Sales of NEVs recorded 217,900 units in June, up 181.7% on the year and 22.8% on the month, achieving positive growth for the second consecutive month.

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Sales of new energy passenger vehicles with Compulsory Traffic Insurance were 188,000 units in March, up 99.1% month-on-month and 288.4% year-on-year.

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In November, NEV sales were 177,000 units based on compulsory traffic insurance, an increase of 40.5% from the previous month.

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China has recently released the winter heating season policies for 2020/21, and while the initial view is that supply disruption may be less this year, there are still question marks over the impacts on demand.

Global sales of Tesla Model 3 exceeded 140,000 units, and BAIC planned to raise no more than 5.5 billion yuan for projects development.

China's new energy vehicle (NEV)  industry  is currently facing tough challenges as it enters a “painful period” after being affected by the decline of the NEV subsidy policy in 2019 and COVID-19. The development of the NEV industry remains as a focus of the Chinese government after the "two sessions” annual meetings chaired by the National People’s Congress (NPC). Various regions in China have introduced stimulus policies on the NEV market. 

This followed the wholesale deliveries of new energy passenger cars nearly quadrupled from a month ago to 56,000 units in March, as the business recovered from the fallout from the coronavirus crisis.