China May 2015

Zotye Cloud EV - Climber Of The Month

"A Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On" Edition

The Chinese EV market is back at record levels, registering more than 11.000 units for the first time and improving an amazing 160% YoY, with the EV Share continuing to rise (It's currently at 0.42%), the market continues on fire and with a certain BYD Tang ready to hit the streets, prepare for even higher numbers in the near future.

Looking at the models ranking, the #1 seems destined for BYD in the following years, in the moment it's the Qin that just keeps on going in its never-ending record spree (Now at 3.518 units), but insiders say that the Tang will have even larger numbers to present...

Below the Qin it's where the fun stuff begins, with the BAIC E-Series presenting its best performance of the year (1.500 units) and rising to #2, changing places with the Zotye E20, that sold only 1.079 units, its worst result in the last three months.

But it wasn't all bad for Zotye, as the E20 larger brother, the Cloud/Z100 EV has shattered its own record, selling 1.160 units, rising two positions in the ranking to #4, displacing at the same time the Chery QQ EV to #5.

The Roewe 550 PHEV also shined, selling 711 units and going up one position to #6, leaving the BYD e6 as the loser of the month, down two positions to #7.

Besides the BYD Qin, the only other model to remain in the same position was the Tesla Model S, in #8, while below it we have a new contender in the Top 10, the Geely-Kandi Panda EV is now #9, dropping the Chery eQ to #10

Pl	China	May	YTD	%	'14Pl
1	BYD Qin	3.518	12.462	30	1
2	BAIC E-Series EV	1.500	4.297	10	5
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	Zotye E20 Zotye Cloud / Z100 EV Chery QQ EV Roewe 550 PHEV BYD e6 Tesla Model S e) Geely-Kandi Panda EV Chery eQ Others	1.079 1.160 602 711 406 100 700 330 1.180	4.137 3.133 2.698 2.632 2.395  1.729 1.723 1.653 4.834	10 8 6 6  6 4 4 4 12	4 N/A 3 9 7 6 8 12
	TOTAL	11.286	41.693	100

Source: China Auto Web