Monthly EV Sales

All models on the list except the ET5 and ET7 are traditional fuel models, with the BMW 3 Series coming in at No. 1 with 18,533 units.

Li Auto appears to be competing primarily with the internal combustion engine-powered SUVs of Mercedes-Benz and BMW, and is already clearly ahead in sales.

For the full year 2022, retail sales of new energy passenger vehicles in China were 5.67 million units, contributing 27.6 percent of all passenger vehicle sales.

For the full year 2022, Tesla delivered 439,770 vehicles in China, up 37.11 percent from 320,743 vehicles in 2021.

That's down 44.37 percent from 100,291 vehicles in November and down 21.24 percent from 70,847 vehicles in the same month last year, according to data released today by the CPCA.

The CPCA did not release preliminary sales figures for NEVs in December. Previous figures showed the CPCA expected the figure to be around 700,000 units.

CATL's installed power battery volume from January to November was 165.7 GWh, ranking first with a 37.1 percent market share.

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.

For the full year 2022, the Song family sold 478,120 units and the Han family 274,015 units.

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