New energy vehicles sales grew by 80% in 1Q22, as per TrendForce

While the global automotive market sales (regardless of powertrain type) down by 7% YoY in 1Q22 due to semiconductor chip shortage, Russian-Ukrainian war, and China's pandemic lockdown and prevention measures, sales of new energy vehicles (NEVs including battery electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and fuel cell vehicles) in 1Q22 was 2.004 million units, an annual growth rate of 80%, as per Trendforce. Battery electric vehicles (BEV) sales reached 1.508 million units. Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) sold 493,000 units. Vendorwise Trendforce finds Tesla’s sales in 1Q22 exceeded 310,000 units, ranking first with a market share of 20.5%. Chinese automaker BYD ranked second with 143,000 units and a market share of 9.5%. BYD to stop making Internal combustion vehicles and to produce only NEVs. Its BEV sales rose sharply by 271% in 1Q22 compared to the same period last year. "Wuling, a subsidiary of SAIC-GM, has been ranked second since the launch of the Wuling Hongguang MINI in 2020 but dropped to third place in 1Q22. The main contributor to this was the multitude of models positioned as miniature and low-priced launched in the past year such as the Chery Ant and Changan Benben. As similar products arrived on the market, sales competition hindered growth." states Trendforce. Some more finding from Trendforce includes: In terms of PHEVs, BYD ...