models have seen a month-on-month decline, of which Tesla Model 3 fell the most seriously by more than 80%, then Tesla Model Y and Wuling Hongguang MINIEV fell by more than 50% month-on-month, Volkswagen ID.4 fell by 44.7% month-on-month, ideal ONE, Euler good cat fell by more than 10%.
In terms of car companies, BYD sold 93,263 vehicles in January, once again surpassing Tesla to win the sales championship, and its great success is due to its long and expanding product lineup. Tesla, SAIC-GM-Wuling, BMW and Volkswagen ranked in the top five.
SAIC's passenger car sales of 21,238 units rose 8.2% month-on-month, surpassing Mercedes-Benz in sixth place; with the big sales of QQ ice cream and small ants, Chery surpassed Volvo in eighth. GAC motor's passenger car sales of 16,036 units, down slightly 2% month-on-month, surpassing Hyundai and Kia in 10th place.
With the hot sales of Ben E-Star, Changan surpassed Audi and the Great Wall ranked 13th. Due to the suspension of sales of Euler black cats and white cats, the sales volume of the Great Wall fell by 40.8% month-on-month, and the ranking dropped to 15th.
United Automobile, a new car-making force in China, sold 11,010 vehicles, making it on the list for the first time and ranking 19th. In addition, Xiaopeng and Ideal also ranked 17th and 18th in the list.
In addition to the top 20, the noteworthy car company is Geely Automobile, with sales of 10,751 vehicles, and it is expected that it will soon enter the top 20 in the future with the increase of its brands such as Lynk & Co and Extreme Kr.
Written in the end: the world's TOP20 new energy model sales accounted for 39.9% of the world's total new energy vehicle sales, Chinese brand models accounted for 17 seats (car companies accounted for 12 seats), in addition to Tesla Model Y, Tesla Model 3 and Volkswagen ID.4, the rest of the models are from China, BYD's models occupy 7 seats.
We note that in 2020, only 2 Chinese new energy vehicles were on the list, 9 in January 2021, with the crazy growth of the Chinese market in the past year, there are already 17 Chinese brand new energy models on the list in January 2022, and most of the production of foreign models on the list, Tesla Model Y, Model 3 and Volkswagen ID.4, also occurs in China. So, it's no wonder that the current global TOP20 looks a lot like the top 20 in the Chinese market.