During the month of August, electric vehicle sales reached 506,000 units. A new report shared the figure and found that our of the half a million figure, more than 50 percent of all sales for electric vehicles were in China.
According to TheElec, the report arrives from EV Volumes who added that the overall figure is likely higher than 510,000 units when including the nations who’s data was unavailable. This also marked total sales doubling over the same month from a year ago. Notably, out of this total figure, 260,000 units or more than half of the EV sales in August were made in China. In Germany, around 52,000 units of EVs were sold, while the US market saw around 44,000 units being sold.
Similarly, France accounted for 17,000 units and Norway saw 14,000 EV units sold. In South Korea, electric vehicle sales reached 9,600 units, which marked a sizeable 172 percent growth year on year. EV Volumes further added that the launch of the Tesla Model Y and Hyundai Ioniq 5 boosted sales in August, while electric trucks from Hyundai and Kia were also quite popular.
In terms of total units sold, the Tesla Model 3 was the most popular electric car, which sold around 282,000 units across the globe during this month. The Wuling Hongguang Mini EV was the second most popular EV that sold 245,000 units, followed by Tesla Model Y with 180,000 units sold. The model 3 was popular in Europe, while the Wuling Hongguang Mini EV was popular in China. EV Volumes projects total sales of electric vehicles to hit 6.41 million unit this year.
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