Add the 832,000 units of plugless hybrids registered in March and we have close to 30% of the overall global market havingIn another note on plugless hybrids, last month’s growth rate was just 1%, the worst since the drops in the Covid-19 lockdown months of April and May 2020. That could mean that this year could be theis just one of the weird events that happens once EV disruption hits the automotive market. It is not only about fuel share, like diesel sales falling off a cliff in Europe.
The Wuling Mini EV got the third spot on the podium, followed by two BYD models. The #4 Song PHEV scored a record 22,383 registrations .Wuling Mini EV clone The #15 XPeng P7 also scored a record month, with 9,195 registrations. The startup model is looking to reach the full size leaders, the #7 Li Xiang One and #12 BYD Han EV, and it is interesting to see that the three best sellers in the full size category come from China. … German OEMs, please take notice.
In the lower half of the table, we have two fresh faces joining the top 20, with the #18 GAC Aion Y replacing its Aion S sibling among the best sellers, and the Kia EV6 becoming the second Hyundai–Kia model in the table, something only Tesla and BYD can be proud of. After a slow month in February, XPeng and Great Wall returned to the best seller table in March, contributing to half of the top 20 being Chinese brands.
Japanese OEMs nowhere to be seen. What a shame, Toyota