Phate Zhang

For a low-priced model like the Nano EV, a 6 percent range is noteworthy for its price-sensitive potential consumers.

"What we see as a flying car is not a flying machine, it should be a smart electric car in the city and a low-altitude flying vehicle in the suburbs."

After being overtaken by Europe in 2020, China regains its position as the largest contributor to global new energy passenger vehicle sales in 2021.

This is the second consecutive month in which the BYD Dolphin model has sold more than 10,000 units in the six months since its launch, with cumulative sales of 40,200 units.

This is the fifth consecutive month that the Han family has sold more than 10,000 units, with cumulative sales of 170,001 units since its launch in July 2020.

BYD sold 46,386 pure electric passenger vehicles and 46,540 plug-in hybrids in January.

Over the past four months, Xpeng, which always has the lowest average price, has seen the highest deliveries, and Nio, which has the highest price, has the lowest deliveries.

Xpeng is carrying out a technology upgrade at its Zhaoqing plant, taking advantage of the scheduled production downtime over the Chinese New Year Holiday.

That's up 128 percent from 5,379 units a year ago, but down 13 percent from 14,087 units in December.

Nio delivered 9,652 vehicles in January, up 33.6 percent from 7,225 units in the same month last year and down 8 percent from 10,489 units in December.