China has the Highest Number of Sales of Plug-in Vehicles in the World
May 8, 2017
About 756,000 plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) were sold in the world in 2016, with 95% of those sales in China, Europe, the United States, Japan, and Canada. China's PEV sales grew by 53% from 2015 to 2016, to a high of nearly 317,000 vehicles, most of which were all-electric vehicles (EV) (77%). All of the European countries combined had 11% PEV sales growth from 2015 to 2016, with an EV share of 44%. The United States PEV market grew by 40% during the same time frame, with over half (54%) of sales being EV in 2016. Japan’s PEV market grew by 7%, with a 63% share of EV in 2016.
World Plug-in Electric Vehicle Sales by Country, 2016
| Vehicle Type | China | Europe | United States | Japan | Canada | World | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2016 | 2015 | 2016 | 2015 | 2016 | 2015 | 2016 | 2015 | 2016 | 2015 | 2016 | |
| EV | 143.3 | 244.4 | 87.8 | 91.3 | 71.1 | 86.7 | 10.4 | 15.2 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 333.0 | 464.6 |
| PHEV | 63.8 | 72.4 | 100.6 | 118.0 | 43.0 | 72.9 | 12.4 | 9.1 | 2.2 | 5.4 | 233.0 | 291.7 |
| Total PEV | 207.0 | 316.8 | 188.3 | 209.3 | 114.0 | 159.6 | 22.8 | 24.3 | 6.9 | 10.3 | 566.0 | 756.3 |
Note
PHEV = plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. EV = all-electric vehicle.
Sources
- Data compiled and estimated from various sources by Argonne National Laboratory, March 2016.
- Global Sales References:
- All China PEV sales and some of Japan PEV sales are provided by Prof. Wang Hewu of Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
- Europe PEV sales are from European Alternative Observatory.
- Other Japan PEV sales are from the following websites:
- Inside EVs, "Toyota Launches New Prius PHV in Japan"
- Inside EVs, "Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Sales in Japan Down Nearly 90% in July"
- Inside EVs, "Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Sales Fall In Japan For April"
- Inside EVs, "2017 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Postponed To Next Summer"
- Wards Automotive, "Toyota Leads Hybrid Market to Record Sales in 2016"
- Inside EVs, "Nissan LEAF Sales In Japan Cross 75,000 In February"
- International Energy Agency, Global EV Outlook 2016