What Falling Sales? Global EV Sales Grew 23% in May!

EVs Now 20% of World Auto Sales
July 4, 2024

Summary

  • Global plugin vehicle registrations were up 23% in May 2024 compared to May 2023, with BEVs up by 17% YoY and plugin hybrids jumping 37% YoY.
  • Plugins represented 20% share of the overall auto market, with BEVs alone at 13% share.
  • The EV market is growing at a steady pace, with an impressive 42% growth in May in markets outside China, Europe, and North America.

EVs Now 20% of World Auto Sales

Global plugin vehicle registrations were up 23% in May 2024 compared to May 2023. There were 1.3 million registrations. BEVs were up by 17% YoY, while plugin hybrids jumped 37% YoY.

In the end, plugins represented 20% share of the overall auto market (13% BEV share alone). This means that the global automotive market remains in the Electric Disruption Zone.

Year to date, plugin electric vehicle market share was stable, at 17% (11% BEV).

Full electric vehicles (BEVs) represented 66% of plugin registrations in May, keeping the year-to-date tally at 64% share.

With all the talk in some media that EVs are going down, as mentioned above, the numbers show a different story.

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