- BEV sales in April rose 58.4 percent year-on-year, higher than the 21.9 percent growth rate for PHEVs.
- NEV exports were a record 200,000 units in April, up 76 percent year-on-year and up 27 percent from March.
China saw year-on-year growth in new energy vehicle (NEV) sales in April, despite a decline from March.
China sold 1,226,000 NEVs in April, up 44.2 percent year-on-year but down 0.9 percent from March, according to data released today by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).
CAAM's NEV sales are the wholesale sales of automakers, including those in China and those exported to overseas markets. NEVs include battery electric vehicles (BEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), and fuel-cell vehicles.
Sales of BEVs in April were 822,000 units, an increase of 58.4 percent year-on-year and up 2.0 percent from March.
PHEV sales in April totaled 403,000 units, up 21.9 percent year-on-year but down 6.5 percent from March.
China's all vehicle sales in April were 2.59 million units, up 9.8 percent year-on-year but 11.2 percent lower than in March.
This meant that NEV penetration stood at 47.3 percent in April, up from 36.0 percent a year earlier and up from 42.4 percent in March.
Excluding exports, domestic NEV sales in April were 1,025,000 units, up 39.3 percent year-on-year but down 5 percent from March.
In April, 517,000 vehicles were exported from China, up 2.6 percent year-on-year and up 2 percent from March.
Of these, NEV exports were a record 200,000 units, up 76 percent year-on-year and up 27 percent from March.
China exported 140,000 units of BEVs in April, up 57.5 percent year-on-year and up 37 percent from March.
Exports of PHEVs in April totaled 60,000 units, up 140 percent year-on-year and up 8.3 percent from March.
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