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Plugin vehicles are all the rage in the Chinese auto market, with plugins scoring 876,000 sales . That’sLooking deeper at the numbers, growth basically came from the PHEV side — BEVs were up by just 1% in June, while PHEVs jumpedin the same period, to a record 393,000 units. Breaking down plugin sales by powertrain, BEVs had 55% of sales, or some 482,500 units, below this year’s average of 59%. Clearly, there’s rising popularity of plugin hybrids in this market.
Looking at several categories, all the vehicle segments have 100% PEV podiums with the exception of the C segment, which is the only category where ICE vehicles are still present. BYD’s upcomingAnyhow, with the exception of the C segment, where the Nissan Sylphy still soldiers on as the sole ICE category leader, plugins rule the other size categories, with BYD ahead of every other vehicle in three categories.
And this kind of domination is happening at a time when BYD has several potential best selling models landing . Sure, at this point, these models will likely cannibalize existing BYD models, but they will likely also steal sales from the competition. A final note on the Xiaomi SU7 model: The highly anticipated value-for-money king joined the table in #15, with 14,296 sales, the first time the sporty sedan broke into 5 digits. With over 100,000 units expected to be delivered this year, expect the SU7 to make further jumps in the overall table, maybe reaching the top 5 in a few months.that helps to accelerate the cleantech revolution!
The same can be said about the 4th placed BYD Seagull, which has distanced itself from the competition — more than 30,000 units separating theWith the top 4 positions already secured, we have to go down to the 6th position to see some action. The rising #7 BYD Destroyer 05 is now some 400 units from the big SUV AITO M7.
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