Lei Kang

The Song and Qin families continue to be BYD's best-sellers. The Yuan family was the third best-selling BYD model in May, with 40,231 units sold.

Leapmotor's two SUV models, the C11 and C10, delivered a total of 11,992 vehicles in May, or 66 percent of total deliveries.

Aito said it expects to deliver 20,000 units of the M7 Ultra in June, which is expected to take the total deliveries of the Aito brand to 40,000 units in a single month.

The new variant of the Jiyue 01 has a CLTC range of 720 kilometers and a starting price of RMB 249,900 ($34,510), which sits in the middle of the two previously available variants.

Li Auto said Li L6 production capacity continues to climb and will top 20,000 units next month.

BYD said it has built up a team of more than 100 people in Saudi Arabia and will open more stores there.

IM Motors has become the second EV maker to connect to Nio's charging network this month after GAC Aion's Hyper brand.

China's retail penetration of NEVs stood at 47.51 percent in May 1-26, and 39.93 percent year-to-date.

By the end of April, cumulative deliveries of the ES6 stood at 195,562 vehicles, contributing 39.5 percent of Nio deliveries.

BYD plans to increase the number of its dealer stores in Brazil to 250 by the end of 2024.