Plug-in electric car sales in China continue to amaze and June was no exception, as the market expanded once again, reaching a new all-time record.data, shared by Jose Pontes, 713,932 new passenger plug-in electric cars were registered in China in June. That's the highest result ever and a 28 percent increase year-over-year.
Not only that, the market share of rechargeable cars improved to 38 percent of the total new passenger car sales. It's significantly more than in Europe or in the United States . The most significant metric is how big the Chinese share is out of the global plug-in car share - close to 57 percent, according to recent registration numbers. Let's also note that most plug-ins sold in China are also produced in China, while the rest of the world often imports cars from China.
Another interesting thing is that all-electric models represented a quarter of the Chinese car market last month. Plug-in hybrids were responsible for about 13 percent.Total: 713,932 and 38% shareSo far this year, more than 3.2 million new plug-in electric cars were registered in China , which is about 35 percent of the total volume.PHEVs: about *1.
Despite the Tesla Model Y's surge in June, the most popular cars during the first half of the year were BYDs: Song and Qin families. The Model Y was third, followed by two more BYDs - Yuan and Dolphin.Top 10 plug-ins year-to-date:BYD Dolphin: 157,359* BEV and PHEV versions of the same models were counted together in the source.is the most popular brand and automotive group in China, and this is not expected to change anytime soon.