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Worldwide sales in December and in 2018: 2 million sold plug-in electric vehicles



Amazing year, amazing growth and records.

In December of 2018, sales of connected electric vehicles grew very strongly and reached record numbers: approximately 286,367 units (according to EV Sales Blog calculations), while these are record numbers for 4 months in a row. The growth rate was 70%, which is more than enough to be glad for the progress.

Other December 2018 sales reports can be found here .

Thanks to the great end of the year, the 2018th was completed with an indicator of 2 million sales! Estimates indicate 2,018,247 units, which is 72% more than a year ago, with an average market share of 2.1%.

Electric vehicles with a battery accounted for 69% of sales, while the plug-in hybrids sold 31%. This advantage of electric vehicles with a battery has not been since 2011.

Next year, sales are expected in the region of 3-3.5 million units, with a possible record month of 500 thousand units.

Worldwide sales of plug-in electric cars, December 2018


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Other reports:

→ Sales of plug-in electric vehicles in the USA (with charts): December 2018
→ In 2018, over 386 thousand plug-in electric vehicles were registered in Europe
→ China is surprised by sales of 180 thousand connected electric vehicles in December 2018

Model ratings

The undisputed leader in 2018 was Tesla Model 3, with record numbers in December 2018 of 25,050 units, and for the year of 145,846. No other model among electric vehicles (even among the plug-in hybrids) even achieved results. which showed Model 3.

We are very grateful to all those who were involved in the Tesla Model 3 (and in general to Tesla), electric vehicle enthusiasts for what they did and indicated the way for the entire automotive industry. Good luck and hope for 300 thousand units sold in 2019!

The following 2 places were taken by the Chinese BAIC EC-Series (90 637) and Nissan LEAF (87 149) - both models with record numbers. For the first time since 2014, the Nissan LEAF showed record sales when 61,013 units were sold. There are also good prospects for growth in sales of these two models in 2019.

Tesla Model S (50 045) and Tesla Model X (49 349) supplemented the top five plug-in electric cars for the year. 3 models from Tesla - in the top five.

BYD distinguished itself with 5 models in the 20th, which consists of 3 models from the USA, 3 models from Europe and 3 from Japan (the remaining 11 models are from the PRC).

We hope that in 2019 there will be even more models that will be sold in the amount of more than 10 thousand per month.


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Manufacturers Ratings
The competition of manufacturers of connected electric vehicles Tesla won against BYD , while the latter - the only company was able to maintain the growth rate of Tesla. For the first time, Tesla was awarded this title, and this is doubly important, because this company sells only electric vehicles with a battery and offers only 3 models.

BYD is still the largest manufacturer of electric vehicles , if you include buses and trucks - 247,811 units of equipment, but this is still an interesting than an important comparison.

BAIC and BMW also achieved high sales figures of more than 100 thousand a year, while Nissan did not have enough 3 thousand to a round figure.


Approximately 49% of all sold plug-in electric vehicles are manufactured in the PRC, 16% are produced in the USA and 12% in Germany. The rest of the country accounts for only 23%.


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We thank EV Sales Blog for summarizing and calculating individual sales by manufacturers.

Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/438470/

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