The Association announced the performance of China's auto market in January 2022, and we will see whether the first month of the car market is a good start or a black door.
As far as passenger cars are concerned, the total retail sales in January were 2.092 million units, down 4.4% year-on-year, which seems less optimistic, but the total sales of new energy vehicles reached 347,200 units, a year-on-year increase of 132.0%, and the trend of traditional fuel vehicles and new energy vehicles is weak and strong, reflecting the positive transformation attitude of car companies, and also reflects the increasing acceptance of new energy vehicles by consumers.
From the perspective of sales, the penetration rate of independent brand new energy vehicles in January was 32.0%, that is to say, for every 100 independent brand vehicles sold, 32 were new energy vehicles. The penetration rate of new energy vehicles in luxury vehicles is 22.9%, which is also relatively high, while the penetration rate of new energy vehicles of mainstream joint venture brands is only 2.7%. This shows that consumers who buy new energy vehicles are either rich buyers who buy new energy vehicles out of curiosity and early adopters; or buyers who have no money, to save money or to make online car-hailing; most of the middle-class buyers who buy joint venture models cannot find a reason to buy new energy vehicles.
For example, the wholesale volume of A00-level old man Le in January was 105,000 units, accounting for 32% of the share of pure electric vehicles; the wholesale volume of A0-level small electric vehicles was 51,000, which accounted for 47% of the pure electric market. The wholesale volume of relatively high-priced new energy vehicles above the B level is 101,000 units, accounting for 30% of the total, while the A-class new energy vehicles with moderate prices in the middle account for only 22%; therefore, the sales of new energy vehicles are still dumbbell-shaped.
The total export volume of new energy vehicles in January was 52,000 units, maintaining a high growth, of which Tesla China exported 40,499 vehicles, SAIC motor passenger car exported 4,814 new energy vehicles, Dongfeng EasyJet exported 4,267 vehicles, Geely automobile exported 444 vehicles, Great Wall Motor exported 408 vehicles, SAIC Maxus exported 406 vehicles, BYD exported 313 vehicles, and other car companies exported a smaller number. It can be seen that Tesla is a large domestic exporter, in fact, the price of domestic Tesla is also the cheapest in the world, and it is not surprising that it is exported from here to the world.
Let's take a look at the car companies with the largest sales of new energy vehicles, in January, there were 11 companies with wholesale sales of manufacturers exceeding 10,000 vehicles. Among them: BYD is 93101 vehicles, Tesla is 59845 vehicles, SAIC-GM-Wuling 40007 vehicles, Chery Automobile is 21179 vehicles, Geely Automobile including Geometry, Lynk & Co is 17036 vehicles, GAC Aian is 16031 vehicles, SAIC Passenger Car is 14414 vehicles, Great Wall Motors is 13781 vehicles, and Xiaopeng Automobile is 12922 vehicles, ideal cars are 12268 vehicles, and Nezha Automobile is 11009 vehicles. Traditional cars, especially BYD, GAC and SAIC, have shown strong competitive strength.
Looking at the new power brand, in January, Xiaopeng, Ideal, and Nezha all broke through the 10,000 mark and belonged to the first echelon of excellent performance in the New Year. Located in the second echelon is Weilai, Weima and Zero Run, which also have 5,000+ achievements, but the sales of all new forces add up, and only a tie with Tesla, it seems that the new domestic forces still need to redouble their efforts. This year, Toyota, Nissan, Honda and other car companies' authentic new energy vehicles will be put on sale, which may also hit the new domestic forces.
Finally, let's talk about the oil-electric hybrid, the wholesale unit of ordinary gasoline-electric hybrid passenger cars that do not need to be plugged in in January is 67,000 units, an increase of 58% year-on-year, and it seems that everyone is also very enthusiastic about the oil-electric hybrid. Among them, toyota, the earliest oil-electric hybrid, occupies an absolute hegemonic position, with sales of 38741 vehicles, followed by Honda selling 18516 vehicles, and then Dongfeng Nissan Xuanyi e-Power, the listing time is not long, but the sales volume in January reached 5424 vehicles, the highest sales volume in the independent brand is Great Wall Motors, a total of 1890 vehicles sold, and the oil-electric hybrid is becoming a new hot spot.