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In the second week of January, China's NEV sales, as measured by insurance registrations, were 99,000 units, up 37.51 percent year-on-year and up 28.61 percent from the previous week.

From January 2 to January 8, China NEV insurance registrations were 77,000 units, down from 163,700 units the previous week.

Zeekr's plant shutdown is expected to last from January 11 to February 1, covering the upcoming Chinese New Year holiday, which runs from January 21 to January 27.

The first Zeekr 009 production vehicle rolled off the production line at Zeekr's Ningbo plant on January 8, and its delivery will begin shortly.

This article compares the weekly insurance registrations of BYD, Tesla, Nio, Xpeng, Li Auto, Zeekr, Volkswagen, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Audi's NEVs in China in 2022.

Zeekr plans to start selling vehicles in Europe later this year and is not planning to enter the US consumer market.

For the five weeks in December, November 28 to January 1, Tesla vehicles had 48,154 insurance registrations in China.

Li Auto showed strong execution and sequential growth, while Zeekr's sales performance was the biggest positive surprise of last year, said Edison Yu's team.

Tesla remains the world's largest manufacturer in the BEV segment, though BYD is rapidly closing the gap with it.

Zeekr is offering a 140-kWh Qilin Battery option for the single-motor version of the Zeekr 001, but it is limited to just 1,000 units and will cost consumers an additional RMB 103,000.