Tramway news: According to the statistics of traffic insurance, the terminal sales of new energy passenger cars in China in March were 445,000 units, an increase of 81% month-on-month, and the cumulative sales of new energy passenger cars in the first quarter of this year have exceeded one million, and the sales volume of each month is more than twice the data of the same period last year.
Including fuel vehicles, the passenger car market in March totaled 1.434 million units, a decline of 26% month-on-month, it can be said that the weakness of the fuel vehicle market and the strong growth trend of new energy vehicles have formed a sharp contrast. And in March, BYD, which mainly sells new energy vehicles, sold a total of 107,000 units, second only to FAW-Volkswagen's 119,000 units, according to BYD's sales growth trend, it is possible to surpass FAW-Volkswagen next month, so that new energy vehicle companies represented by BYD can completely subvert fuel vehicle companies. According to the statistics of terminal sales, the sales penetration rate of new energy vehicles in March has reached 31%.
From the perspective of new energy sales of car companies in March, BYD is still ranked first, and it is also the only car company with monthly sales of new energy vehicles exceeding 100,000 vehicles; Tesla ranks second, with sales of 65,000 vehicles, the Shanghai factory mainly supplies the domestic market that month, affected by the Shanghai epidemic, Tesla sales in April will have a significant decline; mainly relying on the number of mini-cars on the fifth and Chery New Energy ranked third and fourth, the total number of new energy mini vehicles of these two companies reached 70,000, accounting for 60%, It has become the absolute main force in this segment, and the sales of mini cars of Shangtong Five and Chery have also shown a month-by-month growth trend from January to March this year.
In the first quarter, the total sales volume of new energy passenger cars was 1.003 million units, although a total of 86 companies had sales, but the sales volume was mainly concentrated in a few car companies, the top ten car companies sold a total of 715,000 units, and the top 20 car companies sold a total of 889,000 units.
BYD's sales in the first quarter were 247,000 vehicles, significantly ahead of other car companies, with Shangtong V and Tesla selling about 110,000 vehicles in the first quarter, and Chery's sales at the level of 50,000 vehicles.
In the first quarter of this year, the new car-making forces were significantly stronger, and the sales of Xiaopeng, Ideal and traditional car companies GAC and Great Wall were more than 30,000 vehicles, the gap was very small, and the sales of Hezhong and Weilai were almost the same as those of Changan and Geely.
In terms of model sales, Hongguang MINI still ranked first, and sales increased by 52% month-on-month, and recently Hongguang MINI released an upgraded version of the model for men, and the future performance remains to be seen.
Tesla's Models in the first two months of the Shanghai factory were mainly exported, and in March, they were delivered to the domestic market, and sales increased significantly.
BYD Song, Qin two car sales are also growing steadily, and BYD Han's sales in March doubled; recently BYD also released Han DM-i and DM-p models, the later sales are expected to continue to soar; it is worth mentioning that BYD Dolphin sales in March for the first time exceeded 10,000 vehicles, and the past few months sales have been in a gradual growth trend, the dolphin as the representative of the marine network model is expected to become a new growth point for BYD.
The ideal ONE has been in the top ten of the sales list for many consecutive months with only one model, and it can be said that it is currently in the plug-and-mix market, except for BYD, which is ideal. In the first quarter of this year, the cumulative sales of plug-in and hybrid models were 213,000 units, of which BYD had 121,000 units and an ideal 32,000 units, accounting for 72% of the total sales of the two car companies.
Among the new forces of car manufacturing, sales have also diverged significantly, with the top five sales of Xiaopeng, Ideal, United, Weilai and Zero Running achieving monthly sales exceeding 10,000, and WM Automobile achieving quarterly sales exceeding 10,000, and the sales growth in March is more obvious. Among other companies, only the monthly sales of Tianji Automobile have just exceeded 1,000, and it is worth mentioning that Tianji Automobile is also a new force in car-making that plugs in the power to increase the range after the ideal, and the sales volume increased significantly in March.
Overall, in March in the context of "lack of core, less electricity", new energy vehicle companies are still raising prices, market sales still show a comprehensive contraction in fuel vehicle sales, new energy sales soared, mainstream new energy vehicle sales have achieved more than 50% month-on-month growth, Tesla, Xiaopeng, GAC even doubled the growth, the penetration rate of new energy vehicles also reached 31%. According to the current trend, the target of 25% of new energy vehicle sales in 2025 is expected to be achieved this year.