Per reporter: Sun Lei Per editor: Pei Jianru
Due to the impact of the epidemic in the Yangtze River Delta region, the sales volume of the new car-making forces in April fell month-on-month, and no company delivered more than 10,000 vehicles.
Watchmaking: Per reporter Sun Lei
According to public data, in April, the delivery volume of zero-running cars was 9,087 units, a slight decrease of 9.7% month-on-month, but it achieved a year-on-year increase of more than 200% for 13 consecutive months, and won the monthly delivery volume championship for the first time by new car-making forces. From January to April this year, about 30,700 zero-run vehicles were delivered.
Zero-run automobile said that based on global self-research, zero-run adopted multi-supply enterprises and multi-regional planning in the choice of supply chain, which effectively improved the impact of the epidemic on supply chain supply assurance.
In April, Xiaopeng Automobile ranked second in the new force new car delivery list that month with a slight gap of 85 vehicles, with a monthly delivery volume of 9,002 vehicles, an increase of 75% year-on-year. Among them, the Xiaopeng P7 delivered 3714 vehicles; the Xiaopeng P5 delivered 3564 vehicles, and the Xiaopeng G3 series delivered 1724 vehicles. From January to April this year, Xiaopeng Automobile delivered about 43,600 units, an increase of 136% year-on-year.
"Affected by the recent epidemic, Xiaopeng Motors has been severely challenged in many aspects such as supply chain, production and logistics and transportation. With the help of relevant departments, Xiaopeng Automobile will also continue to take positive measures to ensure production and smooth delivery. Xiaopeng Motors said.
In April, Nezha Automobile ranked third in the delivery list of new forces in the month with 8813 units, an increase of 120% year-on-year. Among them, Nezha V car series delivered 5694 vehicles, an increase of 48% year-on-year; Nezha U car series delivered 3119 vehicles, an increase of 1746% year-on-year. From January to April this year, the cumulative delivery volume of Nezha Automobile was about 39,000 units, an increase of 240% year-on-year.
Ranking fourth in the list of new car-making forces delivered in April is Weilai Automobile, with a monthly delivery volume of 5,074 vehicles. In April, WEIO was greatly affected by the shortage of supply chain. On April 9, Li Bin, chairman of WEIO, said that due to the impact of the epidemic, since March, the company's supply chain partners in Jilin, Shanghai, Jiangsu and other places have stopped production, and due to the above reasons, many users' vehicles will be delayed in the near future.
In contrast, the ideal car was more seriously affected by the epidemic, with 4167 deliveries in April, a new low monthly delivery this year. At the same time, the new car Ideal L9, which was originally scheduled to be released in April, was also postponed due to the delay of the Beijing Auto Show.
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Shen Yanan, co-founder and president of Ideal Automobile, said that ideal automobile Changzhou base is located in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, while more than 80% of ideal automobile parts suppliers are distributed in the Yangtze River Delta region, and a large part of them are located in Shanghai, Kunshan, Jiangsu and other places.
"Affected by the epidemic in the Yangtze River Delta, some suppliers located in Shanghai and Kunshan, Jiangsu And other regions were unable to supply, and some suppliers even completely stopped work and operation, resulting in the inability to continue to maintain production after the existing parts inventory was digested, which had a great impact on the production of Ideal Automobile in April." Shen Yanan said.
In addition, among the new energy vehicle companies that have announced sales, GAC Aeon has become the only company that has delivered more than 10,000 vehicles. According to the data, GAC Aeon delivered about 10,200 units in April, an increase of 23% year-on-year; from January to April this year, GAC Aeon's cumulative sales volume was about 55,100 units, an increase of 113% year-on-year.
In April, the epidemic in Jilin, Shanghai and other places had a certain impact on the automobile supply chain and automobile consumption, and most of the sales of new energy vehicle companies that have released sales data have declined month-on-month.
The Association of Passenger Vehicles previously said that the April survey showed that the retail sales targets of major manufacturers fell sharply year-on-year, and the initial estimate was that the retail sales of narrow passenger cars this month were about 1.100 million units, down 31.9% year-on-year; in the new energy market, some head manufacturers were affected by production and supply, and short-term sales declined.
According to Xinhua News Agency, recently, Xin Guobin, vice minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that from April 22 to 28, the average daily output of 15 key automobile enterprise groups in the country reached 45,000 vehicles, an increase of 70% over the previous statistical cycle (April 15 to 22), and the production situation is gradually improving. "The mainland automobile industry has strong resilience, large market space and deep gradient, and with the effectiveness of epidemic prevention and control, the production and sales losses in the second quarter are expected to be compensated in the second half of the year, and stable growth is expected to be achieved throughout the year." Xin Guobin said.
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