The second quarter of 2023 introduced us one other important improve in battery-electric automobile (BEV) gross sales around the globe.
On this publish, we’ll check out the worldwide gross sales outcomes of all-electric automobiles by the three largest producers (OEMs) – Tesla, BYD, and Volkswagen Group.
All three OEMs improved their outcomes year-over-year, however the order has not modified in comparison with Q1. Tesla is the market chief with 466,140 items offered and a really sturdy 83 % improve year-over-year.
BYD is the second largest participant with 352,163 items, however its progress charge is even quicker than Tesla (up 95 % year-over-year). The relative distance between the 2 seems to be lowering, as BYD achieved about 76 % of Tesla’s quantity, in comparison with 71 % a yr in the past.
The third OEM is the Volkswagen Group with 180,239 items offered and a progress charge of 53 % year-over-year. Whereas the outcomes are optimistic for the German producer, the numbers point out that it is not in a position to broaden as rapidly as Tesla and BYD. Due to that, the relative distance is growing.
BEV gross sales ends in Q2 2023:
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Through the first half of the yr, Tesla virtually achieved 900,000 items offered, whereas BYD exceeded 600,000. The Volkswagen Group is at about half of BYD’s quantity proper now with over 300,000 items offered.
With a really sturdy progress charge, BYD quickly may be capable to problem Tesla, however in all probability not but in 2023.
BEV gross sales ends in Q1-Q2 2023:
Tesla: 889,015 (up 57% year-over-year) BYD (automobiles): 616,810 (up 91% year-over-year) or 69% of Tesla’s resultDifference to Tesla: 272,205 (up 13% year-over-year) Volkswagen Group: 321,091 (up 48% year-over-year) or 36% of Tesla’s resultDifference to Tesla: 567,924 (up 63% year-over-year)
For reference, in 2022, Tesla delivered greater than 1.3 million electrical automobiles (a rise of 40 % year-over-year), BYD offered over 0.9 million (up 184 %) and Volkswagen Group over 0.57 million (up 26 %).
Data:
Tesla gross sales don’t embrace vans (Tesla Semi) BYD gross sales don’t embrace industrial autos (vans/buses) and different manufacturers (Denza and newly launched manufacturers). Volkswagen Group consists of Volkswagen (automobiles), Audi, Skoda, Porsche, Seat/Cupra, Volkswagen Industrial Autos (vans), however for the sake of comparability we excluded MAN, Scania and Navistar.