Red Network Moment News May 10 (Reporter Long Zhen) On the evening of May 9, Great Wall Motors announced the april production and sales data: Great Wall Motors sold 53,777 vehicles in April, down 41.41% year-on-year.
A few days ago, domestic car companies began to release April production and sales data, whether compared with March this year, or compared with the same period last year, April car sales have fallen sharply.
According to the latest data released by the Association of Passenger Vehicles, the retail sales of the passenger car market in April 2022 were 1.042 million units, down 35.5% year-on-year and 34.0% month-on-month, and the retail sales growth rate in April was at a record level in the month. Passenger car production in April was 969,000 units, down 41.1% year-on-year and 46.8% month-on-month.
However, industry insiders believe that the auto market is expected to pick up in May as the auto parts supply chain accelerates its return to normal operation.
The production and sales of major car companies fell significantly in April, and the market share of independent brands rose
In April, the wholesale sales of manufacturers were 946,000 units, down 43.0% year-on-year and 47.8% month-on-month, and the performance of some car companies was significantly differentiated due to production constraints. Wholesale sales of manufacturers in January-April reached 6.386 million units, a year-on-year growth rate that increased by 8.3% from January to March to a decrease of 4.5%.
Among the major car companies, except for BYD, other car companies have experienced a decline in production and sales. Among them, SAIC Volkswagen and SAIC-GM's sales fell by more than 50% in April.
In April, 480,000 self-owned brand retail units were sold, down 19% year-on-year and 37% month-on-month. The domestic retail share of independent brands in April was 46.4%, an increase of 9.6 percentage points year-on-year, and the cumulative share from January to April was 46%, an increase of 8.3 percentage points compared with the same period in 2021.
Sales of some new energy vehicles bucked the trend
It is worth mentioning that in April, when the overall demand for the automobile market was sluggish, the sales of some new energy vehicles increased against the trend. BYD's sales of new energy vehicles reached 105,000 units in April, an increase of 134.3% year-on-year, continuing to top the sales list; in addition, the performance of zero-running cars and Nezha automobiles increased steadily, with 9,087 and 8,813 deliveries in April, respectively, of which zero-run jumped to the first place in the delivery volume of new car-making forces for the first time.
In addition, many new energy vehicle brands have also been affected and impacted by the current epidemic. According to the data, the wholesale sales of new energy passenger cars in April were 280,000 units, an increase of 50.1% year-on-year and a decrease of 38.5% month-on-month. From January to April, the wholesale number of new energy passenger cars was 1.469 million units, an increase of 119.0% year-on-year. 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%.