Plug-in & range-extended hybrids
Cars with a battery and a combustion engine, a large share of BYD, Li Auto and Chinese export sales
4 leading companies in plug-in & range-extended hybrids, one segment of electric vehicles — Over 20 million electric cars sold in 2025, a quarter of all new cars. Chinese makers supplied 60% of them.
new market segment · researched 2026-11-14
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Leading plug-in & range-extended hybrids companies
4 companies, with the scale each source states. Scale is the whole company's unless the row says otherwise.
| Company | Where | What they do | Scale |
|---|---|---|---|
| BYD 1211.HK ↗ | Shenzhen, China since 1995 | World's largest maker of new-energy (BEV + PHEV) cars, plus electric buses and trucks; also an EV battery maker | vehicles produced (BYD Auto): 4,602,436 vehicles (2025) ↗ |
| Geely Automobile 0175.HK ↗ | Hangzhou, China since 1998 | Geely Galaxy BEV/PHEV line (Geely Xingyuan was the #3 BEV model worldwide in 2025); owns Zeekr Group | new energy vehicles produced ("around"): 888,000 vehicles (2024) ↗ |
| Leapmotor 9863.HK ↗ | Hangzhou, China since 2015 | Affordable BEVs and range-extender EVs (e.g. T03), sold in Europe through a Stellantis partnership | vehicles produced: 596,555 vehicles (2025) ↗ |
| Li Auto LI ↗ | Beijing, China since 2015 | Range-extended electric (EREV) and battery-electric family SUVs/MPVs | vehicles (Wikipedia infobox "production"): 406,343 vehicles (down from 2024) (2025) ↗ |
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The electric vehicles market
The whole market this segment sits in.
units sold (electric cars, BEV+PHEV) · world20
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Quick answers
- What are plug-in & range-extended hybrids?
- Cars with a battery and a combustion engine, a large share of BYD, Li Auto and Chinese export sales. They are one segment of the electric vehicles market.
- Who are the leading plug-in & range-extended hybrids companies?
- BYD (China), Geely Automobile (China), Leapmotor (China), Li Auto (China).
- Which plug-in & range-extended hybrids companies are publicly traded?
- BYD (1211.HK), Geely Automobile (0175.HK), Leapmotor (9863.HK), Li Auto (LI).
- How big is the electric vehicles market?
- For the whole electric vehicles market, not this segment alone: units sold (electric cars, BEV+PHEV) (world) 20 million cars ("exceed 20 million"), 2025 — International Energy Agency.