China NEV sales expand 66% in H1

China’s wholesale deliveries of new energy passenger vehicles rose 19.5% to 70,200 units in May from the previous month, according to data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) released Monday.

The outlook for the China’s cobalt-lithium new energy industry in 2020 is full of uncertainties with the hampering impact of COVID-19 on global trade. On the demand side, cobalt-lithium new energy (the key downstream application segment), the new energy vehicles (NEVs) and the 3C consumer markets are affected by the global widespread of the coronavirus pandemic, with sharp declines in overseas orders. On the supply side, we saw the suspension of production across mine smelters and port closures as the demand and supply fundamentals has changed tremendously due to COVID-19.

China’s excavator sales increased 11.6% year on year in March, recovering from a 50.5% tumble in February, as key construction projects resumed work after the coronavirus pandemic outbreak in the country came under control.

The top 25 Chinese excavator makers sold 9,280 excavators last month, down 50.5% from a year earlier, according to data from China Construction Machinery Association.

The China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) said on Monday that retail sales of sedans, multi-purpose vehicles (MPVs) and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) in China stood at 252,308 units in February, down 85.3% from a month earlier and 78.5% from a year earlier.

About 1.06 million new energy passenger vehicles were sold in China in 2019, up 5.1% from 2018

China's auto market is unlikely to recover until 2022

NEV sales fell for a fifth straight month in November

China’s sales of new energy vehicles declined 45.6% from a year ago to 75,000 units in Oct

The sales rose 1% from Sep