China (CAAM): NEV July sales : Decreased for the first time in 2 years and 6 months

China (CAAM): NEV July sales : Decreased for the first time in 2 years and 6 months

Guangzhou

August 19, 2019

China Automobile Manufacturers Association: (CAAM)

On August 12th, the production and sales situation of July was announced.

New energy vehicle NEV: (See Figure 1)

Production volume: 84,000 units, down 6.9% from the same month last year,

Sales volume: 80,000 units, down 4.7% year-on-year

The growth rate has slowed down significantly since June (production volume increased by 56.3%, sales volume increased by 80.0%).

This is the first decrease in unit sales in 2 months and 6 months since January 2017.

EV:

Production volume: 65,000 units, down 4.8%

Sales volume: 61,000 units, up 1.6%

PHV:

Production volume: 20,000 units, down 13.2%

Unit sales: 19,000 units, down 20.6%

Factors of sales slowdown:

NEV purchase subsidy reduction (see article on April 5, 2019) The grace period ended on June 26.

According to ” June last-minute demand occurred “.

July: Sales volume (see Figure 2)

July production: 1.8 million units, down 11.9% year-on-year

July sales: 1.88,000 units, down 4.3% year-on-year.

Unit sales were below the same month last year for 13 consecutive months.

Car type:

SUVs increased year on year, but sedan, MPV and crossover all decreased.

January to July total: whole car

Production volume: 1,393 million units, down 13.5% from the previous year,

Unit sales: 14.132,000 units, down 11.4% from the previous year

-JETRO

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