{"id":18694,"date":"2022-03-29T09:04:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T13:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=18694"},"modified":"2022-03-29T09:04:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T13:04:14","slug":"china-plugin-car-sales-february2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=18694","title":{"rendered":"China: Plug-In Electric Car Sales Almost Tripled In February 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the fact that February was usually a slow month for car sales in <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/news\/category\/china\/\">China<\/a>, this year the result was really amazing.<\/p>\n<p>According to <em>EV Volumes&#8217; <\/em>data shared by Jose Pontes, in February, some<strong> 291,739<\/strong> new passenger plug-in electric cars were registered in China, which is <strong>176% more<\/strong> than a year ago.<\/p>\n<p><em>See more reports about plug-in vehicle sales in China <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/tag\/china-sales\/\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Not only is the rate of growth tremendous but also the market share is very high at <strong>20%<\/strong> of the overall car market, including 15% for all-electric cars.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>BEVs<\/strong>: about *219,000 and 15% share<\/li>\n<li><strong>PHEVs<\/strong>: about *73,000 and 5% share<\/li>\n<li><strong>Total<\/strong>: 291,739 (up 176%) and 20% share<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>* estimated from the market share<\/p>\n<section contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\" data-widget=\"special_image\" data-align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"spi_wrapper\"><a class=\"lightzoom\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/custom\/plug-in-electric-car-sales-in-china-february-2022.png\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"custom-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/custom\/thumbnail\/plug-in-electric-car-sales-in-china-february-2022.png\" alt=\"external_image\" width=\"913\" height=\"443\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>So far this year, over 665,000 new passenger plug-in electric cars were registered in China, while the market share reached 18% (14% BEVs). The total volume in Q1 2022 might be over 1 million, depending on March.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>BEVs<\/strong>: about *0.52 million and 14% share<\/li>\n<li><strong>PHEVs<\/strong>: about *0.15 million and 4% share<\/li>\n<li><strong>Total<\/strong>:665,824 and 18% share<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>* estimated from the market share<\/p>\n<p>The top-selling models in China in February were the Wuling Hong Guang MINI EV (26,116), BYD Song Pro\/Plus PHEV (19,057), Tesla Model Y (18,593), BYD Qin Plus PHEV (14,243) and the latest BYD Tang PHEV (10,026).<\/p>\n<p>Results year-to-date:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Wuling Hong Guang MINI EV &#8211; 52,798<\/li>\n<li>BYD Song Pro\/Plus PHEV &#8211; 35,468<\/li>\n<li>Tesla Model Y &#8211; 34,951<\/li>\n<li>BYD Qin Plus PHEV &#8211; 32,692<\/li>\n<li>Li Xiang One EREV &#8211; 20,682<\/li>\n<li>BYD Dolphin &#8211; 19,167<\/li>\n<li>BYD Han (BEV) &#8211; 18,993<\/li>\n<li>BYD Tang PHEV &#8211; 18,873<\/li>\n<li>Chery QQ Ice Cream &#8211; 16,426<\/li>\n<li>Changan Benni EV &#8211; 15,412<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Overall, BYD has five models in the top 10. The chart is dominated by Chinese plug-ins. Among foreign brands in the top 20, there are two (Model Y as #3, Volkswagen ID.4 as #18 with 10,025 units).<\/p>\n<p>The list of brands reveals a pretty strong position for BYD.<\/p>\n<p>Top plug-in brands year-to-date:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BYD: 27.1% share<\/li>\n<li>SAIC-GM-Wuling: 9.4%<\/li>\n<li>Tesla: 6.4%<\/li>\n<li>Chery: 4.6%<\/li>\n<li>Geely: 4.3%<\/li>\n<li>SAIC: 4.5%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Top plug-in automotive groups year-to-date:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BYD: 27.1% share<\/li>\n<li>SAIC: 13.7%<br \/>including SAIC-GM-Wuling joint venture (between SAIC, GM and Liuzhou Wuling Motors)<\/li>\n<li>Tesla: 6.4%<\/li>\n<li>Geely-Volvo: 5.1%<\/li>\n<li>Chery: 4.6%<\/li>\n<li>Volkswagen Group: 4.3%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"relatedContent-new\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\" data-widget=\"related-content\" data-widget-size=\"content\" data-params=\"%7B%22type_id%22%3A0%2C%22title_id%22%3A%22%22%2C%22items%22%3A%5B%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22573475%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22China%3A%20BYD%20Increased%20Plug-In%20Car%20Sales%20In%20February%202022%20By%20764%25%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22byd-plugin-car-sales-february2022%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22is_video%22%3A%220%22%2C%22images%22%3A%7B%22s5%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.motor1.com%2Fimages%2Fmgl%2F40elo1%2Fs5%2Fbyd-sales-february-2022.jpg%22%7D%7D%2C%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22573092%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22China%3A%20Tesla%20Model%20Y%20Sales%20Quadrupled%20In%20February%202022%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22china-tesla-modely-sales-february2022%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22is_video%22%3A%220%22%2C%22images%22%3A%7B%22s5%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.motor1.com%2Fimages%2Fmgl%2FAvmox%2Fs5%2Fmic-tesla-model-y-in-china.jpg%22%7D%7D%5D%7D\">   <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the fact that February was usually a slow month for car sales in China, this year the result was really amazing. According to EV Volumes&#8217; data shared by Jose Pontes, in February, some 291,739 new passenger plug-in electric cars were registered in China, which is 176% more than a year ago. See more reports [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18695,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}