Import volume of new energy cars from China 2020-2021, by type
total new energy vehicle imports in that year. By contrast, the number of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and battery electric vehicles (BEVs) imported to China was relatively small. Compared to 2020, China's imports of PHEVs increased by 93 percent to 22,200 units in 2021, while imports of BEVs decreased by nearly 31 percent to 7,700 units that year.
In 2021, China imported around 110,000 hybrid electric vehicles, accounting for 78.7 percent of