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The Mother of All Records
Another staggering month in the Chinese EV Market, this time around 35.000 units, a four-fold increase YoY, with YTD sales ending at 207.000 units, or a two fold increase...As result, the EV Share ended at 0.84% a significant jump over the 0.25% of 2014 and the 0.09% of '13!
The ranking is also changing rapidly, with several changes:
* The BYD Tang climbed yet another position, ending in Third, thanks to another record-breaking performance of 5.503 units, the best result ever achieved by a BYD model;
* With the Zotye E20 now officially out of order, the small car dropped significantly in the ranking, down three positions to #11;
* Up three positions to #9 was the BYD e6, a veteran that refuses to be left behind.
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Looking at the manufacturers ranking, BYD won another trophy, with 32% share, followed by the #2 Kandi, with 15%, Zotye (13%) in Third and BAIC (9%, down 1%) in Fourth.
Below, you will find the 2015 Trophy Room:
Best Selling BEV & Small Car: Kandi Panda EV, 20.390 units. Out of the blue, this year the Panda EV started shattering sales records and even managed to beat the all-mighty BYD models some months, doubling the result achieved last year by the K10 relative, which coincidentally also won these two titles last year;
Best Selling PHEV: BYD Qin, 31.898 units. Repeating the title won last year, with sales up 117% YoY, one would think the Qin would continue to rule the Chinese EV Market, but the second half of the year was terrible for the BYD sedan, with deliveries dropping more than 50%, it seems BYD has become production-constrained and is privileging other models...
Best Selling SUV and Rookie Of The Year: BYD Tang, 18.375 units. The future of BYD in the fight for the Best Seller Title, it managed to sell 18.000 units is seven months, an impressive performance that makes it the current Star of the EV Scene in China;
Looking at the BEV / PHEV share, plug-in hybrids won more 6% share, being now responsible for 34% of the market.
This is one of the hardest markets to predict, but looking from the current trends, the BYD Tang and Kandi Panda EV look like the major players in the market. As for sales predictions, once again, it is difficult to predict how fast such dynamic market will grow, but sales somewhere 300k to 400k will be a safe bet.
| Pl | China | Dec. | YTD | % | '14Pl |
| 1 | BYD Qin | 1.512 | 31.898 | 15 | 1 |
| 2 3 4 | Kandi Panda EV BYD Tang BAIC E-Series EV | 4.701 5.503 1.696 | 20.390 18.375 16.488 | 10 9 8 | 8 N/A 5 |
| 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 | Zotye Z100 / Cloud EV SAIC Roewe 550 PHEV JAC i EV Kandi K10 EV e) Chery eQ BYD e6 Chery QQ EV Zotye E20 Zhidou D1 / D2 JMC E100 Tesla Model S e) BYD Denza Zotye TT EV Changan Eado EV BYD e5 Venucia e30 / Morning Wind Others | 2.582 1.611 1.581 1.000 1.868 2.255 924 2.000 1.143 750 872 1.143 980 783 295 | 15.467 10.711 10.420 7.665 7.262 7.029 6.885 6.385 6.164 5.268 4.775 2.888 2.092 1.500 1.426 1.273 23.023 | 7 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 | N/A 9 10 2 12 7 3 4 N/A N/A 6 N/A N/A N/A N/A 11 |
| TOTAL | 34.925 | 207.382 |
Sources: http://auto.sohu.com/20160110/
