At the beginning of the new year, a number of new forces have announced the sales results of 2021. As the subsidy policy will decline by 30% in 2022, the new energy vehicle market at the end of 2021 will be particularly hot, and many new forces such as Weilai, Xiaopeng and Ideal have continued the strong performance of monthly sales of more than 10,000 vehicles.
NIO recently announced its December 2021 and full-year deliveries. In December 2021, NIO delivered 10,489 new cars, an increase of 49.7% year-on-year; a total of 25,034 units were delivered in the fourth quarter, an increase of 44.3% year-on-year, achieving positive growth for seven consecutive quarters. In 2021, NIO delivered 91,429 new cars, an increase of 109.1% year-on-year, doubling for two consecutive years. As of December 31, 2021, NIO has delivered a total of 167,070 smart electric vehicles.
On New Year's Day, Xiaopeng Motors also announced the delivery results for December 2021 and the whole year. Total deliveries in December 2021 were 16,000 units, up 181% year-on-year. Cumulative deliveries in the fourth quarter reached 41,751 units, up 63% sequentially and 222% year-over-year. Thanks to the strong growth in the fourth quarter, the total delivery volume of Xiaopeng Automobile in 2021 reached 98,155 units, 3.6 times that of 2020.
In terms of single-model deliveries, Xiaopeng P7 delivered 7,459 units in December, with a total of 60,569 units delivered throughout the year, accounting for 62% of the total delivery volume of the whole year. Xiaopeng P5 continued to climb after opening large-scale deliveries in October this year, and delivered a new high of 5,030 units in December. The cumulative annual delivery volume of Xiaopeng G3 series products was 29,721 units, an increase of 148% year-on-year.
Another new leading company, Ideal, also handed over a satisfactory report card in December. In December 2021, Ideal Cars delivered 14,087 Ideal ONE units, an increase of 130.0% over December 2020. In the fourth quarter of 2021, Ideal ONE delivered a total of 35,221 units, an increase of 40.2% from the third quarter of 2021 and an increase of 143.5% from the fourth quarter of 2020. From January to December 2021, a total of 90,491 units were delivered, an increase of 177.4% over 2020.
"Ideal ONE delivered more than 14,000 units in December, another record for deliveries. In December, we pushed the OTA 3.0 car-machine software to all the ideal ONE owners, so that every user's car experience can be improved again. In 2022, we will continue to provide you with safer, more convenient and more refined products and services. Shen Yanan, co-founder and president of Ideal Auto, said.
Nezha Automobile, which has continuously ranked among the first echelon of new forces with the sales of the "cost performance" route, also ushered in an explosive end in December. In December, 10,127 units were delivered, an increase of 236% year-on-year, and the number of consecutive monthly sales exceeded 10,000. In 2021, a total of 69,674 units were delivered, an increase of 362% year-on-year. In terms of different models, Nezha U Pro and Nezha V car series go hand in hand, of which Nezha V car series delivered 5280 units in December; Nezha U Pro delivered 4847 units in December, an increase of 62% month-on-month, once again refreshing the delivery record. In 2021, among the users of Nezha Automobile, about 64% of users from first-tier, new first-tier and second-tier cities.
In addition, WM, which is considered to be stable in the second echelon, delivered 5,062 smart pure electric vehicles in December, and delivered 15,114 units in the fourth quarter, setting a record high in single-quarter sales. In 2021, WM delivered a total of 44,157 units throughout the year, close to the total cumulative delivery volume in the past three years.
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