Global sales of BEVs and PHEVs in Q1-2021
- Global sales of battery electric (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid (PHEVs) vehicles in the passenger cars category reached 1,128,003 units in the first quarter of 2021, against 460,506 units in the first quarter of 2020, a period strongly disrupted by the coronavirus. Sales have therefore more than doubled from one year to another (+ 145%). They are broken down into 758,010 sales of BEVs and 369,993 sales of PHEVs.
- By region: 491,192 units sold in China (including 406,759 BEV), 452,901 in Europe (including 202,410 BEV), 124,748 in the United States (including 98,670 BEV) and 10,976 in Japan (including 5,171 BEV). It is to be noted that China is back ahead of Europe in 2021 on this type of vehicle, whereas it had fallen behind in 2020. It is even far ahead in terms of BEV sales (twice more than Europe and four times higher than in the United States).
- In terms of brands, Tesla preserves its leading position, with 184,500 worldwide sales in the first quarter of 2021, ahead of GM-Wuling (102,574 sales) which benefits from the success of its small HongGuang EV, BMW (66,494 sales) which benefits from the generalisation of the plug-in hybrid technology in its range, while Volkswagen (59,732 sales) has not yet benefits from the launch of its ID3 and ID4. BYD (53,608 sales), Mercedes (52,145 sales) and Volvo (46,856 sales) are following. Renault (28,551 sales) moved from 7th place to 12th place, due to a clear dropout by the Zoé. Renault is even supplanted by Peugeot (28,778 sales), Great Wall (30,730 sales) and Audi (33,845 sales). Is the Renault brand the victim of a waiting phenomenon concerning the Dacia Spring?
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