Monthly Data

BAIC BluePark sold 4,074 vehicles in August, up 91 percent year-on-year and up about 17 percent from July.

Dongfeng Motor's premium electric brand Voyah delivered 408 units of the Voyah FREE, one of Li Auto's Li ONE competitors, in August, its first delivery month.

The CATARC figures are based on insurance registrations for vehicles and are closer to true retail sales each month.

China's lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery installed base surpassed ternary batteries for the first time this year in July, and that lead widened in August.

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

Tesla China sold 12,885 units in August and China-made Model 3 sales were 1,309, the lowest for the model since deliveries began last January.

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.