Deliveries

The ET5 Touring vehicles currently being delivered by Nio are produced in advance, and consumers who customize the model will have to wait about 3-4 weeks.

From June 1-11, Nio sold 2,800 units, Tesla 26,000, Li Auto 11,900 and Xpeng 2,200.

Nearly 20 percent of Zeekr 001 and Zeekr 009 owners have opted to buy an additional Zeekr X, Zeekr said.

Tesla ranked third in the CPCA's NEV retail sales rankings, with BYD and GAC Aion in first and second place with 38.1 percent and 7.8 percent shares, respectively.

China's auto industry still needs to further recover and expand demand, and the release of consumption potential needs to be accelerated, the CAAM said.

NEV penetration at retail in China was 33.3 percent in May, up 6.7 percentage points from 26.6 percent a year earlier and up from 32.3 percent in April.

Nio launched the new ES6 on May 24, though the model is likely still in the process of climbing capacity and not contributing much to sales.

The Lanshan DHT-PHEV, which competes with Li Auto's Li L8, sold 5,136 units in its first full month of sales, and its production capacity is climbing, Great Wall Motor said.

From January to May, China's wholesale sales of passenger NEVs are expected to be 2.78 million units, up 46 percent year-on-year, the CPCA said.

From January to May, Tesla sold 382,859 China-made vehicles, up 77.37 percent from 215,851 units in the same period last year.