Global EV sales trends and forecasts for '22
According to the summary of the research company MarkLines, the number of electric vehicles (EVs) sold in 22 in 11 major countries+3 Scandinavian countries, which combines battery electric vehicles (BEVs), plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs), and fuel cell vehicles (FCVs), was 9.731 million units, up 64% from the previous year. It is said that the ratio of 14 countries to global EV sales will be about 90%. Of these, the number of new EVs sold in China in '22 was 6.887 million units, a 93% increase from the previous year, and it is calculated that 7 out of 10 EVs sold in 14 countries will be sold in China.
Above all, the increase in the share of EV sales in new car sales in 14 countries is remarkable. Looking at the sales share of EVs in new car sales on a monthly basis, what was 7.8% as of 20/12 and 15.0% as of 21/12 rose to 22.5% as of 22/12. Looking at an annual pace, the EV sales share of the 14 countries that accounted for new car sales in '22 was 16.6%, up 6.3% from the previous year.
Under such circumstances, according to research firm LMC Automotive, the sales share of BEVs in global new car sales in '22 was 11% in Europe and 19% in China. However, when PHEVs are included, it is said that the EV share in Europe will be 20.3%. Meanwhile, although the number of BEVs sold in the US in '22 was 807,000 units, showing a big breakthrough with a 33% increase from the previous year, the BEV share of overall new car sales only expanded from 3.2% the previous year to 5.8%, and it looks like US EV sales were far behind Central Europe.