China, Europe and USA represent 93% of global BEV sales in 2023
- In 2023, sales of battery electric vehicles (BEV) represented just over 10 million units (10,114,792 sales) including 6,132,487 units in China, 2,034,936 in Europe (EU + United Kingdom + Switzerland + Norway) and 1,194,215 in the United States, these three large markets representing 93% of global BEV sales.
- Far behind these three major markets are South Korea (139,437 units), Canada (119,360 units) and Japan (86,762 units), with these three countries representing 3.5% of global BEV sales.
- The remaining 3.5% gathered around twenty other countries, the largest of which are Australia (77,390 units), Thailand (75,755 units), Turkey (54,317 units) and Israel (43,322 units).
- Regarding the market share of BEVs in each country, it is China which remains the locomotive of this market in 2023 with 23.9% penetration in 2023. Second place is more surprising since it is of Israel, with 16% market share of BEVs due to its pioneering position in the field (see “Better Place” fast battery exchange project put into practice in 2008 but quickly stopped due to non-compliance issues and profitability; a concept nevertheless taken up by the carmaker Nio in China).
- Third place in 2023 is held by Europe (EU + United Kingdom + Switzerland + Norway), with 15.9% market share of BEVs, the average market share at global level being comparable, of the order by 15.5%.
- Behind Europe, follow South Korea (9.5%), Australia (8.7%), the United States (7.7%), Canada (6.8%) and Turkey ( 5.6%). Other countries have a BEV market share of less than 5% (including Japan: 2.2%).