Electric Vehicles Manufacturing 2021

Aaron Foyer June 3, 2022

In 2021, 55% of all the plug-in car sales were by the top 10 manufacturers in the world, down from 58% in 2020.

Globally, over 6.5 million new plug-in vehicles were sold in 2021, up from the 3.1 million sold the previous year.

World’s Top Plug-In Car Manufacturers, 2021

China, the United States and Germany are the three top-producing EV countries in the world.

*SGMW is a partnership between SAIC, GM and Wuling

While Tesla maintained its lead in EV manufacturing, other companies are starting to compete. Tesla’s market share dropped from 16% in 2020, down to 14% last year.

Global EV Sales, 2020-2021

Company	2021	2020
Tesla	936,172	499,535
BYD	593,878	179,211
SGMW	456,123	170,825
Volkswagen	319,735	220,220
BMW	276,037	163,521
Mercedes	228,144	145,865
SAIC	226,963	101,385
Volvo	189,115	112,993
Audi	171,371	108,367
Hyundai	159,343	96,456
Kia	158,134	88,325
Great Wall	137,366	57,452
Renault	136,750	124,451
GAC	125,384	61,830
Peugeot	125,263	67,705
Toyota	116,029	55,624
Ford	111,879
Chery	99,109	45,599
Xpeng	98,698	27,041
Changan	97,911