First become a star in China, now in the U.S 530e iPerformance become BMW

BMW Group increased plug-in car sales in the U.S. last month to 2,774 (up 2.0% year-over-year), but the overall share in total volume remains 7.5%.

The result for the full year of 2018 exceeds 25,000 at a growth rate of 17.9% and average share out of total volume of over 7%. By the way, BMW 530e iPerformance is the best-selling premium plug-in hybrid in the U.S. and is ahead of the BMW i3.

BMW plug-in car sales in 2018 estimated by IEVs: (list according to Insideves.com)

• BMW 530e – 8,664
• BMW i3 – 6,117
• BMW X5 xDrive40e – 4,434
• BMW 330e – 2,600
• MINI Cooper S E Countryman ALL4 – 1,564
• BMW i8 – 772
• BMW 740e – 339