Media Reports, page-17

Global passenger plug-in electric car sales increased in April, but the growth continues to slow down due to various factors, including parts supply constraints and COVID-19 lockdown in China.

Nonetheless, we can't really complain as the plug-in segment is the last one that still notes year-over-year growth, as the overall carsales, and non-rechargeable car sales are both in the red.

According toEV-Volumesdata, shared by Jose Pontes, some 542,732new passenger plug-in electric cars were registered in April, which is38% morethan a year ago. Market share amounted to about10.2%, including 7% for all-electric cars.

Plug-in car registrations:

• BEVs: about *380,000 (up 47% year-over-year) and 7% share
  
• PHEVs: about *163,000(up 22% year-over-year) and 3% share
• Total:542,732 (up 38% year-over-year) and10.2%share

* estimated from the market share

Global Plug-In Electric Car Sales – April 2022

So far this year, more than 2.5 million new passenger plug-in electric cars were registered globally, compared toalmost 6.5 million in the twelve months of 2021.

Plug-in car sales:

• BEVs: about *1.92 million and 8.3% share
  
• PHEVs: about *0.62 million and 2.7% share
  
• Total: 2,543,410 and roughly 11% share

* estimated from the market share

The shortage of semi-conductors has eased quite a lot. Helped by a drop in demand for consumer electronics