Top 20 Best-Selling Electric Cars in the World (2021)

Best-Selling Electric Cars in the World

According to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence of Britain and Adamas Intelligence of Canada, the top 20 best-selling electric vehicles in 2021 were released. Tesla Model 3, Wuling Hongguan MINI EV, and Tesla Model Y ranked in the top 3, which was followed by Volkswagen ID.4, BYD Han EV, Volkswagen ID.3, Changan BenBen E-Star, Renault Zoe, Chery eQ1, and Kia Niro EV.

In 2021, the registered sales volume of electric vehicles in the world totaled around 6.514 million. Tesla swept the whole global market to rank No. 1 with an overwhelming sales volume of 935,700 vehicles.

From the perspective of product structure, the global sales of Model 3 took up the highest percentage, namely 54%, of Tesla’s total sales, which was close to 510,000; and Model Y sold out around 400,000, registering 43% of the total. Recalling the monthly sales structure of the whole year, one can find that the market share of Model 3 was gradually declining, while the market share of Model Y kept on rising linearly.

Below is a list of the global top 20 best-selling electric vehicles in 2021:

Top 20 Best-Selling Electric Cars in the World (2021 Ranking List)
Rank	Model	Units Sold
1	Tesla Model 3 Compact car	418.7K
2	Hongguang Mini EV Microcars	343.7K
3	Tesla Model Y Compact SUV	327.3K
4	Volkswagen ID.4 Compact SUV	102.8K
5	BYD Han EV Mid-size sedan	76.6K
6	Volkswagen ID.3 Compact car	67.8K
7	Changan Benben E-Star Mini Car	66.1K
8	Renault Zoe Mini Car	65.7K
9	Chery eQ1 Mini Car	64.9K
10	Kia Niro Compact SUV	59.2K
11	Great Wall ORA R1 Mini Car	55.4K
12	Hyundai Kona Compact SUV	55K
13	Nissan LEAF Compact car	55k
14	Roewe Clever EV300 Mini Car	53.6K
15	XPeng P7 Mid-size sedan	53.1K
16	BYD Qin Compact sedan	49.2K
17	Ford Mustang Mach-E Compact SUV	49.1K
18	Aion S Compact sedan	46.6K
19	Hozon Neta V Subcompact car	44.4K
20	Audi e-tron Quattro Compact SUV	43.6K

In 2021, the total sales of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) reached 5 million.

In Europe, the sales volume of electric vehicles exceeded that of diesel vehicles for the first time in history. In North America, the sales volume increased by 87% compared with that in 2020. Besides, with the launch of multiple electric pickups, the electric vehicle market of 2022 will embrace another speed-up.