- In a BEV market that represents 24.6% of the Chinese passenger car market (4,554,601 BEVs) in the first nine months of 2024, BYD Group registered 1,166,079 BEVs (25% of the BEV market) and remains the leader in BEV sales in China ahead of Tesla (675,758 units, 15% of the BEV market). This is followed by Geely Group (390,142 units), GM Group (369,930 units, including 308,323 Wuling units), GAC Group (226,964 units), Changan Group (193,632 units), Chery Group (151,996 units), NIO Group (149,281 units) and Volkswagen Group (145,027 units). Behind them are the Leapmotor (127,337 units), SAIC (106,751 units) and Dongfeng (104,791 units) groups. The German premium brands (BMW and Mercedes) recorded much lower sales (less than 100,000 for BMW and less than 50,000 for Mercedes).
- What is the share of electrification (BEV) in each of the major automotive groups in 2024 in China? Tesla is the carmaker that records the largest share of BEV in its sales with 100% like NIO, Xiaomi and Xpeng which are the only Chinese carmakers to produce only BEVs. Next are Leapmotor (75% BEV), Hozon (73%), Jiangling (69%), GAC (45%), BAIC (44%) and BYD (43%). Contrary to popular belief, BYD currently sells more PHEVs than BEVs.
- Other carmakers sell less than 40% of BEVs in their sales in China, such as Dongfeng (39%), GM (39%), FAW (23%), Geely (23%), SAIC (20%) and of course the German Premium brands (BMW and Mercedes) which sell less than 20% of BEVs in their sales in China for BMW and even less than 10% of BEVs for Mercedes. The most disappointing result is that of the Volkswagen group which sells only 8% of BEVs in its sales in China in 2024.