On May 10, the Association released the April 2022 domestic auto market sales report. Retail sales in the passenger car market reached 1.042 million units in April, down 35.5% year-on-year and 34.0% month-on-month, and the year-on-year and month-on-month growth rate of retail sales in April were at the lowest level in the month.
From January to April, the cumulative retail sales of 5.957 million units decreased by 11.9% year-on-year and 800,000 units year-on-year, of which the 570,000 units in April were more significant.
In terms of car companies, BYD became the champion of monthly passenger car sales, with a year-on-year growth against the trend. The rest of the car companies are more or less affected by the supply chain, and the simultaneous sales volume has declined significantly.
Retail sales of new energy passenger cars reached 282,000 units in April, up 78.4% year-on-year and down 36.5% month-on-month, different from the trend in April of the calendar year. From January to April, domestic retail sales of new energy passenger vehicles were 1.352 million units, up 128.4% year-on-year.
The domestic retail penetration rate of new energy vehicles in April was 27.1%, an increase of 17.3 percentage points from the penetration rate of 9.8% in April 2021. In April, the penetration rate of new energy vehicles in independent brands was 54.4%, and the penetration rate of new energy vehicles in luxury vehicles was 5.5%, while the penetration rate of new energy vehicles in mainstream joint venture brands was only 3.7%.
The new energy vehicle market has not yet been affected by the price increase, and the order performance before the price increase is hot and the order is sufficient. In April, the month-on-month trend of new energy vehicles and traditional fuel vehicles was affected by production, and the shortage of new energy vehicles intensified, resulting in serious delays in undelivered orders. The strong growth of new energy vehicles driven by private car travel under the epidemic situation is of great significance, and the safe travel of the second car of the family is of great significance, echoing the further recognition and adaptation of urban residents to new energy models in short-distance travel.
Due to the epidemic, SAIC Motor exported 1,300 new energy vehicles, Tesla China exported 0 vehicles, Dongfeng EasyJet exported 3,433 vehicles, Dongfeng EasyJet exported 805 vehicles, BYD 705 vehicles, AIWAYS Automobile 168 vehicles, and other car companies mainly focused on the domestic market.
The "April Sales List" of the e-car App has been released, if you need more data, please check it out at the e-car App.