Monthly EV Sales

BYD sold 111,939 pure electric passenger cars and 122,659 plug-in hybrids in December.

For the full year 2022, GAC Aion sold 271,156 units, up 126 percent year-on-year.

Neta's decline in December deliveries was a surprise, as several of its local peers reported record deliveries earlier today.

For the full year 2022, Leapmotor delivered 111,168 units, up 157.80 percent from 43,121 units in 2021.

Nio delivered 7,594 ET5s, 1,379 ET7s and 4,154 ES7s in December.

Xpeng G9 delivered 4,020 units in December, up 160 percent from November, the first time it exceeded 4,000 units.

Zeekr delivered 71,941 vehicles in 2022, reaching its goal of delivering 70,000 vehicles for the year.

Deliveries of Li L9 and Li L8 both exceeded 10,000 units in December. Li Auto delivered 46,319 vehicles in the fourth quarter, up 31.51 percent year-on-year.

In terms of retail sales, China's NEV penetration rate is expected to be about 31.8 percent in December, lower than the 32.3 percent in November.

In this article, CnEVPost compares BYD's BEV sales to Tesla's retail sales in China and also shows how Nio, Xpeng, and Zeekr performed in 2022.