{"id":306691,"date":"2025-06-15T02:47:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T09:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=306691"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:23:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:23:31","slug":"china-leads-global-electric-vehicle-sales-with-record-1-million-units-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/china-leads-global-electric-vehicle-sales-with-record-1-million-units-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"China Leads Global Electric Vehicle Sales with Record 1 Million Units in May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Global electric vehicle (EV) sales surged dramatically in May 2025, <strong>with 1.6 million units sold, marking a significant total of 7.2 million for the year thus far<\/strong>\u2014an impressive 28% increase compared to the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leading this growth,<a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/tesla-faces-sharp-sales-decline-in-chinas-ev-market\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\" China reported a record 1 million EVs sold in May alone\"> China reported a record 1 million EVs sold in May alone<\/a>, a remarkable 33% rise year-over-year and a 10% leap from April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>As the world&#8217;s largest market for EVs, China continues to set the pace, outpacing its counterparts in North America and Europe.<\/strong> Charles Lester from Rho Motion noted, &#8220;The story this month is the continued chasm between Chinese market growth and the faltering market in North America&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">China breaks records as global EV sales hit 7.2 million in 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z5R22ergPN\">https:\/\/t.co\/Z5R22ergPN<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michelle0728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@michelle0728<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Electrek.co (@ElectrekCo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElectrekCo\/status\/1933298596549419375?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 12, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">BYD Expands in Europe Amid Shifting Market Dynamics and New Incentives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In stark contrast, North American sales showed only a 3% increase year-to-date, hampered by a notable decline<strong> in Canada due to slashed subsidies, which resulted in a staggering 20% drop in sales<\/strong>. The U.S. managed a modest 4% growth, partially credited to federal EV tax credits, which are set to phase out starting in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Europe, meanwhile, enjoyed a 27% growth rate in EV sales,<\/strong> with Spain and Italy particularly flourishing\u2014experiencing 72% and 58% increases, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">China takes the top spot for global EV sales.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/climate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#climate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BYD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BYD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tesla?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tesla<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dQAaoBgopc\">pic.twitter.com\/dQAaoBgopc<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jason Smith &#8211; \u4e0a\u5b98\u6770\u6587 (@ShangguanJiewen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShangguanJiewen\/status\/1854316814605463789?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Germany also stepped up, rolling out new tax incentives aimed at boosting commercial EV sales, a move that could spur growth in the coming months as corporate vehicles dominate the auto market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chinese automaker BYD is capitalizing on this expansion, increasing its presence in Europe with new battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrids, including the recently launched budget-friendly <strong>Dolphin Surf, which is not subject to the new EU tariffs affecting Chinese imports.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the market dynamics shifting and incentives fluctuating, the race for EV supremacy continues as stakeholders prepare for a year of anticipated acceleration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global electric vehicle (EV) sales surged dramatically in May 2025, with 1.6 million units sold, marking a significant total of 7.2 million for the year thus far\u2014an impressive 28% increase compared to the same period in 2024. Leading this growth, China reported a record 1 million EVs sold in May alone, a remarkable 33% rise &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/china-leads-global-electric-vehicle-sales-with-record-1-million-units-in-may\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;China Leads Global Electric Vehicle Sales with Record 1 Million Units in May&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9265,"featured_media":300657,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[8320,8319],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6849],"class_list":["post-306691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-byd","tag-ev","content-category-lifestyle"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306691"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":306693,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306691\/revisions\/306693"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306691"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=306691"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=306691"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=306691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}