China Auto

That was up 12.6 percent year-on-year and up 9.0 percent from March, signaling rising dealer inventory pressure.

China's passenger NEV production in April was 802,000 units, up 33.67 percent year-on-year and 1.78 percent from March.

BEVs accounted for 60.1 percent of all NEV retail sales in April with 405,000 units sold.

China's Vehicle Inventory Alert (VIA) Index stood at 59.4 percent in April, implying that the automotive industry continues to be in contractionary territory.

That's down 12.4 percent year-on-year and down 10.3 percent from February, signaling a drop in dealer inventory pressure.

China's March production of passenger NEVs increased by 25.2 percent year-on-year to 788,000 units, up 84.9 percent from February.

BEVs sold 428,000 units at retail in March, accounting for 60.4 percent of all NEV retail sales.

China's Vehicle Inventory Alert (VIA) Index stood at 58.3 percent in March, implying that the automotive sector continues to be in contractionary territory, but improved from February.

That's up from 12.79 percent in January and 13.82 percent a year earlier.

Retail sales of sedans in February were 499,699 units, SUVs 550,984 units and MPVs 52,811 units.