Summary of SMM Automotive Battery Market on May 26th

Published: May 26, 2020 16:44

SMM5 March 26: Hunan dealers report that the replacement demand in the automobile battery market is not strong, it is difficult to improve battery sales, and the competition among major brands is fierce. Now the main model 6-QW-100Ah is 300 Mel 320 yuan per unit. Hebei manufacturers reflect the general demand of the automotive battery market, in which automobile matching orders are OK, but the replacement market is in the off-season, battery orders have not improved greatly for the time being, and the current factory operating rate is 70mi 80%. Zhejiang manufacturers reflect that the market demand for automotive batteries is weak, major brands in the industry generally promote sales, dealers purchase is limited, short-term batteries are still easy to fall but difficult to rise, the factory operating rate is now more than 90%.

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