The top 5 electric car manufacturers in the first quarter of 2019
- In the first quarter of 2019, sales of electric cars (BEV) and plug-in hybrids (PHEV) totaled 538,774 units (compared to 304,951 units in the first quarter of 2018), an increase of 76.7% compared to the same period last year. China remains by far the leading electric vehicle market, with 271,673 sales in the first quarter of 2019, ahead of Europe (125,848 units), the United States (88,753 units) and Japan (12,500 units).
- During the same period, the top five global manufacturers selling these vehicles are, in order: BYD (71,504 sales, +150%, 13.3% SOM), Tesla (63,000 sales, +105%, 11.7% SOM), Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi (60,031 sales, +21%, 11.1% SOM), Geely Group (34,746 sales, +109%, 6.4% SOM) and BMW Group (29,208 sales, +5%, 5.4% SOM).
- It should be noted that the Volkswagen group, which wants to become the world's leading manufacturer of electric cars, is still not on the list of the top five global manufacturers in 2019, which currently cover nearly half (48%) of the global electric car market.
- It should also be noted that Tesla is losing its first place, which it acquired in 2018 (thanks to the successful launch of its Model 3), to the Chinese BYD. BYD and Geely benefited from the strong growth in sales of electric cars on the Chinese market in 2019, reaching a 121% increase in the first quarter of 2019, while sales growth in Europe did not exceed 44% and sales in the United States and Japan were stable. This is a consequence of the quotas imposed on manufacturers in China.
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