According to data released by the Bureau of Statistics in January 2022, the domestic automobile manufacturing industry produced a total of 26.528 million vehicles in the past year, an increase of 4.8% year-on-year; a total of 3.677 million new energy vehicles were produced in the whole year, an increase of 145.6% year-on-year. It is expected that the new energy automobile industry will continue to grow in 2022. The following is based on the sales list of the new energy field released by the Association to see the sales volume of the top ten new energy vehicle manufacturers in China.
The tenth place in the sales list of new energy vehicles is the ideal car, with annual sales of 90,491 units. Ideal ONE delivered more than 14,000 units in the last month of last year, setting a new record for deliveries. There are already 206 retail centers in the country, covering 102 cities. It is reported that the ideal ONE only took 708 days to achieve the production of 100,000 vehicles; the ninth place in the sales list of new energy vehicles is Weilai Automobile, with annual sales of 91,429 vehicles. NIO has delivered more than 167,000 smart electric vehicles, and last year released the smart electric flagship car ET7 and the medium-sized smart electric coupe ET5. According to the plan, the first car manufactured by NIO's second production base will complete the trial production line of the whole process production line in the second quarter of 2022 and enter mass production in the third quarter.
Chery Automobile ranked eighth in the list, with annual sales of 97,625 new energy vehicles. Last year was a year for Chery Little Ant to continuously improve its product strength, and it was also a year of growth in sales and word of mouth. Lead the new trend of travel with a cool attitude, and set a new benchmark of the same level with high-quality quality. At the same time, it has also witnessed the sales of Xiao Ant repeatedly reaching new highs, achieving the goal of cumulative production and sales of 250,000 units; Xiaopeng Automobile ranked seventh, with annual sales of 98,155 vehicles and cumulative delivery volume of more than 130,000 units. The total delivery volume ranks in the front row of the new car-making forces, and the company's overall sales, service and supercharging ecology are also developing rapidly.
The sixth place in the sales list of new energy vehicles is SAIC Passenger Vehicles, with annual sales of 110065 vehicles. Enterprises embrace digital transformation, technological innovation, adhere to the user-centric, in all fields of full bloom. Roewe and MG have launched a number of new energy models; the fifth place on the list is GAC Aean, with annual sales of 126962 vehicles. Aeon is an innovative technology company established by GAC Group adhering to the advantages of independent innovation system and facing future development. As gac Aeon's flagship SUV model, the arrival of the AION LX Plus marks the AION family's full entry into the plus of the new product 2.0 era, according to the introduction of this car can achieve a cruising range of 1008km.
Great Wall Motors ranks fourth, with annual sales of new energy vehicles 133997, and new energy vehicle sales account for about 10% of the company's total sales. In December last year, the sales of its Euler brand exceeded 20,000 units for the first time, an increase of 64.2% year-on-year, ranking in the top camp of electrified cars; Tesla China ranked third in the list, with sales reaching 320743. At present, the Chinese market has become Tesla's largest production and sales market in the world. The agency expects China to account for more than 40% of Tesla's total deliveries in 2022.
SAIC-GM-Wuling ranked second on the list, with retail sales of 431,130 units. The cumulative sales of Hongguang MINI EV have exceeded 550,000 vehicles, and Wuling Hongguang has long been popular with consumers with its extreme cost performance, and once became a net red car; the first place in the sales list of new energy vehicles is BYD Automobile, with sales reaching 584,020 vehicles. With BYD's 1 millionth new energy vehicle officially rolling off the production line, it has become the first Chinese brand to enter the "Millions Club" of new energy vehicles. BYD has about 35,000 technical R&D personnel, with a total of 34,000 patents and more than 22,000 authorized patents, and has formed a strong independent research and development capability of core components of the whole vehicle and the whole industry chain. With the support of core technologies such as blade batteries, DM-i super hybrid and e-platform 3.0, BYD's new energy vehicle sales continue to rise.