#1 Tesla = 29% of Global Electric Vehicle Market in Q1 2020
The top selling brands in the electric vehicle market are no big surprise, but the details are fascinating to look at.
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BYD Qin = China’s Best Selling Electric Vehicle In April (China EV Sales Report)
Plugin vehicle sales continue to recover in China. They were still down 29% year over year (YoY) in April, but that was the smallest drop so far this year. Slightly more than 61,000 units were registered in April.
Plug-In Vehicles = 8.5% Market Share In Germany In April
Despite the Covid-related lockdown that sent the overall German auto market down 61% year over year (YoY) in April, the German plugin market grew 33% last month, having registered 10,253 units.
Plug-In Vehicles = 5.5% Market Share In Ireland (18% In April)
In the first 4 months of 2020, plug-in vehicles accounted for 5.5% of all auto sales in Ireland. The wild world of coronavirus, though, made something special out of April — or perhaps Ireland’s time has simply come. A stunning 18% of auto sales in the month of April were plug-in vehicle sales.
Plug-In Vehicles = 27% Market Share In Sweden
The Swedish auto market, like other auto markets but not as extreme, saw its numbers crash (again) in April. The overall auto market was down 38% year over year. Also like in other markets, plug-in vehicles did better than the overall market. They actually saw a sales increase in April.
Peugeot 208 EV Beats Renault Zoe In Pandemic-Disrupted French EV Market — April 2020
While the overall French market ground to a halt due to the coronavirus lockdown (-89% year over year), plugins were down just 66%, with fully electric vehicles (BEVs) faring slightly better, down only -62%. That allowed BEVs to have 74% of the plugin market last month, slightly better than this year’s average of 73%.
Tesla vs BMW Electrified Sales in Q1 2020 — 88,400 to 30,700
One of the popular discussions in plug-in world over the past decade has been how much effort should be put on developing compelling and well rounded 100% electric vehicles as soon as possible versus using plug-in hybrids as a stepping stone to a fully electric era. Perhaps the most useful real-world competition between those two approaches in 2020 is Tesla versus BMW.
Kia Niro EV #1 In Covid-19 Impacted Dutch Market
With the Netherlands escaping a full lockdown, the economic slowdown hasn’t been as devastating as in other markets, with the overall market dropping just 53%.
Tesla Model 3 Is Best Selling Luxury Car In USA — By Far (Q1 2020)
The Tesla Model 3 accounted for approximately 21% of new small & midsize luxury car sales in the USA in the first quarter of 2020*. For some perspective, the BMW 2 Series, 3 Series, 4 Series, and 5 Series together combined for approximately 15% of the segment’s share.
Tesla Model 3 Scores More Than 2× As Many Sales As BMW 3/4 Series In…
There’s one model that has been compared to the Tesla Model 3 more than any other. The BMW 3 Series. But how do they really compare?
