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Although it is now March, but due to the huge data and the difficulty of statistics, the global electric vehicle market sales are lagging behind. According to foreign media CleanTechnica, global electric vehicle sales in January 2022 increased 87 per cent to 603000 units compared with the same period last year, accounting for 10 per cent of the global car market, with China being the main driver of growth, accounting for 2/3 of global new energy vehicle sales in January.

Let's take a look at the global electric vehicle brand sales in January. The top three are still BYD, Tesla and SAIC GM Wuling, with sales of 92263, 51302 and 32974 respectively, with the three companies accounting for 29% of the new energy vehicle market. In addition, independent brands such as SAIC, Chery, GAC GROUP, Great Wall and Changan, as well as new power brands such as ideal, Xiaopeng and Nezha, appear on the list, which is why China has become the largest market for new energy in the world.

In terms of specific models, due to the decline in Hongguang MINIEV sales, Model Y leads a group of products with a score of 32700 vehicles. At present, although the Model Y has not been launched for a long time, it has become its best-selling model, with the Model 3 ranking fifth in global sales of 15460 vehicles in January.

According to the list, more than 90% of the models come from Chinese brands, most of which are from BYD. As we all know, BYD's sales have exploded since the second half of 2021. In the past February, BYD even overtook SAIC-Volkswagen, the fuel car leader, in the Chinese market. Its new car sales in February were 91078, up 335.2% from the same period last year, down 4.6% from the previous month. Among them, new energy passenger car sales were 87473, up 764.1% from the same period last year, down 5.9% from the previous month, accounting for 96% of total new car sales. In terms of specific products, Qin PLUS DM-i ranked third with 18449 vehicles, Song Pro/PLUS DM-i ranked fourth with 16415 vehicles, BYD Dolphin ranked eighth with 10602 vehicles, and Han EV ranked ninth with more than 10,000 vehicles. Of course, Tang DM-i, Qin PLUS EV and Yuan Pro EV also appeared on the list.

In terms of new power products, only the ideal ONE, Xiaopeng P7 and Nezha V appear on the list, of which the ideal ONE delivers 12268 vehicles, which is the only medium-and large-scale SUV on the list. The ideal ONE uses an incremental hybrid power system composed of a 1.2L three-cylinder driver and a dual motor. The rig is not directly involved in driving. Although it is equipped with a 1.2L three-cylinder driver, it does not affect its sales in terms of market reflection, or even leads a large number of new energy vehicles.

Wuling Hongguang MINIEV, which ranked second, sold 26682 vehicles worldwide in January. Although Hongguang MINIEV leads all electric cars in monthly sales, its January sales decline is not good than before, the most obvious is that it was overtaken by Model Y. At the same time, more and more mini cars begin to erode the Hongguang MINIEV market, such as Chery QQ ice cream, which ranks 10th, with 9984, Changan Mercedes-Benz EV with 9853, and Chery eQ1 with 9421. Although the current volume is far less than that of Hongguang MINIEV, QQ ice cream, for example, scored 9984 in the first month, which may become a threat to Hongguang MINIEV in the future. As for why minicars are so popular with consumers? First of all, the price is cheap, and its small appearance, daily transportation in the city also meet the needs of most consumers, coupled with policies such as unlimited number of micro-electric vehicles and free parking, which make micro-electric vehicles enduring in the electric vehicle market.

Other homegrown models, such as the Euler Cat, sold 9055 vehicles worldwide in January. At present, Euler Cat is the only model on sale under Euler Motors. Prior to this, three models of Euler White Cat, Euler Black Cat and Euler good Cat were on sale. In February, Euler Motors suddenly announced that Euler Black Cat and Euler White Cat would stop taking orders, because "the rise in raw material prices and subsidies have made black cats and white cats in a difficult position, and now they lose 10,000 yuan for every car sold." it is not allowed to announce that they will stop taking orders.

In addition to Model Y and Model 3, another overseas brand on the list is Volkswagen ID.4, with 10635 vehicles. It is understood that SAIC-Volkswagen ID.4 X and FAW-Volkswagen ID.4 CROZZ are officially listed in January 2021, in which SAIC-Volkswagen ID.4 X sells for 19.99-272900 yuan and FAW-Volkswagen ID.4 CROZZ sells for 19.99-279900 yuan. The ID.4 X sold 3295 vehicles and the ID.4 CROZZ 3005 in January, according to the federation. In other words, the remaining 4000 vehicles are from overseas markets, and by comparison, the Chinese market is more popular.

Since then, such as BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Kia, Hyundai, Volvo, Audi, Peugeot, Renault and other related electric vehicle products did not appear on the list, as a world-famous automobile brand, it occupies a certain market in the fuel vehicle market, but the performance in the new energy vehicle market is very low, the basic products for sale are mainly from oil to electricity, and it is difficult to sustain growth. However, many of the above brands have begun to speed up the layout of new energy vehicles. For example, Toyota will launch its first pure electric bZ4x in the Chinese market, and Honda will also launch new electric vehicles such as e:NP1/e:NS1, especially Volkswagen, which have launched ID.4/ID.6/ID.3 in China one after another. these are newly designed electric vehicles, not petrol-to-electric models, and they all perform well in the market. It is also worth learning from other overseas car companies.

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