October 29: Largest electric vehicle manufacturers
By far the largest producer is Tesla, the American manufacturer of clean energy products and services.
Source: CNBC, Argus, TechCrunch, GM
Published: January 2021, May 2021
Largest electric vehicle manufacturers
Electric vehicle (EV) production is robustly growing, especially in China, where EV sales rose 4.4% in 2020. By far the largest producer is Tesla, the American manufacturer of clean energy products and services. Volkswagen, the German-based automaker and largest auto seller worldwide, comes in second. Close behind VW is General Motors, the U.S.’ largest car company.
2020 sales of EVs by manufacturer
Company: Tesla
Country: US
EV units: 500,000
Company: Volkswagen
Country: Germany
EV units: 232,000
Company: General Motors
Country: US
EV units: 202,000
Company: BYD (Build Your Dreams)
Country: China
EV units: 190,000
Company: Nio
Country: China
EV units: 44,000
Company: Li Auto
Country: China
EV units: 33,000
Company: Xpeng
Country: China
EV units: 27,000
* EV units are rounded
interesting. The last Nio report I read showed 131K total shipped