Worldwide sales of electric cars in 2018
- In 2018, the world market for electric cars (100% electric and plug-in hybrids) showed a 70% increase compared to 2017, to 2,018,247 units from 1,188,059 units a year earlier.
- By country, China remains by far the leading market for electric cars (1,102,375 units; +84%), ahead of Europe (386,347 units; +38%), the United States (358,645 units; +83%) and Japan (52,013 units; stable).
- In 2018, the Californian brand Tesla became the world's leading manufacturer of electric cars (in 2017, it was BYD). With 245,240 units sold last year, Tesla leads the BYD (227,364 units), Renault-Nissan (192,711 units), BAIC (164,958 units), BMW (142,311 units), SAIC (108,624 units), Hyundai-Kia (90,860 units), Geely (85,810 units), GM (76,570 units) and Volkswagen (72,366 units) groups.
- By model, the Tesla Model 3 became the world's best-selling electric car in 2018 (145,846 units), ahead of the BAIC EC-Series (90,637 units), Nissan Leaf (87,149 units), Tesla Model S (50,045 units), Tesla Model X (49,349 units), BYD Qin PHEV (47,452 units), JAC EV65 (46,586 units), BYD e5 (46,251 units), Toyota Prius PHEV (45,686 units) and Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (41,888 units). The Renault Zoé lost four places and moved from 7th to 11th place. This model should be renewed in the second half of 2019.
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