Plugin vehicles are all the rage in the Chinese auto market. Even in one of the slowest months of the year, plugins scored almost half a million sales, upThis pulls the year-to-date tally to close to 800,000 units, and with March set to be another strong month, we might have 1.5 million registrations by the end of Q1.
. To place things into context, the other best selling foreign EVs, the ID.3/4 series from Volkswagen and the i3/iX3 midsizers from BMW, each maxed out at around 3,000 units in February.22,682 registrations. The BYD Dolphin completes the podium, with close to 40,000 registrations, ending slightly ahead of the #4 Tesla Model Y and #5 BYD Qin Plus. With the #6 BYD Yuan Plus also not that far behind , expect an entertaining race for the bronze medal in the coming stages, with Tesla hoping to have a strong March and hoping to end Q1 ahead of the competition.. The Aion S jumped seven positions, to 8th, while the Aion Y also surged seven spots, in this case to #11.