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Global passenger plug-in electric car sales noticeably increased in May, which is a positive sign, considering challenging economy and supply issues.

According to EV-Volumes data, shared by Jose Pontes, some 699,708 new passenger plug-in electric cars were registered in May, which is 55% more than a year ago. Market share amounted to about 12%, including 8.6% for all-electric cars.

An interesting thing is that all-electric car sales are not only over two times higher than plug-in hybrids but also increase faster, while non-rechargeable hybrids are down for the second month in a row.

Plug-in car registrations:

• BEVs: about *501,000 (up 65% year-over-year) and 8.6% share
• PHEVs: about *198,000 (up 37% year-over-year) and 3.4% share
• Total: 699,708 (up 55% year-over-year) and 12.0% share

* estimated from the market share

Global Plug-In Electric Car Sales – May 2022

So far this year, more than 3.2 million new passenger plug-in electric cars were registered globally, compared to almost 6.5 million in the twelve months of 2021.

Plug-in car registrations year-to-date:

• BEVs: about *2.39 million and 8.1% share
• PHEVs: about *0.85 million and 2.9% share
• Total: 3,240,739 and roughly 11% share

* estimated from the market share