Weekly EV Sales

Between October 1 and October 29, insurance registrations were 14,100 for Nio, 15,200 for Xpeng, 36,800 for Li Auto and 27,300 for Tesla in China.

China's retail penetration of NEVs was 38.9 percent in the October 1-22 period.

Between October 1 and October 22, Li Auto was at 26,800, Nio at 9,500, Xpeng at 9,400 and Tesla at 16,500 units.

So far this year, China's passenger NEV retail sales amounted to 5,482,000 units, up 34 percent year-on-year.

As of October 15, Li Auto was at 17,800 so far this month, Tesla at 8,400, Nio at 5,100 and Xpeng at 4,600 units.

Most of last week was covered by China's long National Day holiday -- which ran from September 29 to October 6.

China's NEV penetration at retail was 40.4 percent in the September 1-24 period, and 34.2 percent year-to-date.

Between September 1 and September 24, Nio was at 13,900 units, Xpeng at 10,400 units, Li Auto at 29,200 units, Tesla at 35,900 units and BYD at 176,200 units.

China's NEV penetration at retail stood at 38.9 percent in the September 1-17 period, and 33.93 percent year-to-date.

Between September 1 and September 17, Li Auto was 20,100, Nio was 9,900 and Xpeng was 6,900.