January 2023 was a historic month for electrified vehicle sales in Brazil. In total, 4,503 units were sold in the beginning of the year, that is, according to the ABVE (Brazilian Association of Electric Vehicles), this is the best January ever.
If compared to January 2022, there were 2,558, with a growth of 76%. In January 2021, a total of 1,321 units were sold. However, if compared to December 2022, there was a 19% decrease.
According to ABVE, this period of the year is normal. Another fact is that December last year was the second best ever, second only to September 2022 with 6,391 electrified cars for sale.
The figures indicate that the performance of electric vehicle sales in early 2023 maintains the strong pace of last year and the past five years.
January to December 2022 sales (49,245) were 41% higher than the same period in 2021 (34,990), which had already been 77% higher than in 2021 (19,745).
With these figures, the total fleet of electrified light vehicles (passenger cars + light commercials) in circulation in Brazil exceeded 130,000 vehicles from 2012 to January 2023. More precisely: 131,007 units.
Plug-in vehicles
Of the 4,503 electrified light vehicles, 755 were fully battery electric vehicles, BEVs (Battery Electric Vehicle), with 17% of the total number of electrified vehicles sold in the month.
Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), with sales of 1,707 units, accounted for 38% of the month’s electrified total.
Non-plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) continue to lead with 2,041 units sold in January, representing 45% of the total number of electrified light-duty vehicles.
HEVs are also classified into HEV flex, with 1,541 units sold (34%), and gasoline HEVs, with 500 units (11%).
States
Ranking of states with the highest number of electrified vehicles for sale in January 2023:
- São Paulo: 1,430
- Rio de Janeiro: 397
- Minas Gerais: 326
- Santa Catarina: 319
- Federal District: 304
- Paraná: 291
- Rio Grande do Sul: 269
- Bahia: 159
- Goiás: 143
- Pernambuco: 136
Cities
The ten cities that will sell the most electrified light vehicles in January 2023:
- São Paulo: 654
- Brasilia: 304
- Rio de Janeiro: 199
- Belo Horizonte: 177
- Curitiba: 109
- Campinas: 96
- Porto Alegre: 96
- Goiania: 91
- Salvador: 85
- Recife: 83
Market share
The market share of electrified vehicles was 3.4% in relation to the total number of light vehicles sold in the Brazilian domestic market in January (130,460, according to Fenabrave).
This market share marks a new record for the penetration of electrified vehicles in the Brazilian market.
In January 2022, for example, the market share of electrified vehicles was 2%.
