Chongqing Xiaokang, which cooperates with Huawei, released the april car sales data, the data shows that new energy vehicles increased sales by 1,000 vehicles month-on-month, and it is estimated that most of the increased sales in this part come from AITO Q&I M5, which has squeezed into the top 12 domestic new energy vehicle sales with more than 3,000 vehicles in March, and increased thousands of vehicles again in April, and the ranking is expected to be further improved.
According to the April car sales data released by Chongqing Xiaokang, the sales of new energy vehicles were 8552 units, an increase of 187.56% year-on-year; the cumulative sales in the first four months of this year were 22,800 units, an increase of 199% year-on-year. Maintaining a strong growth momentum, this part of the substantial growth in new energy vehicle sales is estimated to come from the M5.
The March data released by Xiaokang shows that the sales of new energy vehicles were 7451, and the comparison can be seen that the sales of new energy vehicles increased by 1101 units in April. At present, the hot model under Chongqing Xiaokang is undoubtedly the Q&I M5 it has developed in cooperation with Huawei, so it is estimated that the more than 1,000 vehicles that have grown month-on-month are the Q&I M5.
Huawei's cooperation with Xiaokang's Q&I M5 was first sold in March, and it received more than 3,000 sales in the same month, ranking 12th in domestic new energy vehicle sales, and in China, new energy vehicles are probably the first models to enter the hot list TOP15 for the first time, which shows the strong appeal of the Huawei brand in the domestic market.
If more than 1,000 sales are added in April, it is expected that the M5 will enter the domestic new energy vehicle hot TOP10, which will cause a huge impact on the new energy vehicle market, after all, the previous new car manufacturers have worked hard for several years to achieve quarterly sales of more than 10,000, and now due to the shortage of chips, quarterly sales have fallen to 5,000 or so, so it can be seen that the competitiveness of the M5 is amazing enough.
Yu Chengdong, ceo of Huawei's automotive business, once shouted out the goal of 300,000 vehicles per year, but earlier he said in an interview that it would be difficult to achieve 300,000 annual sales, but soon after it was interviewed, the M5 achieved a good result of more than 800 vehicles per day, and it is possible to achieve the goal of 300,000 vehicles according to the calculation of 800 vehicles per day.
At present, what hinders Huawei's sales target of 300,000 vehicles is the production capacity of Chongqing Xiaokang, and it is reported that the design capacity of new energy vehicles in Chongqing xiaokang is only 100,000 units per year, which means that with the hot sales of AITO's M5, production capacity will become a major obstacle for Huawei vehicles.
However, this may not be a big problem, because the goal of Huawei Automobile is not to build its own car, but to help many car companies to build technology-leading cars, in addition to Chongqing Xiaokang, Huawei is still cooperating with BAIC New Energy, Changan and other auto companies, if the Q&C M5 is successful enough to establish a demonstration effect, then BAIC BJEV and Changan and other auto companies may also be fully invested in cooperation with Huawei to promote cooperative models.
Huawei vigorously transformed its mobile phone retail stores into car retail stores, but also the reason for the surge in Huawei's car sales, it is reported that Huawei originally planned to transform 1,000 retail stores by the end of last year, it is estimated that the current car retail stores should have exceeded a thousand, even if more than 4,000 M5 vehicles were sold in April, the average to each store, it is only 4 cars, and most of these stores are in first- and second-tier cities, there is still mining potential, the average sales of 10 stores is a monthly sales of 10,000 vehicles.
Yu Chengdong has always been known for his big mouth, but most of the bulls he has bragged about in the mobile phone industry have been realized, and the goal of catching up with Samsung in 5 years has been achieved in Q2 2020, if it were not for well-known reasons that TSMC no longer produces chips for Huawei, perhaps today's Huawei mobile phones have really sat in the position of the global mobile phone boss.
It is also Huawei's achievements that make the automobile business very nervous about its entry into the automotive industry, and the sales performance of the M5 undoubtedly proves Huawei's competitiveness again, under the impact of Huawei's vehicles, this year's new energy vehicle market pattern may usher in a major change.