According to the company's February production and sales report, BYD sold more than 91,078 vehicles in February, an increase of 335% year-on-year; SAIC Volkswagen sold 90,604 vehicles in February, an increase of 79% year-on-year.
SAIC Volkswagen lagged behind BYD in 474 and was surpassed by BYD for the first time, which is indeed a humiliating record for SAIC Volkswagen, and for BYD, this is its own milestone victory and a milestone victory for new energy vehicles.
Although SAIC Volkswagen has been leading in front of BYD for many years, in the context of double carbon, the state vigorously supports the development of new energy vehicles, and the new energy vehicles are unstoppable, even if it is the big brother in the fuel vehicle industry, there are many forces under the general trend of the times.
Perhaps, it is time for fuel vehicles to bow to the times.
Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river
SAIC Volkswagen is a Sino-German joint venture under SAIC Group, which currently has more than 30 products under the three brands of Volkswagen, Audi and Skoda, covering A0, A, B, C, SUV, MPV and other market segments. Mainly produces and sells fuel vehicles, although in recent years it is also actively transforming the new energy vehicle track, but its new energy vehicle products are not many, the largest proportion of business is still fuel vehicles.
For many years, in terms of automobile sales, SAIC Volkswagen has not known how many streets BYD has been dumped, and the industry status is not at all on an order of magnitude. From 2009 to 2019, BYD's monthly sales were basically below 50,000 vehicles, while SAIC Volkswagen basically exceeded 100,000 vehicles most of the time, and there is a perfect curve difference between the two.
Perhaps it has been lonely for many years as a big brother, or perhaps the arrival of the epidemic has disrupted the original rhythm, starting from 2020, the monthly sales of the two companies have actually been comparable, and SAIC Volkswagen has not recovered to the peak level of the past, and the aura has gradually faded.
Until this month, it should be said that it barely lasted until this month, after all, the new energy car is too fierce, BYD finally took the leading stick from the hands of SAIC Volkswagen, which can be described as thirty years of Hedong and thirty years of Hexi.
Times have changed, and they are no longer the same.
It is said that SAIC Volkswagen is saicidal group's "profit cow", which is not unreasonable, last year, SAIC Volkswagen sold 5.4635 million vehicles, SAIC Volkswagen contributed 1.242 million vehicles, accounting for 22.73%. If you continue to stick to the track of fuel vehicles, I am afraid that in the future, it will be called "cows that cannot be milked".
Fortunately, the company also realized that embracing the transformation of new energy is the way out of the future, and also actively laid out on the new energy vehicle track, but there is no first-mover advantage.
Be the hero of the times, and the new energy vehicles will appear in glory
This time SAIC Volkswagen was surpassed by BYD, which is a milestone for new energy vehicles.
In the domestic new energy automobile industry, BYD is also the big brother of the people, and the sales volume of new energy vehicles has ranked first in China for many years. In 2021, BYD's domestic sales ranked first with 520,000, followed by SAIC-GM-Wuling and Tesla.
Xiaopeng, the ideal, and Weilai, the new forces of car-making, are also famous on the list, after all, you sing it, and we appear.
IN THE FUTURE, BYD MAY BE COMPARABLE TO THE PEAK LEVEL OF THE AUTO VOLKSWAGEN OF THAT YEAR, AND EVEN ACHIEVE GREAT STRIDES. Since October last year, BYD's monthly sales of new energy vehicles have steadily ranked at more than 80,000 vehicles, and 88,283 of the 91,078 in February this year are new energy vehicles, accounting for 97%. With the further improvement of the penetration rate of new energy vehicles, BYD's monthly sales of new energy vehicles are expected to quickly exceed the threshold of 100,000 and 200,000 vehicles.
The state is also laborious in new energy vehicles, and put forward clear development goals, the penetration rate should reach 20% in 2025, 30% in 2030, and pure electric vehicles should become the mainstream of sales in 2035. Just like in the past, real estate won and the Internet won, this era will be the victory of new energy vehicles.
Times create heroes, and heroes don't necessarily create times. There is no doubt that BYD will become a hero in the era of new energy.
The decline of the steam age is the rise of the electric age, and the decline of the fuel age will also be the rise of the new energy era, but the decline and demise will be a slow process, and it will not end immediately. At present, the proportion of fuel vehicles is still significantly more than that of new energy vehicles, and it will continue to profoundly affect everyone's life.
In order to justify the withdrawal of fuel vehicles from the stage of history, many countries have proposed a clear timetable. The earliest is Rome, Italy, and by 2024 it will not be possible to sell fuel vehicles. Hainan also said that it will also ban the sale of fuel vehicles by 2030, but there is no unified voice in China. To this end, Zhang Tianren, chairman of Tianneng Group, recently suggested that the timetable for banning the sale of fuel vehicles should be clarified as soon as possible.
Fuel vehicles will gradually withdraw from the stage of history.