The Chinese market of battery electric vehicle in 2020
- China registered 1,271,958 battery electric (BEV) and plug-in hybrid (PHEV) vehicles in 2020, up from 1,177,421 units in 2019, an 8% increase year-over-year. These vehicles represented 6.3% of the Chinese passenger car market in 2020, compared to 5.5% in 2019.
- This volume is lower than that recorded in Europe in 2020 (1,364,813 sales). However, the number of BEVs is higher in China than in Europe, reaching 995,397 units in China (+16% compared to 2019) while it does not exceed 745,684 units in Europe.
- It seems that the Chinese electric market has been boosted by the arrival of Tesla “Made in China” at the beginning of 2020, as the American carmaker has become a leader in this market in the first year of its local production, both at the level brand and model. The Model 3 thus became the best-selling electric model in China in 2020, with 137,459 units, outstanding models like the BAIC EU-Series or BYD Yuan.
- New models arrived on the Chinese market in 2020, with some success such as the NIO ES6, Weltmeister EX5, XPeng P7, but it is above all the success of the Wuling Hong Guan Mini EV that impresses, with 127,651 sales from the first year. This very compact model is in the wave of the Smart EQ Fortwo, as it measures 2.92 m long, 1.49 m wide and 1.62 m high. It has a range of 120 km to 170 km depending on the battery capacity. This model became the cheapest electric vehicle in China.
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