BYD NEV sales in Jan: 210,051
BYD sold 210,051 NEVs in January, down 30.11% year-on-year and down 50.04% month-on-month.
BYD battery installations in Jan: 20.187 GWh
BYD's January installations of power batteries and energy storage batteries totaled about 20.187 GWh, representing a 30.15% year-on-year increase but a 26.20% decrease from December.
Geely Auto sales in Jan: 270,167
Geely Auto sold 209,661 vehicles in the Chinese market and exported 60,506 vehicles in January.
Nio deliveries in Jan: 27,182
Nio Inc delivered 27,182 vehicles in January, marking a 96.08% year-on-year increase, though down 43.53% from December.
Xpeng deliveries in Jan: 20,011
Xpeng delivered 20,011 vehicles in January, down 34.07% year-on-year and down 46.65% month-on-month.
Li Auto deliveries in Jan: 27,668
This represents a 7.55% year-on-year decrease and a 37.47% month-on-month decline.
Leapmotor deliveries in Jan: 32,059
This represents a 27.37% year-on-year increase but a 46.94% decrease from December.
China vehicle inventory alert index rises to 59.4% in Jan
China's January Vehicle Inventory Alert (VIA) Index stood at 59.4%, indicating the automotive industry remains in contraction territory.
China passenger car inventory at end of Dec: 3.65 million
Automakers producing only NEVs held inventory of 780,000 units at the end of December, up from 740,000 units at the end of November.
Data table: China NEV sales in Jan 1-18
From January 1-18, China's passenger NEV retail sales totaled 312,000 units, down 16% year-on-year and down 52% month-on-month.