This summer, the car market of China was especially hot.
In August, China had a record number of sales of electric vehicles — 55 000 units, 68 percent more than a year ago. The leader of sales became BAIC EC-Series.
As a consequence, the share of plug-in hybrids rose again, this time to 1.8%, and is confidently leading the record of last year of 1.5%. By the end of the year, according to Clean Technica, sales will increase even more, and the market for hybrids is to overcome the barrier of 2% and may even reach 2.5%.
Chinese regulators still largely protect the market from the invasion of foreign brands, the proportion of which does not exceed 6%. 4% of them belong to Tesla, 1% of BMW, and another 1% was shared by other automakers. However, in previous years, the foreign companies got even less.
In August, in Vogue small cars, and best of all sold BAIC EC-Series was purchased 6726 pieces, this is an absolute record for one model in China. Her success is due to attractive design and accessible price (€19 000). The car’s range without recharging 200 km. it has all the chances to become the best selling model of the year, for the first time since 2013, surpassing BYD.
In second place Zhidou D2 EV, a small city car without any frills, high sales can be explained by large transactions. In August it was bought 5018 units. In some European countries it is sold as a double wheelchair, like the Renault Twizy. The maximum speed of the EV D2 — 90 km/h, range 120 km, the battery of 12 kWh, the price was about €16 000.
The third position is BYD PHEV Song, parquet SUV size with the VW Tiguan. In August, sales fell by about 900 units to 4194 units, compared with July. Another 1,200 units bought by those who prefer a fully electric version of this model.
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