October 29: Largest electric vehicle manufacturers

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