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China's NEV sales in August were 321,000 units, up 181.9 percent from a year ago and 18.6 percent from July.

From January to August, the company sold a total of 75,693 EVs, up 196 percent from a year earlier.

The company's production and sales in August were affected by a sharp drop in the supply of Bosch ESP and other parts due to the Covid-19 in Southeast Asia.

Tesla China's wholesale sales for the month were 44,264 units and SAIC-GM-Wuling 43,783 units, ranking behind BYD, the data showed.

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

August retail sales of luxury cars in China were 278,000, down 9.4 percent year-on-year, according to a recent report by the China Automobile Dealers Association.

SAIC passenger vehicle branch's Roewe, MG and R brand sold more than 17,000 NEVs combined in August, up 390 percent year-on-year.

Geely said the Covid-19 outbreak in some regions and a global chip supply shortage affected its deliveries in August, but retail sales were still at an all-time high for the same period.

Sales of the BYD Han began in July last year, with cumulative sales to date standing at 110,344 units.

BYD sold 30,382 pure electric vehicles in August, up 223 percent from 9,414 units a year earlier. It sold 30,126 units of plug-in hybrids in August, up 556 percent from a year earlier.