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BYD sells 207,080 NEVs in Mar, up 6.9% from Feb

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sold 207,080 new energy vehicles (NEVs) in March, up 97.45 percent from 104,878 units in the same month last year and up 6.93 percent from 193,655 units in February.

The company discontinued the production and sales of vehicles powered entirely by internal combustion engines in March last year to focus on the production of plug-in hybrids and pure electric vehicles.

BYD's NEVs include passenger cars as well as commercial vehicles, and they sold 206,089 units and 991 units in March, respectively.

Among these passenger vehicles, battery electric vehicle (BEV) sales were 102,670 units, up 91.32 percent from 53,664 units in the same month last year and up 13.27 percent from 90,639 units in February.

Plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) were 103,419 units, up 104.09 percent from 50,674 units in the same month last year and up 2.37 percent from 101,025 units in February.

In March, BYD sold 13,312 NEVs in overseas markets, down 11.27 percent from 15,002 units in February.

The company first announced overseas sales figures for NEVs in July 2022.

In addition to being China's largest NEV company, BYD is also the country's second-largest power battery maker.

BYD's installed power and storage battery capacity in March was about 9.891 GWh, up 84.77 percent from 5.353 GWh in the same month last year and up 10.49 percent from 8.952 GWh in February.

In the first quarter, BYD's NEV sales were 552,076 units, up 92.81 percent from 286,329 units in the same period last year, but down 19.22 percent from 683,440 units in the fourth quarter last year.

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China EV deliveries: Aion, Leapmotor, Shenlan and more

In March, sold 40,016 vehicles, delivered 6,172 and Shenlan 8,568.

The first day of every month is the day when Chinese electric vehicle (EV) makers intensively announce their deliveries for the previous month, and CnEVPost highlighted leading companies, including NIO, XPeng and Li Auto, in separate articles.

For the other lesser-known EV companies, we wanted to use this article to record their delivery performance in March.

Aion: 40,016 units

GAC's new energy vehicle (NEV) subsidiary, GAC Aion, saw a strong performance in March, with sales reaching 40,016 units, up 96.96 percent year-on-year and up 33.01 percent from February, according to data released today.

GAC Aion sold 80,308 vehicles in the first quarter, up 78.96 percent year-on-year.

On March 30, GAC Aion announced the magazine battery 2.0, which claims not to catch fire or explode even after a gunshot.

Leapmotor: 6,172 units

Leapmotor delivered 6,172 vehicles in March, down 38.64 percent from 10,059 in the same month last year but up 93 percent from 3,198 in February.

In the first quarter, the company delivered 10,509 vehicles, a decrease of 51.30 percent from the same period last year and down 55.41 percent from the fourth quarter.

The Leapmotor C11 series SUV received more than 10,000 orders in March, according to the company.

Leapmotor officially launched the C11 extended-range electric vehicle (EREV) on March 1, after the model was previously only offered in an all-electric version.

Yesterday, Leapmotor announced the signing of a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Qualcomm for a strategic partnership to build smart cockpit products based on the latter's latest-generation Snapdragon SA8295P platform.

Shenlan: 8,568 units

Changan Automobile's NEV brand Shenlan delivered 8,568 vehicles in March, up 108.82 percent from 4,103 vehicles in February.

In the first quarter, Shenlan delivered 18,808 vehicles, a decrease of 22.85 percent from the fourth quarter of last year.

Shenlan currently offers only the SL03 sedan, which was unveiled on July 25, 2022 and began deliveries in September last year.

It officially debuted its first SUV, the Shenlan S7, a model similar to the Model Y crossover, on March 5. The Shenlan S7 is not yet available.

Smart: 5,911 units

Smart delivered 5,911 vehicles in China in March, up 63.47 percent from 3,616 vehicles in February.

In the first quarter, Smart delivered 12,697 vehicles in China, an increase of 46.87 percent year-on-year.

Since deliveries began in September 2022, Smart has delivered a cumulative total of 21,909 vehicles.

Skyworth: 1,282 units

Skyworth delivered 1,282 vehicles in March, down 13.14 percent from 1,476 vehicles in February. The company exported 517 vehicles last month.

In the first quarter, Skyworth delivered 3,946 vehicles, according to figures released by the company today.

Skyworth, a Chinese appliance manufacturer, released its first electric vehicle product in April 2021.

The company is one of those tracked by CnEVPost, but it has been putting deliveries and orders together in an incomprehensible way when it released delivery figures before this year.

NIO delivers 10,378 vehicles in Mar, down 14.6% from Feb

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Zeekr delivers 6,663 vehicles in Mar, up 22% from Feb

In the first quarter, delivered 15,234 units, up 84.86 percent year-on-year, but down 53.08 percent from the fourth quarter.

Zeekr's deliveries continued to rebound in March, although the first-quarter figure was down significantly from the fourth quarter.

Zeekr delivered 6,663 vehicles in March, up 271.20 percent from 1,795 in the same month last year and up 22.14 percent from 5,455 in February, according to data it released today.

In the first quarter, Zeekr delivered 15,234 vehicles, up 84.86 percent from 8,241 in the same period last year, but down 53.08 percent from 32,467 in the fourth quarter.

The decline in Zeekr's deliveries in the first quarter was primarily due to a 21-day production halt at its Ningbo, Zhejiang plant around the Chinese New Year holiday. The plant resumed production on February 1. January 21 to January 27 was this year's Chinese New Year holiday.

The shutdown resulted in Zeekr delivering only 3,116 vehicles in January, a new low since April 2022.

Zeekr was officially launched as an independent company in March 2021, with its first model, the Zeekr 001, launched on April 15, 2021, and deliveries beginning in October 2021.

On November 1, 2022, Zeekr's second model, the Zeekr 009 MPV, was launched, and its deliveries began on January 15.

As of March 31, Zeekr's cumulative deliveries since inception were 93,182.

Zeekr plans to see sales double from last year to 140,000 units in 2023 and will release two new models, its CEO said in an internal letter earlier this year.

The company's next model is expected to be the Zeekr X, which already made it onto a regulatory filing list in February.

Regulatory filing: Zeekr X to be offered in 4- and 5-seat versions

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XPeng delivers 7,002 vehicles in Mar, up 16.5% from Feb

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delivered 7,002 vehicles in March, a 16.5 percent increase over the previous month. total deliveries for the first quarter of 2023 reached 18,230 vehicles.

XPeng's guidance for deliveries in the first quarter was 18,000 to 19,000 units and revenue guidance was RMB 4 billion to RMB 4.2 billion when it announced its fourth-quarter earnings on March 17.

Below is its press release, as the CnEVPost article is being updated.

XPeng Inc. (“XPENG” or the “Company,” NYSE: XPEV and HKEX: 9868), a leading Chinese smart electric vehicle (“Smart EV”) company, today announced its vehicle delivery results for March and the first quarter 2023.

In March 2023, XPENG delivered 7,002 Smart EVs, representing a 17% increase over the prior month. Total deliveries for the first quarter of 2023 reached 18,230 vehicles.

The new sports sedan P7i, launched in March for the Chinese market, has generated favorable market reception and its order backlog is gathering strong momentum. A total of 3,030 P7 series sedans were delivered in March, representing a 32% increase month-over-month.

The launch of the new P7i also boosted the Company's store traffic, pushing test drive volume to recent heights. Delivery of the P7i began nationwide in March.

On March 31, 2023, XPENG began the rollout of the first phase of XNGP (NGP: Navigation Guided Pilot) to XPENG G9 Max and P7i Max customers in Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Shanghai, and to XPENG P5 P version customers in Shanghai.

XNGP is China's leading full scenario ADAS platform available in mass-produced models. The Company is accelerating the implementation of XNGP to multiple models across multiple cities in China.

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NIO delivers 10,378 vehicles in Mar, down 14.6% from Feb

delivered 31,041 vehicles in the first quarter, slightly above the lower end of its previous guidance range of 31,000 to 33,000 vehicles.  |  NIO US | NIO HK | NIO SG

NIO (NYSE: NIO) delivered fewer vehicles in March than in February, with the first quarter figure barely above the lower end of the previous guidance range.

NIO delivered 10,378 vehicles in March, up 3.94 percent from 9,985 a year ago but down 14.6 percent from 12,157 in February, according to figures it announced today.

That delivery volume included 3,203 SUVs, and 7,175 sedans, the company said, without providing a breakdown of the different models.

NIO delivered 31,041 vehicles in the first quarter, slightly above the lower end of its previous guidance range of 31,000 to 33,000 vehicles.

The deliveries were up 20.46 percent from 25,768 units in the same period last year, though down 22.5 percent from 40,052 in the fourth quarter.

NIO's guidance for first-quarter revenue was RMB 10.93 billion to RMB 11.54 billion when it announced its fourth-quarter earnings results on March 1.

As of March 31, cumulative deliveries of NIO vehicles reached 320,597 units.

Beginning March 28, NIO has rolled out the deployment of its third generation of swap stations in China, each with a service capacity of up to 408 swaps per day, the company said.

As of March 31, NIO had deployed 1,339 battery swap stations and 1,285 charging stations, including 6,467 chargers, worldwide. It also has 1,154 destination charging stations worldwide, including 7,993 chargers.

NIO will accelerate the expansion of its battery swap network and plans to install 1,000 battery swap stations in 2023, it said, repeating a previous goal.

NIO has been gradually releasing NOP+ Beta to NIO Technology 2.0 (NT 2.0) based vehicles. Since its debut on December 27, 2022, more than 30,000 users have activated and participated in the NOP+ Beta, accumulating more than 15 million kilometers, it said today.

Powered by NIO's internally developed full-stack smart driving technology and closed-loop data management, NOP+ Beta has achieved significant improvements in peace of mind, comfort and efficiency, it said.

Going forward, NIO will progressively deliver more features through over-the-air updates to continuously enhance the user's smart driving experience, the company said.

NIO CFO says confident of meeting this year's sales target

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NIO begins ET5 deliveries in Europe

ET7 deliveries in Europe began last October, and EL7 deliveries there began at the end of January.  |  NIO US | NIO HK | NIO SG

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NIO (NYSE: NIO) began ET5 deliveries in Europe on March 31, the day before it opened its second NIO House in Germany.

The company saw the first deliveries of the electric sedan in Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands, according to the information posted on the Chinese and European versions of the NIO App.

NIO co-founder and president Qin Lihong was in Germany to witness the first ET5 deliveries there.

No information has been released about ET5 delivery figures in Europe. The company is expected to announce its deliveries of all vehicles in March later today.

NIO launched the ET7, ET5 and the EL7, known in China as the ES7, in Europe last October. ET7 deliveries began in Europe last October, and EL7 deliveries began at the end of January.

NIO initially only allowed European consumers to lease vehicles through NIO Subscription, with purchase options available starting in late November.

These products are made available for order gradually in Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden through the NIO Subscription, lease program and direct sales to customers, NIO said on November 1 last year while announcing delivery figures for October.

The announced delivery volume represents vehicle deliveries through direct sales to users as well as to the leasing program partner in Europe in accordance with the revenue recognition policy of the company's vehicle sales, NIO said at the time.

The vehicles under NIO Subscription in Europe are recognized as assets on the company's balance sheet, but are not counted in the announced deliveries, according to the company.

The day before deliveries of ET5s began in Europe, NIO opened a new NIO House in Frankfurt, its second in Germany.

NIO opens new NIO House in Frankfurt, its 2nd in Germany

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Li Auto sees L-series models exceed 100,000 cumulative deliveries

In the price range of RMB 300,000-500,000, has a market share of nearly 20 percent, it said.  |  Li Auto US | Li Auto HK

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Li Auto (NASDAQ: LI) saw a milestone in cumulative deliveries of the three L-series models currently on sale.

Li Auto vehicles had more than 5,000 insurance registrations last week, and the L-series models have seen more than 100,000 cumulative deliveries, the automaker announced Wednesday on Weibo.

It took just seven months to reach the milestone since the L-series models were delivered, Li Auto said.

Li Auto's current offerings are all extended-range electric vehicles (EREVs), which have an all-electric range of about 200 kilometers and can be refueled.

The company's first model, the Li ONE, which was discontinued last year, had accumulated 203,925 deliveries by the end of January, according to data monitored by CnEVPost.

The first model in Li Auto's L series is the flagship Li L9, which was launched on June 21, 2022 and began deliveries on August 30 last year.

From September last year to February this year, Li L9 accumulated 54,268 units delivered, according to data monitored by CnEVPost from Li Auto and China Passenger Car Association (CPCA).

On September 30, 2022, Li Auto launched the Li L8, the second model in its L series. Deliveries of the Li L8 began on November 10, with cumulative deliveries of 29,773 units as of the end of February.

On February 8, Li Auto launched the Li L7, and deliveries of the model began on March 11.

Insurance registrations for Li Auto vehicles were 5,081 for the week of March 20 to March 26, the company announced yesterday, in line with CnEVPost's report on Tuesday.

In the price range of RMB 300,000 ($43,480)-500,000, Li Auto has close to 20 percent market share as the luxury SUV brand of choice for families, it said.

Li Auto delivered the Li L9, Li L8 and Li L7 to three owners at its Beijing delivery center on March 24, bringing cumulative deliveries to more than 300,000 units.

Li Auto is expected to announce its March deliveries on April 1, having delivered 15,141 and 16,620 vehicles in January and February, respectively.

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Li Auto sees cumulative deliveries exceed 300,000 units

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China NEV insurance registrations for week ending Mar 26: BYD 43,490, Tesla 15,886, NIO 1,909

is on track to reach its guidance, with 9,199 vehicles registered in the past four weeks.

Insurance registrations for new energy vehicles (NEVs) in China continued to increase last week compared to the previous week, although the performance of major automakers was mixed.

For the week ending March 26, insurance registrations for all passenger vehicles in China were 400,400 units, up 37.64 percent year-on-year and up 29.02 percent from the previous week, according to information shared today by several auto bloggers on Weibo and WeChat groups.

Among them, the number of traditional internal combustion engine vehicles was 272,100, up 43.50 percent year-on-year and up 37.64 percent from the previous week.

Insurance registrations for NEVs were 128,300, up 26.63 percent year-on-year and up 13.89 percent from the previous week. This means that the penetration rate of NEVs was 32 percent last week.

(OTCMKTS: BYDDY) NEVs registered 43,490 units last week, up from 38,414 units the week before. In the first and second weeks of March, BYD's numbers were 38,932 and 37,141 units, respectively.

(NASDAQ: TSLA) saw 15,886 units for the week, down from 18,712 units the week before. Insurance registrations for Tesla vehicles in China were 13,266 and 17,032 in the first and second weeks of March, respectively.

This means that over the past four weeks, Tesla vehicles have had 64,896 insurance registrations in China.

If Tesla vehicles register the same number of insurance units this week as last week, it may deliver a record number of vehicles in China in March, surpassing the 77,938 units delivered in June 2022.

Tesla has a factory in Shanghai that makes the Model 3 and the Model Y. Its pattern is to produce cars for export in the first half of the quarter and for the local market in the second half.

NIO (NYSE: NIO) vehicles had 1,909 insurance registrations last week, up from 1,775 the week before. The company's insurance registration figures for the first and second weeks of March were 3,345 and 2,170, respectively.

NIO guided earlier this month for first-quarter deliveries of between 31,000 and 33,000 vehicles, meaning that March deliveries are expected to be between 10,337 and 12,337.

NIO is on track to meet its guidance, with 9,199 vehicles registered for insurance in the last four weeks, although the first week of March included the last two days of February.

(NYSE: XPEV) vehicles had 1,564 insurance registrations last week, up from 1,296 the previous week. The number was 1,421 and 1,635 in the first and second weeks, respectively, for a four-week total of 5,916 vehicles.

XPeng previously guided for first-quarter vehicle deliveries of 18,000 to 19,000 units, meaning March deliveries are expected to be between 6,772 and 7,772 units.

(NASDAQ: LI) vehicles saw 5,081 insurance registrations last week, down from 5,438 the week before. It posted figures of 3,222 and 4,243 for the first and second weeks of March, respectively, for a four-week total of 17,984 vehicles.

Li Auto guided for first-quarter deliveries of 52,000 to 55,000 vehicles, implying a year-on-year increase of 64.0 percent to 73.4 percent.

Li Auto's guidance of 52,000 to 55,000 vehicles for the first quarter implies March deliveries are expected to be 20,239 to -23,239 vehicles.

had 2,934 insurance registrations last week, and its numbers for the first three weeks of March were 4,109, 988, and 515, respectively.

was at 1,214 units last week, and that figure was 1,814, 1,043, and 913 units in the first three weeks.

China NEV insurance registrations for week ending Mar 19: BYD 38,414, Tesla 18,712, NIO 1,775

Weekly NEV insurance registrations in China in 2023

WkBYDTeslaNIOXPengLi AutoBMWZeekrNetaNEVAll
03/20-03/2643,49015,8861,9091,5645,0811,2142,934128,300400,400
03/13-03/1938,41418,7121,7751,2965,4381,847913515689112,650310,341
03/06-03/1237,14117,0322,1701,6354,2431,4861,043988522107,767308,726
02/27-03/0538,93213,2663,3451,4213,2221,6631,8144,109515116,238345,340
02/20-02/2639,47310,7053,3571,6855,3871,7921,8552,152401111,983331,238
02/13-02/1937,0265,9133,1741,4634,2382,2711,4431,038329100,408303,101
02/06-02/1231,4176,9633,0451,3964,0626825471,170NA85,572280,741
01/30-02/0524,2808,6431,9489752,2405935543,96411469,692267,843
01/23-01/295,2803,356427210990NA89NANA17,94592,600
01/16-01/2224,7087,4963,0081,0684,903NA657NANA67,500330,400
01/09-01/1540,42012,6542,9631,8174,5272,6871,35942023799,041438,000
01/02-01/0835,9242,1102,8181,5513,7042,1031,5112388077,000290,000

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Tesla starts deliveries of new Model S and Model X in China

Deliveries of the new Model S and Model X have begun in the Chinese mainland, nine years after the first vehicle entered the country in 2014.  |  TSLA.US

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has started deliveries of the new Model S and Model X in China, although its China website shows expected delivery dates for both models in the second quarter.

Deliveries of the new Model S and Model X have begun in the Chinese mainland, nine years after the first Tesla vehicle entered the country in 2014, Tesla said today on Weibo.

Tesla did not provide any more information on Weibo, and its China website shows expected delivery dates for both models in the second quarter.

Here's a video Tesla shared on Weibo showing a large number of the new Model S and Model X being shipped to China.

On January 6, Tesla announced the prices of the new Model S and Model X, which are not produced locally, in China at the same time as it significantly reduced the prices of the Model 3 and Model Y.

The Tesla Model S is available in China in two versions, a regular version with dual motors and all-wheel drive, and a Plaid version with tri motors and all-wheel drive.

The Model S starts at RMB 789,900 ($114,790) and the Model S Plaid starts at RMB 1,009,900.

The Model X is also available in China in two versions, a regular version with dual-motor all-wheel drive and a Plaid version with tri-motor all-wheel drive.

The Model X starts at RMB 879,900 and the Model X Plaid starts at RMB 1,039,900.

On February 28, six imported Tesla pure electric vehicles, which were driven out of containers at the Nangang Terminal of Shanghai Yangshan Port, were inspected on site by customs officers, a previous report by Shanghai Securities News said.

On March 15, Tianjin Port Group said the latest batch of 867 Tesla new Model S and Model X vehicles arrived in Tianjin.

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XPeng begins P7i deliveries in China

's store traffic and test drives have reached new highs in recent months following the launch of the P7i, the company's management said earlier this month.  |  XPeng US | XPeng HK

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XPeng (NYSE: XPEV) has begun deliveries of the P7i in China, where the sedan was officially launched earlier this month.

XPeng recently began the first deliveries of the P7i, a facelift of its flagship P7 sedan, in seven cities, according to an article posted yesterday by the electric vehicle (EV) maker on its mobile app.

The seven cities are Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Hangzhou, Chengdu, and Chongqing, where XPeng held the P7i delivery ceremonies, according to the article.

XPeng did not disclose the number of P7i vehicles that were delivered in the first batch.

The P7i is the shortest time between the official launch and delivery of any XPeng model, as the company may be concerned that keeping consumers waiting too long could lead to lost orders.

XPeng officially launched the P7i in China on March 10, offering only four versions with a starting price of RMB 249,900 ($36,390).

The XPeng P7i continues to be built on the regular 400 V platform, rather than the 800 V high-voltage platform used by the G9.

However, the P7i's maximum charging power has been increased from its predecessor's 90 kW to 175 kW, and can be charged from 10 percent to 80 percent in 29 minutes.

The Pro version of the XPeng P7i comes standard with an Nvidia Orin-X Smart Drive chip with 254 TOPS of computing power. The Max version of the model comes standard with two Orin-X chips as well as two LiDARs.

The P7i's predecessor, the P7, was the XPeng's main seller for a long time, selling 59,066 units in 2022, contributing 49 percent of the XPeng's annual sales of 120,757 units, according to data monitored by CnEVPost.

Following the launch of the P7i, XPeng's store traffic and test drives have reached new highs in recent months, He Xiaopeng, the company's chairman and CEO, said during a March 17 analyst call after the company reported fourth-quarter earnings.

The P7i has been well received by customers for its smart features, styling and performance, as well as its other clear advantages against similar products, he said.

Amid the market's prevailing weakness in new order intake, XPeng outperformed the market with a 100 percent increase in new orders in February compared to the previous month, Mr. He said.

With the strong momentum in orders following the official launch of the P7i, XPeng expects total new orders in March to grow significantly month-on-month, he said, adding that this marks the company's initial success following a comprehensive transformation, which has also boosted morale.

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