After an amazing year in 2021, global passenger plug-in electric vehicle sales continued to grow at a very high rate in January 2022. Recently, foreign media announced the top 20 list of global plug-in car sales in January 2022. According to the list, in January 2022, a total of 603007 plug-in vehicles were delivered worldwide, an increase of 87% year-on-year. In the overall new car market, the share of plug-in vehicles has also reached 10%, compared with 9% in the same period last year.
BYD Qin PLUS DM-i
In the specific model ranking, Tesla Model Y topped the list with a score of 32,700 units, becoming the world's most sold plug-in car in January, and the second place was the Wuling Hongguang MINIEV, known as the "National God Car", which sold 26,682 units in January. Another popular domestic model, bydir Qin PLUS DM-i Hybrid Edition, ranked third, achieving 18,449 units. The Tesla Model 3 ranked fifth with sales of 15,460 units. It is worth noting that in the top 20 model sales list, 17 are domestic models, accounting for 85%, and in addition to the above two Teslas, the other top 20 models in the list is Volkswagen's ID.4, which ranks seventh with sales of 10635.
Top 10 global plug-in model sales in January 2022 (Source InsiderEVs)
Among the top 20 models in terms of sales, domestic new energy automobile giant BYD ranked first in the brand list with 7 models, and many of its models, including Qin, Song, Han, Tang, and Dolphin, entered the list. In addition, the models of traditional car companies including Wuling, Changan, Great Wall, Chery and other traditional car companies, as well as new energy vehicle companies such as Xiaopeng, Ideal, Weilai and Nezha, have entered the top 20 of the list, which also reflects that the mainland occupies a very large proportion of the global new energy vehicle market.
Top 10 global plug-in car manufacturers in January 2022 (Source InsiderEVs)
In terms of car company rankings, BYD won the first place with a sales volume of 93263 vehicles without suspense, while Tesla ranked second with a record of 51302 vehicles, while SAIC-GM-Wuling ranked third with the huge sales volume brought by Wuling Hongguang MINIEV.