As early as the beginning of 2021, I predicted that 2021 would be the first year of China's new energy vehicles ("Automotive Industry 2020 Review and 2021 Outlook"). Sure enough, according to the data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, the production and sales of new energy vehicles in 2021 reached 3.545 million units and 3.521 million units, respectively, an increase of 1.6 times year-on-year, and the market share reached 13.4%.
In 2021, new energy vehicles will become the biggest highlight of the automotive industry, and the sales volume will rank first in the world for 7 consecutive years. The new energy vehicle market has been driven by policies and has fully shifted to a new stage driven by market demand, showing a good situation of both market scale and development quality. At the end of this year and the beginning of the year, let's take stock of who will spend the top ten new energy vehicle brands in 2021? (Note: This article counts the sales volume of new energy of each brand including pure electric and hybrid models)
TOP 1 BYD cars
BYD Yuan, Song, Han, Tang, Qin
In 2021, BYD's cumulative sales of new energy vehicles were 593,745 units, a year-on-year increase of 231.6%. Won the 2021 China New Energy Vehicle Annual Sales Champion. BYD adheres to the "walk on two legs" strategy, in which 320,810 pure electric models are sold and DM-i hybrid models are sold 272,935 vehicles. Whether it is from the seniority, technology precipitation or market volume, BYD is still a younger brother in front of Toyota, Volkswagen and other big guys, and in front of Tesla, RIVIAN and other fashion brands are slightly old-fashioned. It is no accident that such achievements have been achieved.
By virtue of its core three-electric technology, BYD independently develops core components such as IGBTs, batteries, motors, and electronic controls; and launches a denser and safer blade battery, the fourth largest installed power battery in the world; and independently produces and manufactures IGBT chips to cope with the global lack of cores. It is precisely because of BYD's accumulation and thin hair that in 2021, it will fully bloom in various market segments, Han EV and Tang DM-i are in short supply, and Qin PLUS sales reach 169,800 units, leading the A-class pure electric sedan market; Dolphin has been listed for 4 months, breaking through the monthly sales mark of 10,000 vehicles. I believe that in 2022, BYD will still be stable and far-reaching, and continue to win glory for the country!
TOP 2 SAIC-GM-Wuling
Wuling Hongguang mini EV
Adhering to saic and GM-Wuling's consistent market insight and pragmatic concept, SAIC-GM-Wuling's sales of new energy vehicles reached 431,130 units in 2021, an increase of 177.3% year-on-year, with cumulative sales of more than 750,000 vehicles. Among them, the cumulative sales of Wuling Hongguang mini EV exceeded 550,000 vehicles, winning the top spot in China's new energy sales for 16 consecutive months, and reaching the top of the global single model new energy sales championship for 5 consecutive months.
For every 2 small new energy vehicles sold in China, 1 of them is Wuling. Wuling is relying on its own strength to drive the entire small electric vehicle market, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a generation of god cars. In addition, the NanoEV and futuristic modern car KiWi EV cooperated with Disney have won the love of young Kochi groups with their fashionable shapes, opening up a new channel for the brand to rise. The small electric vehicle products represented by the Wuling Hongguang Mini EV, the policy caters to the national strategy of popularizing new energy vehicles, and it also meets the market demand for the huge short-distance scooter. After all, cheap and easy to use scooters who don't need them.
TOP 3 Tesla
Model S、Model X、Model 3、Model Y
In 2021, Tesla's bumper year, with the Model 3 and Model Y models, cumulative sales reached 320,743 units, an increase of 133.3% year-on-year. Not only to achieve leapfrog development in sales, but also in more than 60 cities across the country, open more than 200 experience and service centers, open more than 1,000 super charging stations, more than 9,000 super charging piles, with more than 700 destination charging stations and a large number of home charging piles, has formed a relatively complete and convenient service network and charging network. This has also greatly promoted the development of Tesla in the domestic market this year.
It is reported that Tesla's new model Model Q will be officially launched in 2023, will be equipped with BYD's blade battery, priced at 24990 US dollars, about 160,000 yuan. In the future, the car will be domestically produced, and Tesla's catfish will still stir up the rapid reshuffle of the new energy market.
TOP 4 Great Wall Euler
Euler black cat, good cat, white cat
In 2021, Euler Automobile sold 133,997 units in the whole year, an increase of 138.2% year-on-year. As an independent new energy brand under Great Wall Motors, it focuses on the female market, Slogan: "a car brand that loves women more". Whether it is a black cat, a white cat, or a good cat, product design starts from the perspective of female users, and creates a flexible beauty that is more in line with femininity with retro design language and round curves, which is favored by female consumers.
However, just in December 2021, the Euler "core changing door" incident was exposed, and the CCTV financial channel made a special report on the suspected fraudulent sales of Euler Good Cat, which directly led to the decline in the profit of the Great Wall in the fourth quarter of 2021. Although Euler gave a compensation plan, consumers did not pay the bill, demanding a refund of one and three, and some car owners have started legal procedures. Who says women don't understand cars? Not only understand the car but also understand the law! The user's trust is not easy to come by, how to calm the incident, directly affect the future market performance of Euler.
TOP 5 GAC Aeon
AION Y、AION V Plus、AION LX Plus、AION S Plus
2021 is the first year after the independence of the GAC Aean brand, with annual sales of 126,962 units, an increase of 111.5% year-on-year. Since July 2021, sales have exceeded 10,000 for six consecutive months. Its product system has begun to take shape, AION Y, AION S Plus, AION V Plus, AION LX Plus several products have covered the mainstream car, SUV market.
Among them, the AION LX Plus, which was launched on January 5, has a working life of 1008 kilometers, becoming the first model in China "certified" by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology for pure electric endurance of more than 1000KM. However, GAC Aean is different from BYD and Xiaopeng in that it lacks self-developed core technologies, most of which are provided by suppliers. If GAC Aean wants to go further and further, it must dive into its heart and cultivate its own science and technology tree.
TOP 6 SAIC Passenger Cars
SAIC passenger cars can be on the list, really let me a little surprised, the first time did not expect saic motor passenger cars have any representative models, in 2021 SAIC passenger cars throughout the year cumulative sales of 110,065 units, an increase of 145.7%. The independent operation of SAIC Feifan (R Car) has taken away a lot of SAIC passenger car sales. With the support of Roewe ei6 MAX, eRX5 and other oil-to-electricity models, but the market for oil-to-electricity is shrinking, MG HS plug-in hybrid, MG pure electric EZS performance is also flat, and forced to embark on the road of Wuling Collavi, is the real responsibility of SAIC passenger car new energy sales.
TOP 7 Roc Cars
Xiaopeng G3i, P7, P5
Xiaopeng Automobile sold 98,155 units in 2021, an increase of 275.2% year-on-year. At present, Xiaopeng Automobile has four products in the two market segments of cars and SUVs, G3i, P7, P5 and G9, of which the Xiaopeng P7 delivered 60,569 units in the whole year, accounting for 62% of the total sales volume of the year. A well-deserved "shoulder handle". By the end of 2021, the historical cumulative delivery volume has exceeded 130,000 units, with the continuous growth of user scale, Xiaopeng Automobile accelerated the layout of charging and sales service network, built 661 brand supercharging stations in 228 cities across the country, and operated 311 sales stores in 121 cities across the country.
At the same time, Xiaopeng, who labeled himself a technology, has moved towards a higher sky. Xiaopeng Travel Operator X2 flying car will be launched in 2024, the whole fuselage is made of carbon fiber structure, can carry 2 passengers, endurance time of 35 minutes, flight altitude of 1000 meters, maximum flight speed of 130 km / h, priced at 1 million. Will you buy one when the time comes?
TOP 8 Chery Automobile
Chery Ants
In 2021, Chery New Energy sold 97,625 units, an increase of 123.6% year-on-year, of which Chery Ant bicycles sold 77,003 units, accounting for 79% of the total sales. Chery seems to have tasted the sweetness in the A00-class trolley, and last year launched a twin model QQ ice cream similar to the Wuling Hongguang MINI EV, and the appearance is really a bit silly and unclear.
Chery creates a colorful body + rich interior travel mode for female users, and also cooperates with young fashion brands such as Middle Street 1942 and Yuanqi Forest to boldly play crossover. During the Tianjin Auto Show, I was attracted by a Chery Little Ant female exclusive makeup car. As the second oldest of the millennium, Chery seems to be better at following the strategy, but after all, the A00-class car has low profits, how to find another way and achieve a breakthrough is a problem that Chery should seriously consider.
TOP 9 NIO
ES8、ES6、EC6
In 2021, NIO's cumulative sales volume was 91,429 units, an increase of 109.1% year-on-year, and as of December 31, 2021, NIO's cumulative sales of 167,070 units were recorded. 2021 Weilai still relies on the ES8, ES6, EC6 three models "shou tower", although the release of ET7, ET5 two cars, but are 2022 "futures" products, did not bring substantial help to sales, and finally by the "Wei Xiaoli" in the Xiaopeng "stealing tower" success, sitting on the new forces to build the sales of the "Iron Throne".
At present, NIO has built 778 substations worldwide, and built a total of 4,582 new supercharging piles and destination charging piles. With 15 new NIO Houses and 72 service centers, NIO Life released 594 new products, officially entering the Norwegian market in a system-wide manner.
TOP 10 Ideal Car
Ideal ONE
In 2021, the cumulative sales volume of Ideal Car was 90,491 units, an increase of 177.4% year-on-year. Ideal Car has experienced the baptism of "modification door" and "missing core door", and with only one ideal ONE (the delivery volume has reached 124,088 units), it has sold 90,000 vehicles a year, becoming a clear stream in the new energy automobile circle. How did the ideal ONE master the "traffic password" and harvest a large wave of consumers? That is, from the user's point of view, turning the car into an extension of the home, taking care of each position member on the car, and the "Daddy God Car" has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people since then. By the end of 2021, Ideal Automobile will have established 206 retail centers in 102 cities across the country. Opened 278 after-sales maintenance centers and authorized sheet metal spray centers, covering 204 cities across the country.
Tiger leaps dragon soars good things one after another
New Year's Message: Glory has become a thing of the past, and a new battle has begun! In 2022, the new energy vehicle market is already full of wolf smoke, hundreds of boats are competing, and the competition will be more cruel and fierce. It is expected that the market size of new energy vehicles will exceed 5 million in 2022! We look forward to China's automotive industry, with the help of the new energy of Dongfeng, to achieve a century-old dream of overtaking in the corner!
[I wish that the guest officials who forward, comment, and collect will be able to leap forward in 2022, and good things will continue!] 】
【Source: Automobile Association, Automobile Industry Association, National Bureau of Statistics】