Cumulative range of EVs sold worldwide tops 1.9 billion km in 2021
Even though it is strongly influenced by the increase in sales, this “electrification index” also shows how the range of electric cars (100% electric or plug-in hybrids) continues to grow. Their cumulative range now reaches 1.2 billion miles, or more than 1.9 billion kilometers.
With a little more than a billion kilometers of cumulative range, China appears to be the most mature market. Europe has 530 million cumulative miles, while North America has 275 million miles. In China and Europe, one in six vehicles registered in 2021 was electric, compared with one in 18 in the United States and Canada.
According to the American firm, the average range for electric vehicles sold in 2021 is now 238 miles, or just over 380 kilometers. However, there are still significant differences between brands, with Tesla offering models with more than 500 kilometers of range, while some Chinese SUVs are much more limited.
According to AlixPartners, nearly three-quarters of the 2.2 million electric vehicles purchased in Q4 2021 were fully electric cars. In that quarter alone, Tesla led the automakers in cumulative range, with 160 million miles, ahead of China’s BYD (90 million miles), Volkswagen (55 million miles), Hyundai (43 million miles) and Geely (29 million miles).
