Global sales of plug-in electric cars increased in April by 249% year after year to more 392,000, which is the fourth highest monthly result on record.
According to Electric Vehicle Sales Blog, for 10 consecutive months (since July 2020), plug-in sales have set new all-time highs for particular months.
See more of our sales reports for April 2021.
After the first four months of 2021, the share of plugins rose to 5.7% (3.7% BEV), down from 4% a year ago.
While the tiny Wuling Hong Guang MINI EV (not really a car, but rather a kei car) is the top player in terms of volume, an interesting thing in April is that the Tesla Model Y recorded an (estimated) sales result. higher than the Tesla Model 3.
In addition, the fourth and fifth best-selling models are Volkswagen’s duo – ID.4 and ID.3.
The best-selling models last month:
- Hong Guang MINI EV from Wuling – 29,251 and 125,925 YTD (# 2)
- Tesla Model Y – 16 232 and 72,296 since the beginning of the year (# 3)
- Tesla model 3 – 14 980 and 141696 YTD (# 1)
- Volkswagen ID. 4 – 10 318 and 17 743 YTD (# 13)
- Volkswagen ID.3 – 5 941 and 17 703 YTD (# 14)
Overall, we see eight fully electric models in the top 20 and a total of 15 BEVs in the top 20.
The best-selling plug-in hybrid was the Li Xiang One EREV (series hybrid with plug-in capability).
Electric vehicle sales statistics per blog:
Three brands – Tesla, SAIC-GM-Wuling and Volkswagen – recorded very similar results in April. Volkswagen is now also third since the start of the year, ahead of BMW.
Among automotive groups, Tesla remains the leading player (14%), but SAIC (13%) and the Volkswagen group (13%) are just behind.
In total, 5 brands exceeded 20,000 and 10 exceeded 10,000 units last month:
Our thanks to EV Sales Blog for tallying and estimating individual OEM sales.
