Sales of new energy cars in China jumped 59.6 percent to 82,000 units on a yearly basis in August, according to the latest statistics from the China Passenger Car Association. BYD Auto and SAIC Motor remained the biggest winners, with sales both topping 10,000 units. Geely Auto and BMW Brilliance also witnessed a large rebound compared with the previous month.
Battery electric vehicle models still took major market share, as four of the top six best-selling models are BEVs, leaving only two spaces for Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
As Chinese brands are the main players in the domestic NEV market, joint ventures are accelerating their expansion in the country, with different market strategies as most of their models are PHEVs.
Let’s check out the country’s top 10 best-selling new energy car models in August.
No 10 BYD e5
Sales: 3,803
%Change: 81.7
Type: BEV
No 9 BYD Qin
Sales: 3,886
%Change: 78.4
Type: PHEV
No 8 SAIC Roewe Ei5
Sales: 3,959
%Change: N/A
Type: BEV
No 7 Hawtai EV160
Sales: 3,984
%Change: 319.8
Type: BEV
No 6 SAIC Roewe i6 1.0T EDU
Sales: 4,012
%Change: 254.1
Type: PHEV
No 5 BYD Yuan
Sales: 4,263
%Change: N/A
Type: BEV
No 4 Chery eQ
Sales: 4,613
%Change: 105.5
Type: BEV
No 3 Geely Emgrand EV
Sales: 4,647
%Change: 13
Type: BEV
No 2 BYD Tang
Sales: 4,791
%Change: 457.1
Type: PHEV
No 1 JAC IEV
Sales: 5,797
%Change: N/A
Type: BE
