- The global market for 100% electric (BEV) and plug-in hybrid (PHEV) cars totaled 460,506 units in the first quarter of 2020, representing 4.5% of the global automotive market compared to 3.8% in the first quarter of 2019.

- Despite the collapse of the European market as a whole (-26.3% in the first quarter of 2020), sales of 100% electric and plug-in hybrid cars increased considerably over the same period, going from 126,000 to 229,000 registered units, which represents a market share of 7.5% (against 3% a year earlier) As a result, these sales far exceed those of electric and plug-in hybrid cars in China in the first quarter of 2020 which collapsed to 129,000 units, half the volume produced a year earlier. This volume now represents only 4.5% of the Chinese market.

- Remarkably, the Tesla Model 3 becomes the best-selling electric car in China in 2020 (it is produced locally), far ahead of its Chinese competitors. Remember that it is already the most sold in Europe and the USA.

- Victims of an anti-ecological policy, the USA saw its sales of 100% electric and plug-in hybrid cars fall to 75,000 units in the first quarter of 2020, representing less than 2.5% of the American market. Japan remains very fond of electric and plug-in hybrid cars that did not exceed 10,000 sales in the quarter.

- In total, Tesla remains by far the leading manufacturer of electric cars over the period, ahead of the Volkswagen group which has not yet started production of the ID3, and ahead of Renault-Nissan which is clearly different from its pursuers.