China's new energy passenger car sales in March quadrupled from February: CPCA

SHANGHAI, Apr 10 (SMM) – China’s wholesale deliveries of new energy passenger vehicles stood at 56,000 units in March, 49.2% lower from the same period last year but nearly quadruple from February, said the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) on April 9. 

Among this, wholesale volumes of plug-in hybrid vehicles were 9,200 units in March, down 59% year on year, with the wholesale of pure electric cars falling 48% on the year to 47,000 units. 

Last month, sole-proprietorship and joint-venture automakers performed strongly and became the major driving force of China’s NEV market. 

Tesla sold 10,160 Model 3 vehicles in China in March, up 160.5% from February and marking the producer’s best results in a single month ever, according to the CPCA.