On June 8th, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers released the production and sales data of new energy vehicles in May. The wholesale sales of new energy passenger vehicles reached 196,000, an increase of 6.7% over April and a year-on-year increase of 174.2%. The wholesale sales of pure electric vehicles reached 162,000, a year-on-year increase of 186.1%; the sales of plug-in hybrid vehicles reached 34,000, a year-on-year increase of 128.5%, accounting for 17%.
The top four companies with wholesale sales exceeding 10,000 vehicles are Tesla China with 33,463 vehicles, BYD with 32,131 vehicles, SAIC-GM-Wuling with 27,757 vehicles, and SAIC Passenger Vehicle with 11,049 vehicles.
The top four companies with retail sales exceeding 10,000 vehicles are SAIC-GM-Wuling with 33,175 vehicles, BYD with 31,908 vehicles, Tesla China with 21,936 vehicles, and GAC Aion with 10,395 vehicles.
In terms of exports, Tesla China exported 11,527 vehicles, SAIC Passenger Vehicle exported 2,430 new energy vehicles, and JAC Motors exported 549 vehicles.
From January to May, the wholesale sales of new energy passenger vehicles reached 857,000, a year-on-year increase of 253.3%. The retail sales of new energy vehicles from January to May reached 776,000, a year-on-year increase of 235.7%.
🔗 Source: China Association of Automobile Manufacturers
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