Global electric vehicle sales list in April: Leapmotor T03 tops the list, BYD is on the offensive

Despite many supply chain constraints, global electric vehicle sales surged 38% year-on-year to 542,732 units in April, accounting for 10.2% of the global auto market.Among them, the sales growth of pureelectric vehicles(up 47% year-on-year) is faster than that of plug-in hybrid vehicles (up 22% year-on-year).

Global Top 20 Electric Vehicles List in April: Wuling Hongguang MINI EV won the first championship this year, and Leaprun T03 was first on the list

On the global Top 20 electric vehicle list in April, Wuling Hongguang MINI EV won the first monthly sales championship this year.Next is the BYD Song PHEV, which managed to surpass the Tesla Model Y thanks to record sales of 20,181 units, which fell to 3rd due to the temporary closure of the Shanghai factory, the first time BYD Song has surpassed the Model Y .If we add up the sales of the BEV version (4,927 units), BYD Song's sales (25,108 units) will be very close to the Wuling Hongguang MINI EV (27,181 units).

Outside of the top three, Tesla Model 3 and BYD Qin PHEV are ranked 4th and 5th respectively, which makes two cars in the top 5 from BYD.What's more, there are three other BYD cars behind, the mini electric car BYD Dolphin ranked 6th, the large electric car Han ranked 7th, and the compact electric car Yuan Plus ranked 8th.Therefore, BYD's products can be said to be an all-star lineup. Except for the urban electric vehicle field, BYD basically has very best-selling models in every market segment.In the future, BYD may launch a Seagull model to fill the gap in the field of urban electric vehicles.

In the top half of the list, there were other models that achieved record sales.For example, the Kia EV6, which came in at number 10, achieved a record 9,085 registrations, and the Hyundai Ioniq 5 also came in at number 9 with 9,748 registrations, indicating that South Korea's new generation of electric vehicles performed well this month.In addition, these two models were also the best-selling electric vehicles among traditional OEMs during the month.

In the second half of the list, the most noteworthy is the Leaprun T03, which sold a record 7,156 units in April and currently ranks 13th.In the city car category, Leapmotor T03 won the runner-up position, with sales second only to Wuling Hongguang MINI EV and slightly ahead of Chery QQ ice cream.Another model that did well was the Ford Mustang Mach-E.Thanks to the start of operations in China and ample productionat the Mexican plant, the car sold a record 6,898 units a month, placing it among the top 20 and 15th.In the coming months, the model is expected to continue to ramp up deliveries and become a regular in the list of the world's top 20 electric models.

In addition to the Ford Mustang Mach-E, the Fiat 500e has also benefited from a slowdown in the supply of Chinese car companies, so it ranks among the top 20 best-selling electric cars in the world.It is worth noting that the car is currently only sold in Europe, so the results achieved are all contributed by the European market. If this electric car is sold in other markets in the future, the results may be better.

Global Top 20 Electric Vehicle Brands List in April: BYD returns to the top of the list

In April, the new crown epidemic did not seem to affect BYD's performance at all. The brand once again set a new monthly sales record with sales of nearly 106,000 vehicles, which made it occupy almost 20% of the global electric vehicle market, ranking first. Tesla And SAIC-GM-Wuling followed closely.

Outside of the top three, Kia (No. 5, 20,304 units) and Hyundai (No. 7, 18,154 units) also performed well.In contrast, the Volkswagen brand was deeply affected by the epidemic in China and the situation in Russia and Ukraine. In April, only 15,034 electric vehicles were sold, and its ranking fell to 9th, even surpassed by Volvo, and the 10th place Chery was also 18th. The narrow gap of vehicles followed closely.

In the second half of the list, Dongfeng's ranking continued to improve, and it is currently ranked 11th; the Ford brand seems to have recovered its morale recently; at the same time, due to the impact of the epidemic blockade, SAIC's ranking dropped to 13th.

The most eye-catching performance is Leap Run. Thanks to the record performance of its flagship model T03, the brand's registration volume has also reached a record 9,087 units, successfully ranking among the top 20 electric vehicle brands in the world.

From an automotive group perspective, Tesla also led the market with a 15.5 percent market share at the end of the first quarter, leaving BYD with a 1.2 percent gap.As of the end of April, BYD turned first with a market share of 15.4%, and was ahead of Tesla by 1.1 percentage points. Tesla ranked second with a market share of 13.4%, so the question is, BYD can survive the rest of the year. Has this performance been maintained over time? CleanTechnica believes that Tesla is still expected to have the upper hand in the second half of the year, given its greater growth potential.However, if BYD starts to export a lot in the second half of this year, such as exporting tens of thousands of vehicles every month, it is impossible to continue to crush Tesla.

SAIC (8.3% market share) and Volkswagen Group (7.6% market share) are still ranked 3rd and 4th respectively, Hyundai-Kia (5.7% market share) surpasses Geely-Volvo and ranks 5th, and is gradually catching up with Volkswagen Group .