Monthly EV Sales

That was higher than the 214 units of the Mercedes-Benz EQC, 83 units of the Audi e-tron and 48 units of the BMW iX.

The Model Y trailed the Mercedes-Benz GLC, BMW X3 and Audi Q5 in China in January, but sold about twice as many units as each of them in February.

WM Motor did not release delivery figures for most months last year, and this January's deliveries are so far unknown.

Ora stopped taking orders for its lower-priced Black Cat and White Cat models in mid-February, saying they were causing losses for the company.

The penetration rate of NEVs in wholesale sales in February was 21.8 percent, up 12.2 percentage points from 9.6 percent in February 2021.

This includes 33,315 vehicles exported and 23,200 vehicles delivered by Tesla in China in February.

BJEV produced 653 units in February, up 83.6 percent from 323 units in the same month last year. In the first two months, the company produced 1,684 units.

This was up 57.2 percent from 6,522 in the same month last year, but down 34 percent from 15,536 in January.

Geely sold 12,239 BEVs including battery swap-enabled models in February, up 1,430 percent from 800 in the same month last year.

This is down 8.3 percent from 3,520 units in January. The first AITO M5 vehicles, jointly built by Huawei and Sokon, will be delivered in Shanghai on March 5.