The champion for the hottest electric car model this year-to-date is still the Tesla Model 3, but a tiny two-door four-seater hatchback has been a close second and even outsold Model 3’s global sales by more than 22,000 units in January and February of this year. This is the Hongguang Mini EV, manufactured under a joint venture between General Motors, Wuling Motors, and China’s state-owned OEM SAIC Motors. The Mini EV went on the market only in July 2020 and sales took off, selling 119,255 vehicles in the remaining six months of 2020, compared to the Tesla Model 3, which sold 365,240 units in all of 2020.
The $5,000 electric car
The $5,000 electric car
The $5,000 electric car
The champion for the hottest electric car model this year-to-date is still the Tesla Model 3, but a tiny two-door four-seater hatchback has been a close second and even outsold Model 3’s global sales by more than 22,000 units in January and February of this year. This is the Hongguang Mini EV, manufactured under a joint venture between General Motors, Wuling Motors, and China’s state-owned OEM SAIC Motors. The Mini EV went on the market only in July 2020 and sales took off, selling 119,255 vehicles in the remaining six months of 2020, compared to the Tesla Model 3, which sold 365,240 units in all of 2020.