January-September Automotive Group's Global Electric Vehicle Sales Rank: BYD Pride 3rd

According to EV Sales, which announced the top eleven ranking of global electric vehicle sales from January to September in 2017, the Renault-Nissan Alliance has no suspense after its acquisition of Mitsubishi. It also benefits from the replacement of the Nissan Leaf. However, its market share fell by 2% to 12%; Tesla came in second place, BYD had enough horsepower to squeeze out BMW and rose to third place, and BMW fell to fourth place.

From January to September 2017, the best-selling auto company group was the Renault-Nissan Mitsubishi Trident Alliance, which squeezed out Tesla and BYD respectively. Its cumulative sales from January to September reached 89,245 units. In second place, Tesla’s cumulative sales from January to September reached 73,227 units, which accounted for 10% of the market. Chinese brand BYD sold 71,070 vehicles from January to September, accounting for 9% of the market.

As a rising rookie, SAIC ranks up to the tenth place, and the number of Chinese auto groups that have reached the top ten in the list has also reached four, namely BYD, BAIC, Geely and SAIC. SAIC Motor's cumulative sales of electric vehicles from January to September totaled 29,434 units, representing a market share of 4%. With its plug-in hybrid models such as its Roewe, SAIC's ranking may continue to rise.

Geely's electric vehicle sales are in tight competition with the BMW Group, which ranked fourth, with sales of electric vehicles reaching 68,687 units from January to September. The market share is the same as that of BMW, both reaching 9%; and BMW Group's sales from January to September Accumulated sales reached 68,687 vehicles. Beiqi Group ranked sixth, with a total of 58,716 electric vehicles sold from January to September. From the viewpoint of the traditional auto group, Volkswagen, Toyota, General Motors, and Hyundai Kia are ranked 7, 8, 9, and 11 respectively.

2018 sales expected, Tesla or will dominate

In 2018, the Renault-Nissan Alliance will continue to make efforts to use the new Nissan Leaf. Sales volume will increase by 100,000-120,000 units on this basis. The total sales volume at the end of the year is expected to reach 22-25 million units. Tesla's Model 3 is mainly for mass consumers, but considering Tesla's currently facing production bottlenecks, it is expected that Tesla's sales will reach around 350,000 next year.

The annual sales of BYD this year are expected to reach 110,000 units, which is a gap from the previous estimated 200,000 units. Considering that its production capacity has increased, it is expected that sales will reach 175,000 units next year, but this data is likely to be It was surpassed by the rapid growth of the Beijing Automotive Group. BMW and Geely also try to maintain the progress with BYD and BAIC. The sales volume for the next year is expected to reach around 150,000.