The 20 best-selling models in the USA and China in 2022
- The Top 20 best-selling passenger cars and pick-ups in the USA and China in 2022 clearly show structural differences within the two largest world markets.
- Thus in the USA, the three best sellers in 2022 relate to three higher segment pick-ups (Ford F Series, Chevrolet Silverado, Ram pick-up) with internal combustion engines for the most part, while in China, the three best sellers in 2022 concerns two battery electric vehicles (Wuling Mini EV, Tesla Model Y) and a plug-in hybrid vehicle (BYD Song DM), the Wuling Mini EV being A-segment, the Tesla D-segment and the BYD C-segment. This figures shows the fact that the US market is much less electrified than the Chinese market.
- In 2022, 810,000 battery electric vehicles (BEV) were sold in the USA, i.e. 5.8% of the market, while in China the number of BEV amounted to 5,029,000 units, i.e. 21.3% of the market, to which must be added 1,530,000 plug-in hybrids (PHEV), i.e. 6.5% of the market. In the USA, PHEV sales did not exceed 186,000 units (1.3% of the market). In total, BEV+PHEV represent 7.1% in the USA in 2022 (compared to 4.3% in 2021) and 27.8% in China (compared to 15.6% in 2021).
- Note that in the USA, the market leader, the Ford F-Series achieves 650,000 sales in 2022 (compared to 500,000 Chevrolet Silverado and 470,000 Ram pick-ups), and in China, the market leader, the Wuling Mini EV achieves a fairly close score, i.e. 570,000 sales in 2022 (compared to 455,000 Tesla Model Ys and 410,000 BYD Song DMs).