Fresh energy vehicles in China
The stock of fresh energy vehicles in China is the world’s largest, with cumulative sales of more than 951,000 units through December 2016. These figures include passenger cars and heavy-duty commercial vehicles such buses and sanitation trucks, and only accounts for vehicles manufactured in the country. [6] [7] The Chinese government uses the term fresh energy vehicles (NEVs) to designate plug-in electrified vehicles eligible for public subsidies, and includes only battery electrified vehicles and plug-in hybrid electrical vehicles. [8] Sales of fresh energy vehicles since two thousand eleven passed the 500,000 unit milestone in March 2016, [9] while sales of fresh energy passenger cars achieved the 500,000 unit milestone in September 2016, both, excluding imports. [Ten] Domestically produced passenger cars account for 96% of fresh energy car sales in China. [11]
As of November two thousand sixteen [update] , the Chinese stock of plug-in electrified vehicles consisted of over 640,000 all-electric vehicles (75.6%) and more than 206,000 plug-in hybrids (24.4%) sold since 2011. [12] [13] [9] [14] [15] [16] [17] [Legitimate] [Nineteen] Most of the stock of fresh energy vehicles was sold during the last three years. Deliveries inbetween January two thousand fourteen and November two thousand sixteen account for 95.4% of all fresh energy vehicle sales since 2011. Of these, 402,000 sold during the very first eleven months of two thousand sixteen (47.5%), and 331,092 in two thousand fifteen (39.1%). [Four] [Five] [20] [12] [13] As of December two thousand fifteen [update] , China listed as the world’s largest electrified bus market with almost 173,000 plug-in electrical buses. [21] The production of all-electric buses totaled 115,664 units in 2016, up 31% from 2015. [22] By 2020, the country is expected to account for more than 50% of the global electrified bus market. [23]
As of December two thousand sixteen [update] , with more than 630,000 fresh energy passenger cars sold since 2005, China has the world’s largest fleet of light-duty plug-in electrified vehicles, after having overtook during two thousand sixteen both the U.S. and Europe in terms of cumulative sales. [7] [24] [25] The Chinese plug-in stock represented 29.2% of the global stock of highway legal light-duty plug-in electrified vehicles as of September two thousand sixteen [update] . [20] China was the world’s best-selling plug-in electrical car market in 2015, with record annual sales of more than 207,000 plug-in passenger cars, signifying over 34% of global sales in 2015. [21] [26] During two thousand sixteen through November, China has remained as the world’s top selling market in terms of annual sales of plug-in electrical cars, surpassing both the U.S. and Europe. [7] [24] A particular feature of the Chinese passenger plug-in market is the dominance of petite entry level vehicles. All-electric car sales in the mini and puny segments (A-segment) represented 87% of total unspoiled electrified car sales in 2015, while 96% of total plug-in hybrid car sales were in the compact segment (C-segment). [27]
BYD Auto ended two thousand fifteen as the world’s best selling manufacturer of highway legal light-duty plug-in electrical vehicles, [28] [29] and for a 2nd year running was the world’s top selling plug-in car manufacturer with over 100,000 units delivered in 2016. [30] During two thousand sixteen BYD surpassed Mitsubishi Motors and Tesla Motors to become the world’s all-time 2nd largest plug-in electrified passenger car manufacturer after the Renault-Nissan Alliance. As of October two thousand sixteen [update] , BYD Auto has sold sold more than 171,000 fresh energy passenger cars in China since 2008. [31] [32] The BYD Qin was the top selling fresh energy passenger car for two years in a row, two thousand fourteen and 2015. [33] [34] The BYD Tang was the best selling plug-in passenger car in 2016. [35] As of December two thousand sixteen [update] , the Qin is the all-time top selling plug-in electrified car in the country with 68,655 units sold since its inception. [33] [34] [36] [37] [35]
The government’s political support for the adoption of electrical vehicles has four goals, to create a world-leading industry that would produce jobs and exports; energy security to reduce its oil dependence which comes from the Middle East; to reduce urban air pollution; and to reduce its carbon emissions. [38] In June two thousand twelve the State Council of China published a plan to develop the domestic energy-saving and fresh energy vehicle industry. The plan set a sales target of 500,000 fresh energy vehicles by two thousand fifteen and five million by 2020. [39] As sales of fresh energy vehicles were slower than expected, in September 2013, the central government introduced a subsidy scheme providing a maximum of US$9,800 toward the purchase of an all-electric passenger vehicle and up to US$81,600 for an electrified bus. The subsidies are part of the government’s efforts to address China’s problematic air pollution. [40]
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The Chinese government adopted in two thousand nine a plan to leapfrog current automotive technology, and seize the growing fresh energy vehicle (NEV) market to become of the world leaders in manufacturing of all-electric and hybrid vehicles. The government’s political support for the adoption of electrified vehicles has four goals, to create a world-leading industry that would produce jobs and exports; energy security to reduce its oil dependence which comes from the Middle East; to reduce urban air pollution; and to reduce its carbon emissions. [38] [41] However, a explore by Mckinsey found that even tho’ local air pollution would be diminished by substituting a gasoline car with a similar-size electrified car, it would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by only 19%, as China uses coal for 75% of its electro-stimulation production. [41] The Chinese government uses the term fresh energy vehicles (NEVs) to designate plug-in electrical vehicles, and only unspoiled electrical vehicles and plug-in hybrid electrical vehicles are subject to purchase incentives. Originally, conventional hybrids were also included. [8]
On June 1, 2010, the Chinese government announced a trial program to provide incentives for fresh energy vehicles of up to 60,000 yuan (
US$9,281 in June 2011) for private purchase of fresh battery electrified vehicles and 50,000 yuan (
US$7,634 in June 2011) for plug-in hybrids in five cities. [43] [44] The cities participating in the pilot program are Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Hefei and Changchun. The subsidies are paid directly to automakers rather than consumers, but the government expects that vehicle prices will be diminished accordingly. The amount of the subsidy will be diminished once 50,000 units are sold. [43] [44] Tens unit utilities have been ordered to set up electrified car charging stations in Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin. [41] [45] The government set the purpose to raise the country’s annual production capacity to 500,000 plug-in hybrid or all-electric cars and buses by the end of 2011, up from Two,100 in 2008. [41]
In June two thousand twelve the State Council of China published a plan to develop the domestic energy-saving and fresh energy vehicle industry. The plan set a sales target of 500,000 fresh energy vehicles by two thousand fifteen and five million by 2020. [39] [46] According to a report by Mckinsey, electrified vehicle sales inbetween January two thousand nine and June two thousand twelve represented less than 0.01% of fresh car sales in China. [47] A mid-September two thousand thirteen joint announcement by the National Development and Reform Commission and finance, science, and industry ministries confirmed that the central government would provide a maximum of US$9,800 toward the purchase of an all-electric passenger vehicle and up to US$81,600 for an electrical bus. The subsidies are part of the government’s efforts to address China’s problematic air pollution. [40]
The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) expected that sales of electrical and hybrid electrical vehicles in China would reach 60,000 to 80,000 units in 2014. [Trio] As sales have been much lower than originally expected, and most of the deployed NEV stock has been purchased by the government for public fleets, fresh monetary incentives were issued in 2014, and the national government set a sales target of 160,000 units for 2014. [48] [49] Albeit the objective was not achieved, fresh energy vehicles sales in two thousand fourteen totaled 74,763 units, up 324% from 2013. The China Industrial Association of Power Sources expected fresh energy vehicle sales to reach inbetween 200,000 and 220,000 NEVs in 2015, and 400,000 units in 2016. [50] The surge in request continued in 2015, with a total of 331,092 NEVs sold in 2015, rising 343% year-on-year. [Four] [Five]
Primarily, CAAM expected fresh energy vehicle sales to more than dual two thousand fifteen sales and reach 700,000 NEVs in 2016. [51] After the government imposed penalties to several carmakers for defrauding the subsidy program out of almost ten billion yuan, CAAM revised downward in September two thousand sixteen its two thousand sixteen sales target to 400,000 fresh energy vehicle orders. [52] Only 289,000 fresh energy vehicles had been sold during the very first nine months of 2016. [53]
As intercity driving is uncommon in China, electrical cars provide several practical advantages because commutes are fairly brief and at low speeds due to traffic congestion. These particular local conditions make the range limitation of all-electric cars less of a problem, especially as the latest Chinese models have a top speed of one hundred km/h (60 mph) and a range of two hundred km (120 mi) inbetween charges. [41] As of May 2010, Chinese automakers have developed at least ten models of high-speed, all-electric cars with plans for volume production. [54]
The Chinese government reaffirmed their priority to promote fresh energy vehicles in its 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020). The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China approved the document that emphasizes boosting technological innovations in the manufacturing of fresh energy vehicles and promoting the use of electrical cars, plug-in hybrids and fuel cell vehicles, included in its latest Five-Year Plan. The consulting rigid PwC estimates the sales of new-energy vehicles in China will climb to 1.Four million units by 2020, and about Trio.75 million units by 2025. [55]
As part of its commitment to promote electrical vehicles, the Chinese government announced plans in September two thousand fifteen to build a nationwide charging-station network to fulfil the power request of five million electrical vehicles by 2020. This network will cover residential areas, business districts, public space and inter-city highways, according to a guideline released by the State Council. Also, the plan mandates that fresh residential complexes should build charging points or assign space for them, while public parking lots should have no less than 10% of parking spaces with charging facilities. According to the guideline, there should be at least one public charging station for every Two,000 NEVs. [56] Also the State Council ordered local governments not to restrict the sales or use of fresh energy cars. [55]
In October 2015, Tesla Motor announced the company is negotiating with the Chinese government on producing its electrified cars domestically. Local production has the potential to reduce the sales prices of Tesla models by a third, and so improving the powerless sales of the Model S. [57] A Model S starts at about US$76,000 in the U.S., while in China pricing starts at CN¥673,000, about US$106,000 , after duties and other taxes. [58] Foreign automakers are generally required to establish a joint venture with a Chinese company to produce cars domestically. [57]
In April two thousand sixteen the Traffic Management Bureau under the Ministry of Public Security announced the introduction of fresh green license plates to identify fresh energy vehicles, as opposed to the country’s standard blue plates. The NEV plates include a Chinese character brief for the provincial region where they are issued, and seven numbers and letters, compared to six on standard plates. The objective of the special plates is to facilite police enforcement of the preferential policies that some local authorities apply to cleaner cars to help cut emissions and ease traffic. For example, central Beijing has in place a road space rationing scheme, a driving limitation regulation that bans conventional vehicles from coming in the city for one day a week, but fresh energy vehicles are exempted from the confinement. [59] Beijing also introduced a vehicle quota system in 2011, awarding fresh car licenses through a lottery, with a ceiling of six million units for 2017. Fresh energy vehicles were placed in a special category where the odds of winning a license plate are much higher than conventional autos. [60]
Fresh energy vehicle sales in China totaled 951,447 units inbetween January two thousand eleven and December 2016. These figures include heavy-duty commercial vehicles such buses and sanitation trucks, and only accounts for vehicles manufactured in the country because imports are not subject to government subsidies. [6] [7] As of November two thousand sixteen [update] , the Chinese stock of plug-in electrified vehicles consisted of 640,088 all-electric vehicles (75.6%) and 206,359 plug-in hybrids (24.4%) sold since 2011. [12] [13] [9] [14] [15] [16] [17] [Legal] [Nineteen] Most of the stock of fresh energy vehicles was sold during the last three years. Deliveries inbetween January two thousand fourteen and November two thousand sixteen account for 95.4% of all fresh energy vehicle sales since 2011. Of these, 402,000 sold during the very first eleven months of two thousand sixteen (47.5%), and 331,092 in two thousand fifteen (39.1%). [Four] [Five] [20] [12] [13]
According to the Minister of Science and Technology, by mid-2013 more than 80% of the country’s plug-in stock was on duty in public fleet vehicles, used mainly in public transport, for both bus and taxi services, and also in solid waste recollection services (sanitation trucks). [38] [61] [62] As of December two thousand fourteen [update] , a total of 83,198 plug-in electrical passenger cars and 36,500 unspoiled electrical buses had been registered in the country since 2008. [63] A particular feature of the Chinese passenger plug-in market is the dominance of petite entry level vehicles. In 2015, all-electric car sales in the mini and petite segments (A-segment) represented 87% of total unspoiled electrified car sales, while 96% of total plug-in hybrid car sales were in the compact segment (C-segment). Among the electrical drive segments, mid-size car (D-segment) sales were significant only in the conventional hybrid segment, signifying about 50% of hybrid sales. [27]
The country achieved record sales of 207,380 fresh energy passenger cars in 2015, making China the world’s top selling plug-in passenger car country market in calendar year 2015, surpassing the European market and also the United States, the leading market in 2014. [21] [26] [24] During the very first three quarters of two thousand sixteen a total of 209,359 domestically produced fresh energy passenger cars were sold in China, surpassing two thousand fifteen annual sales, and permitting the country to remain as the world’s top selling plug-in car market in 2016, followed by the U.S. with almost 110,000 units sold in the same period. [20] As of September two thousand sixteen [update] , cumulative sales of domestically produced fresh energy passenger cars totaled 521,649 units since 2005, excluding imports, such as the Tesla Model S and Model X, BMW i3 and Wise ED. [20] [11] Domestically produced cars account for 96% of fresh energy car sales in China. [11]
China, together with the U.S., had the world’s largest country stock of plug-in electrified passenger cars until September 2016, with the Chinese plug-in stock indicating 29.2% of the global stock of highway legal plug-in electrified passenger cars. [20] In October 2016, with about 31,000 plug-in passenger cars sold in China, while U.S. sales totaled over 11,000 units, China became the country with the world’s largest stock of plug-in passenger cars, totaling about 553,000 units versus almost 533,000 in the American market. [20] [31] [64] [65] The gap inbetween the two countries widened in November 2016, as 41,795 fresh energy passenger cars were sold in China, while only 14,124 were sold in the U.S. [66] [67] By November 2016, China’s cumulative total plug-in passenger vehicles sales also overtook Europe, making the country the global leader in the light-duty plug-in vehicle segment. [7] [24] As of December two thousand sixteen [update] , sales of domestically produced fresh energy passenger cars since two thousand ten totaled 632,371 units. [21] [25] IHS Automotive predicted Chinese annual plug-in car sales will reach one million in 2019, four years before the United States. [68]
As of December two thousand fifteen [update] , China listed as the world’s leader in the plug-in heavy-duty segment, including electrified buses and plug-in trucks, the latter, particularly sanitation/garbage trucks. [38] [Sixty nine] Over 160,000 heavy-duty fresh energy vehicles have been sold inbetween two thousand eleven and 2015, of which, 123,710 (77.2%) were sold in 2015. [Five] [63] Sales of commercial fresh energy vehicles in two thousand fifteen consisted of 100,763 all-electric vehicles (81.5%) and 22,947 plug-in hybrid vehicles (Eighteen.5%). [Five]
The share of all-electric bus sales in the Chinese bus market climbed from 2% in two thousand ten to 9.9% in 2012, and was expected to be closed to 20% for 2013. [70] As of December two thousand fifteen [update] , the global stock of plug-in electrified buses is estimated to be about 173,000 units, almost entirely deployed in China, the world’s largest electrified bus market. Of these, almost 150,000 are all-electric buses. The Chinese electrical bus stock grew almost six fold inbetween two thousand fourteen and 2015. [21] The production of all-electric buses totaled 115,664 units in 2016, up 31% from 88,248 electrical buses produced in 2015. [22] By 2020, the Chinese government plans to have a stock of over 200,000 electrified buses, accompanied by a network of about Four,000 charging stations dedicated to buses. [21] Also by 2020, the country is expected to account for more than 50% of the global electrical bus market. [23]
2011-2013 Edit
A total of 8,159 fresh energy vehicles were sold in China during 2011, including passenger cars (61%) and buses (28%). Of these, Five,579 units were all-electric vehicles and Two,580 plug-in hybrids. [1] Electrified vehicle sales represented 0.04% of total fresh car sales in 2011. [71] Sales of fresh energy vehicles in two thousand twelve reached 12,791 units, which includes 11,375 all-electric vehicles and 1,416 plug-in hybrids. [Two] Fresh energy vehicle sales in two thousand twelve represented 0.07% of the country’s total fresh car sales. [72] During two thousand thirteen fresh energy vehicle sales totaled 17,642 units, up 37.9% from two thousand twelve and indicating 0.08% of the almost twenty two million fresh car sold in the country in 2013. Deliveries included 14,604 unspoiled electrified vehicles and Three,038 plug-in hybrids. [Trio] [73] In addition, a total of 200,000 low-speed puny electrical cars were sold in 2013, most of which are powered by lead-acid batteries and not accounted by the government as fresh energy vehicles due to safety and environmental concerns. [Three]
The top selling fresh energy car in China inbetween two thousand eleven and two thousand thirteen was the Chery QQ3 EV city car, with Two,167 units sold in 2011, Trio,129 in 2012, and Five,727 in 2013. [38] The JAC J3 EV ranked 2nd in two thousand twelve with Two,485 units sold, followed by the BYD e6 with 1,690 cars. [38] During 2013, the BYD e6 ranked 2nd with 1,544 units sold, followed by the BAIC E150 EV with 1,466 units. [38] The BYD Qin plug-in hybrid was launched in the country in December 2013. [74] The Qin substituted the BYD F3DM, the world’s very first mass-produced plug-in hybrid automobile, launched in China in December 2008. [75] [76] [77]
2014 Edit
In April two thousand fourteen Dongfeng Nissan announced that retail sales of the Chinese manufactured version of the Nissan Leaf, the Venucia e30, were scheduled to begin in September 2014. [78] The Venucia e30 sold five hundred eighty two units in 2014. [33]
The very first Tesla Model S retail deliveries took place in Beijing on twenty two April 2014. [80] About Two,800 Model S sedans have been imported by mid September 2014, but only four hundred thirty two had received the license plates. [81] According to a Tesla spokesman, the major reasons for the discrepancy could be that registration rules were holding deliveries in Shanghai, and Tesla only recently was able to embark delivering the electrical cars to customers who bought them in Shanghai. Secondly, many Chinese customers have delayed taking possession of their Model S car while waiting for the government to add the Tesla to the list of electrified vehicles exempt from its 8% to 10% purchase tax. [81] [82] As of January two thousand fifteen [update] , a total of Two,968 Model S cars have been registered in China. [83] [84]
Fresh energy vehicle sales in China during two thousand fourteen totaled 74,763 units, consisting of 45,048 all-electric vehicles, and 29,715 plug-in hybrids. Of these, 71% were passenger cars, 27% buses, and 1% trucks. [33] Unspoiled electrified vehicle sales enhanced 210% from two thousand thirteen while plug-in hybrid sales grew 880% from the previous year. Production of fresh energy vehicles in the country in two thousand fourteen reached 78,499 units, up 350% from 2013. The plug-in electrified segment market share reached 0.32% of the 23.Five million fresh car sales sold in 2014. [Four] The BYD Qin ranked as the top selling plug-in electrical car in China in 2014, with 14,747 units sold during the year, [33] and became the country’s top selling plug-in passenger car ever. [37] The Qin was followed by the all-electrics Kandi EV with 14,398, Zotye Zhidou E20, with 7,341 units, and BAIC E150 EV with Five,234. [33] [85]
2015 Edit
Domestically produced fresh energy vehicle sales in two thousand fifteen totaled a record 331,092 units, consisting of 247,482 all-electric vehicles and 83,610 plug-in hybrid vehicles, up 449% and 191% from 2014, respectively. [Five] Sales of plug-in passenger cars, excluding imports, totaled 207,380 units in 2015, consisting of 146,720 all-electrics and 60,660 plug-in hybrids. [21] This record level of sales permitted China to rank as the world’s best-selling plug-in electrical car country market in 2015, ahead of the U.S., which was the top selling country in 2014. [26] The plug-in electrified passenger car segment market share rose to 0.84% in 2015, up from 0.25% in 2014. [86] The top selling plug-in passenger models in two thousand fifteen were the BYD Qin plug-in hybrid with 31,898 units sold, [34] followed by the BYD Tang (Eighteen,375), [87] and the all-electrics Kandi EV (16,736), BAIC E150/160/200 EV (16,488), and the Zotye Z100 EV (15,467). [88]
September two thousand fifteen achieved the best monthly NEV sales volume on record, with 20,892 units sold. [90] [91] BYD Auto also achieved record monthly sales volume, with Five,749 of its plug-in cars delivered in September 2015, consisting of Trio,044 Tangs, Two,115 Qins, four hundred sixty five e6s and one hundred twenty five units of the fresh all-electric e5. [92] Sales of fresh energy vehicles in October two thousand fifteen totaled 34,316 units, a fresh sales record and five times higher year-on-year. Cumulative sales of NEVs reached 171,145 units during the very first ten months of 2015. [93] Sales of fresh energy passenger cars also reached a record sales volume, with 21,375 plug-in cars sold in October 2015, up from Eighteen,047 the previous month, and totaling 115,058 fresh energy cars sold during the very first ten months of 2015. [94]
As of December two thousand fifteen [update] , with 31,898 units sold in 2015, the BYD Qin continued to rank as the all-time top selling plug-in passenger car in the country, with cumulative sales of 46,787 units since its introduction. [36] [33] [34] [37] The BYD Qin was the world’s 2nd best selling plug-in hybrid car in two thousand fifteen after the Mitsubishi Outlander P-HEV, and also ranked fifth among the world’s top selling plug-in electrical cars in 2015. [95] BYD Auto ended two thousand fifteen as the world’s best selling manufacturer of highway legal light-duty plug-in electrified vehicles, with 61,772 units sold in China, followed by Tesla Motors, with global sales of 50,580 units in 2015. [95] [28] [29] Accounting for heavy-duty vehicles, BYD total sales rises to Sixty-nine,222 units. [29] BYD Auto net profits leaped 552.6% in two thousand fifteen to a total of CN¥2.829 billion (
US$450 million ). Sales of fresh energy vehicles were the main driver for BYD’s thick profit growth, with alternative energy vehicles accounting for half of the company’s profits while the same percentage in two thousand fourteen was just 27%. [29]
In addition, sales of low-speed puny electrical passenger vehicles totaled more than 600,000 units in 2015. Sales of these low-speed electrified cars experienced considerable growth in China inbetween two thousand twelve and two thousand fifteen due to their affordability and plasticity because they can be driven without a driver license. Most of these petite electrical cars are used in petite cities, but they are expanding to larger cities. [21]
2016 Edit
The stock of fresh energy vehicles sold in China since two thousand eleven passed the 500,000 unit milestone in March 2016, including heavy-duty commercial vehicles such buses and sanitation trucks, and making the country the world’s leader in the plug-in heavy-duty segment. This figure only includes vehicles manufactured in the country as imports are not subject to government subsidies. [9]
A total of about 402,000 fresh energy vehicles were sold during the very first eleven months of 2016, up 60.4% year-on-year, consisting of 316,000 unspoiled electrified vehicles, up 77.8% year-on-year, and 86,000 plug-in hybrid vehicles, up Legal.0% from the same period the previous year. [13] Despite more than doubling sales year-on-year, growth through September has been lower than expected due to the government’s inquiry about extensive fraud cases regarding subsidies granted to manufacturers in 2015. As a result of this inquiry, the government has withheld the release of the electrical bus subsidy scheme. CAAM considers that without this subsidy, the objective of 500,000 fresh energy vehicle sales for two thousand sixteen will not be met. [53] In addition, sales of low-speed puny electrical passenger vehicles, which are popular in puny cities, totaled more than 700,000 units during the very first ten months of 2016. [96]
Sales of plug-in passenger cars achieved the 500,000 unit milestone in September 2016. Imported plug-in cars, such as Tesla Model S or BMW i3s are not included. [Ten] A total of 209,359 fresh energy passenger cars were sold in the very first three quarters of 2016, up 122% year-on-year, consisting of about 145,000 all-electric cars, up 170% year-on-year, and about 65,000 plug-in hybrids, up 60% year-on-year. [97] The domestic plug-in segment market share totaled 1.08% of fresh car sales during the period. [Nineteen] [97] Sales of BMW plug-in hybrid and i3 electrical cars in China totaled 1,796 units during the very first nine months of 2016. [98] Tesla Inc. sales totaled Ten,399 vehicles in 2016, consisting of 6,334 Model S cars and Four,065 Model X SUVs. [99] [100] In November 2016, with cumulative sales of about 600,000 plug-in electrical passenger cars, China had overtook both Europe and the U.S., and became the market with the world’s largest stock of light-duty plug-in vehicles. [7] [24]
Three BYD Auto models topped the Chinese ranking of best-selling fresh energy passenger cars in 2016. The BYD Tang plug-in hybrid SUV was the top selling plug-in car with 31,405 units delivered, followed by the BYD Qin (21,868), BYD e6 (20,605), BAIC E-Series EV (Legitimate,814), and the SAIC Roewe e550 (Legitimate,805). [35] As of December two thousand sixteen [update] , the BYD Qin, with 68,655 units sold since its inception, remained the all-time top selling plug-in electrical car in the country. [33] [34] [36] [37] [79]
In September 2016, BYD Auto surpassed Mitsubishi Motors as the third largest global plug-in car manufacturer with cumulative sales of 161,000 plug-in cars delivered in China since 2008, ranking behind Tesla Motors (164,000) and the Renault-Nissan Alliance (almost 369,000). [32] In October 2016, BYD passed Tesla Motors to become the world’s all-time 2nd largest plug-in electrical passenger car manufacturer with more than 171,000 units delivered in China. [31] [32] BYD Auto was the world’s top selling plug-in car manufacturer for a 2nd year in a row with more than 100,000 units delivered in China in 2016, up 64% from 2015, and ahead of Tesla Motors by about 30,000 units. [30] However, in terms of sales revenue, Tesla ranked ahead with US$6.35 billion from its electrical car sales in 2016, while BYD sales totaled US$Trio.88 billion from its electrified car division. [101]
The following table presents annual sales of fresh energy passenger cars by model inbetween January two thousand eleven and December 2015.
Sales of top selling fresh energy passenger vehicles in China by model
inbetween January two thousand eleven and December 2015
(1) Model market share as percentage of the 444,447 fresh energy vehicles sold inbetween two thousand eleven and December 2015.
(Two) Only sales inbetween January and June 2015. [106]
(Three) Only includes sales inbetween January and March 2014.
(Four) Combined sales for two thousand ten and 2011. [105]
(Five) BYD e6 total includes thirty three units sold in 2010. F3DM total includes four hundred seventeen units sold in two thousand ten and forty eight in 2009. [107] [108]
(6) Tesla Model S sales through September 2015.
(7) Total annual NEV sales figures include heavy-duty vehicles, such all-electric buses and sanitation trucks, but do not include Tesla Model S sales nor any other imports.
