CPCA

China's December new energy passenger vehicle sales set another record, with many consumers buying such models before subsidies are reduced.

The Model Y ranked first with 23,117 units, followed by the Li ONE with 13,485 units and the Mercedes-Benz GLC with 12,269 units. The Nio ES6 ranked eighth with 4,713 units.

Tesla China exported 21,127 units in November, meaning it sold 31,732 units in China itself.

The penetration of NEVs in China was 20.8 percent of retail sales in November, compared to 13.9 percent in January-November.

Tesla Model Y sold 13,303 units in China in October, and Model 3 sold 422 units.

Wholesale sales of passenger NEVs in China from January to October were 2,381,000 units, up 204.3 percent year-on-year.

Year-on-year sales performance in Sept: Tesla Model 3 up 68.8%, Nio ES6 up 63.9%, Nio EC6 up 21087.5%, while BMW 5 Series down 21.3%, Mercedes-Benz E-Class down 52.6%, Audi A4 down 53.4%.

Wholesale sales of new energy passenger vehicles in China reached 355,000 units in September, the second month in a row to exceed 300,000 units.

The trends presented by the two data are consistent most of the time, but sometimes they may be inconsistent or even differ.

Retail penetration of new energy vehicles in China, their share of total sales of all vehicles, reached 17.1 percent in August.