Monthly EV Sales

In the January-April period, Ora sales were 36,842 units, down 3.5 percent from 38,159 units in the same period last year.

JAC sold 27,387 units of all models in April, down 48.4 percent from 53,034 units in the same month last year.

BJEV produced 220 units in April, up 45.7 percent from 151 units in the same month last year.

In April, China's auto sales are expected to be 1.171 million units, down 47.6 percent from March and down 48.1 percent year-on-year, the CAAM said today.

Seres, Sokon's brand that partners with Huawei, sold 3,439 units in April, up 1,248.63 percent year-on-year.

Despite the impact of the Covid outbreak on China's auto supply chain, BYD's sales rose across the board in April for all family models.

BYD's performance in April was in stark contrast to China's major new car makers, who all saw a significant drop in sales from March.

Edison Yu's team expects some spillover in May related to suppliers slowly returning to production, with June likely to be the first normal month.

That's because the Covid outbreak had an impact on the supply chain and production in April, it said.

Leapmotor filed the first version of its prospectus with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on March 17, hoping to list there.