As of · Apr 26

Monthly EV sales data across global markets.

Track BEV and PHEV sales across major markets with monthly updated data, market share, and OEM trends.

Monthly trend · May 24 – Apr 26

Apr 26 · global1.72M units+9.9% YoY

Insights

Market signals beyond the numbers.

Briefings on what the data implies for OEMs, regions, and supply chains.

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FeatureDec 18, 2025

Global EVs cross the 19 million mark.

Full-year 2025 closed with 19.05 million units shipped worldwide, a 12% lift on 2024. China supplied roughly two-thirds of every electric vehicle delivered.

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BriefingDec 04, 2025

BYD widens its lead on Tesla.

BYD shipments grew 28% YoY while Tesla retreated 5.6%, and the gap is now wider than at any point in the series.

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RegionNov 22, 2025

Europe quietly reaccelerates.

After two flat quarters, EU27 + UK posted a 9% YoY pickup in October, driven almost entirely by sub-€25,000 city BEVs.

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NoteNov 06, 2025

Why PHEV growth is outpacing BEV in 2025.

A short read on the regulatory and pricing forces that flipped the powertrain mix in China and how that ripples through global totals.

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Global growth

9 years. 10× growth.

Global EV sales grew from roughly 2M units in 2017 to nearly 10× that in 2026.

2026 · BEV + PHEV5.89M

-72.6% YoY60.2% of new car sales

BEVPHEV

Regional split

Six markets. China leads with two-thirds.

China alone accounts for roughly two-thirds of global EV sales — more than Europe, North America, Korea, Japan, and the rest combined.

2026 · global EVs5.9M

China

3.09M52.4%

Europe

1.56M26.5%

Rest of World

0.66M11.2%

North America

0.40M6.8%

Korea

0.13M2.2%

Japan

0.05M0.9%

Year

Composition shift, 2017 → 2026

ChinaEuropeNorth AmericaKoreaJapanRest of World

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2026

BEV vs PHEV · 2026

BEV vs PHEV: 2:1, and widening.

Battery electric vehicles account for roughly two-thirds of EV sales, and the share continues to rise.

BEV · Battery Electric

4.17M

70.8% of EV sales

PHEV · Plug-in Hybrid

1.72M

29.2% of EV sales

Manufacturers · 2026

Top 10 groups. Half the market.

The three leading automakers account for 57% of global EV sales.

BYD

0.75M

-80.1%

TESLA

0.46M

-72.0%

Geely

0.29M

-77.5%

CHANGAN

0.23M

-73.5%

SHANGHAI GM WULING

0.17M

-81.1%

LeapMotor (零跑)

0.16M

-70.7%

VOLKSWAGEN

0.15M

-70.4%

BMW

0.14M

-69.5%

KIA

0.14M

-55.8%

Lixiang Automotive

0.14M

-66.8%

BEV portionPHEV portionSales shown in millions of units. YoY compares the latest full year to the previous one.

Market state

Three numbers that define the market.

Global 20265.9MBEV + PHEV units60.2% of all new passenger cars

2017 → 2026 CAGR17%compound annual growth1.5M to 5.9M units

Largest market52%of 2026 global EV sales3.1M units in China

Data & methodology

Sourced and reconciled. Updated monthly.

Sales are reconciled across national registration filings, dealer wholesale, manufacturer-reported deliveries, and customs flow data — eliminating double counts.

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Series startJanuary 2017

CadenceMonthly · Annual

Coverage83 countries · 6 regions

PowertrainsBEV · PHEV

OEMs tracked620

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