Recently, according to a report by Phoenix.com Technology, China's exports of new energy electric vehicles have continued to increase significantly, which has led to a fire in the international shipping market, resulting in an extreme shortage of international shipping carriers, and its freight rates have also pushed to a record level.
With the rapid development of global science and technology and the sustainable development of environmental protection, more and more attention has been paid to new energy electric vehicles, as a very green and environmentally friendly mode of transportation, new energy electric vehicles are being loved by countries around the world. China, as the world's largest manufacturer of new energy electric vehicles, has also increased its electric vehicle exports with the rising demand.
According to relevant data, from January to November last year, China's automobile exports have reached 4.76 million units, a year-on-year increase of 56%, which shocked everyone. Colleague, it is expected that the overall export volume will exceed 5.2 million units last year, which will surely reach a new historical height.
It is worth mentioning that according to public figures from the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Japan exported 3.99 million vehicles during the same period. This also means that Japan, once the world's largest exporter of automobiles, has been surpassed by China's exports, and China has become the new world's largest exporter of automobiles.
Overall, with the change of the new international background, China's new energy electric vehicle exports have also seen a blowout growth trend. The European market is one of the important destinations for China's new energy electric vehicle exports, and a quarter of its sales come from Chinese mainland.
Among them, many brands, including BYD, NIO, Li Li, Tesla and Volvo's Polestar, have received wide praise in the European market for their outstanding performance and quality.
In addition, first-tier international car brands such as Renault, Volvo and BMW have also set up automobile production plants in China, and then adopted the marketing method of exporting some models to the European market.
It is precisely because of the popularity of new energy electric vehicles in China that it has brought huge supply demand to the international automobile shipping market. Due to the surge in demand, international shipping companies have also entered the dilemma of a shortage of transport ships. Not only that, a large number of old ships were forced to be scrapped due to the relatively sluggish market environment in 2020, and new car carriers could not be put into service directly in the next 3 years, which also exacerbated the embarrassing situation caused by the shortage of ships in the shipping industry.
However, in order to be able to cope with the current challenges, shipping companies have taken a number of measures to improve the efficiency of shipping. First of all, the cost of transportation is reduced by optimizing routes and reducing empty sailings. Second, we will strengthen cooperation with automakers to discuss ways to improve loading rates and transportation efficiency.
Despite this, the shipping market is still facing a huge gap between supply and demand due to the long construction period of the automobile shipping ship itself.
As a result, shipping rates have been rising and hitting record highs. The increase in shipping freight rates is undoubtedly a huge challenge for consumers and car manufacturers.
For consumers, wanting to buy an electric car also means spending more money as shipping costs increase. For car manufacturers, transportation costs are higher. However, with the development of technology and the increase of time, the shipping market will gradually stabilize.
In order to find a solution, most Chinese automakers are also actively looking for solutions. Among them, the company went to Europe to establish an automobile production base. In this way, enterprises can be closer to the market, understand the needs of local consumers for automobiles, and can better provide personalized products and services, and improve their own popularity.
In addition, mainland electric vehicle giant BYD spent 5 billion yuan to order eight ro-ro ships capable of carrying 7,700 cars from a shipyard in Yantai, Shandong Province. Among them, 6 ships have been basically confirmed for construction, and the other 2 ships are still option orders.
AS EARLY AS DECEMBER LAST YEAR, BYD ANNOUNCED THAT ITS CHARTERED EXPLORER 1 CAR RO-RO CARRIER HAD SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED ITS FIRST SEVEN-DAY SEA TRIAL.
The opening of BYD's shipbuilding plan will play a good role in supporting the stability of global automobile export supply in the future and improve its competitiveness in the automobile market. According to relevant data, BYD's car exports last year exceeded 200,000 units, and exported to many countries around the world, including Germany, France and Japan and other 58 countries and regions.