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This is the third consecutive month of record deliveries for Leapmotor, bringing the cumulative number of deliveries so far this year to 64,038.

Production of the ET7 and EC6 was limited by the availability of cast parts in July, Nio said, adding that it expects to ramp up production in the third quarter.

July is a slow month for China's auto market, and a preliminary CPCA forecast shows that China's July auto sales will be about 15 percent lower than in June.

Li Auto delivered 10,422 vehicles in July, up 21.34 percent from 8,589 in the same month last year, but down 19.98 percent from June's 13,024 volume.

This is the first time Neta has released vehicle export figures. It did not provide more details, but the destination of the exported vehicles appears to be Thailand.

In July, the Zeekr 001 again received more than 10,000 orders with non-refundable deposits, with the average order amount exceeding RMB 335,000 (US$49,680).

By comparison, the US and Europe contributed 11 percent and 26 percent of global new energy vehicle sales, respectively, in the first half of the year.

Shanghai, home of Tesla's factory in China, is the city where the Model 3 and Model Y are selling the most.

EV makers including Nio, Tesla and GAC Aion have further increased capacity and are expected to see increased production in the second half of the year, the CPCA said.

As a comparison, China's NEV penetration rate was 24 percent in the first half of the year.