As we have reported many times before, the automotive industry around the world is looking to move away from traditional internal combustion engine vehicles and switch to electric vehicles to meet their climate targets by the end of the 2020s.

Now new data shows that electrification is slowly starting to happen and people are now moving to electric cars. The report shared by EV-Volumes shows that sales of electric vehicles have risen significantly this year, despite the drop in car sales due to supply chain issues and ongoing global issues, among other factors.

Sales of electric vehicles increased by 62%

Global car sales in the first half of 2022 showed a decrease of 8%. The reason for this is that, as we said earlier, fuel prices are skyrocketing all over the world. However, sales of electric vehicles have increased this year compared to the same period last year. It increased by 62% from 500,000 to 800,000. In addition, in addition to fully electric cars, rechargeable hybrid models (PHEV) are also included in the data.

BYD became the company that sold the most electric vehicles

When the sales figures in the first half of 2022 are calculated against 2021, the best-selling electric car brand in the world, Based in Shenzhen, China, company BYD Auto Co. Ltd. it happened. Immediately after that took place Tesla, the company of the famous billionaire Elon Musk. Volkswagen was third, GM fourth and Hyundai fifth.

The best-selling models are from Tesla.

While BYD is the company that sells the most electric vehicles, the manufacturer’s models are not in the top row. However, according to data from EV Volumes, the best-selling electric car models in the first half of 2022 It became the Tesla Model Y and Tesla Model 3. Wuling HongGuang Mini BEV ranks third, BYD Song Pro/Plus PHEV ranks fourth, and BYD Qin Plus DM-i PHEV ranks fifth.