A Neta (Nezha) V electrical automotive is on show on the Hozon Auto stand throughout an auto display in Tianjin, China, on Oct. 4, 2021.
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BEIJING — Tesla and BYD remained via some distance the marketplace leaders in China’s electrical automotive marketplace in 2021, whilst new competition emerged towards smaller competitors like Nio, in keeping with the China Passenger Automotive Affiliation.
Funds electrical automotive Hongguang Mini retained the best-selling spot — greater than tripling gross sales closing 12 months to 395,451 gadgets, the affiliation knowledge confirmed Thursday.
However costlier automobiles from Tesla and BYD ruled the highest automobiles offered within the new power automobile class, which contains battery-powered and hybrid automobiles.
Here is the checklist of most sensible 15 best-selling new power passenger automobiles, together with SUVs, in China for 2021:
1. Hongguan Mini (SAIC-GM-Wuling)
2. Qin (BYD)
3. Fashion Y (Tesla)
4. Fashion 3 (Tesla)
5. Han (BYD)
6. Tune (BYD)
7. Li One (Li Auto)
8. eQ (Chery)
9. Benben EV (Changan)
10. Aion S (GAC Motor spin-off)
11. Ora Black Cat (Nice Wall Motor)
12. P7 (Xpeng)
13. Tang (BYD)
14. Ora Excellent Cat (Nice Wall Motor)
15. Nezha V (Hozon Auto)
3 BYD fashions ranked a number of the most sensible 10, with the BYD Qin sedan attaining gross sales of 187,227 gadgets — and outselling all Tesla fashions.
Shut in the back of the BYD Qin was once Tesla’s Fashion Y, which introduced in China closing 12 months and leaped to the highest of the high-end new power SUV class with 169,853 gadgets offered in 2021, in keeping with the affiliation.
Tesla’s Fashion 3 got here subsequent, with 150,890 gadgets offered closing 12 months, up just about 10% from 2020, the knowledge confirmed.
Some in China’s auto trade have forged doubt at the accuracy of the affiliation’s figures. However the numbers can mirror broader tendencies.
Li Auto’s hybrid Li One made the highest 10 checklist of latest power passenger automobiles, whilst Xpeng’s P7 sedan made the highest 15.
A rather newcomer to the marketplace, the low-priced, totally electrical Nezha V SUV took fifteenth position, and driven 3 way more pricey Nio fashions even decrease within the gross sales ratings.
Nezha is a logo beneath start-up Hozon Auto, and closed a 4 billion yuan ($625 million) investment spherical within the fourth quarter. Costs for the Nezha V delivery at 62,900 yuan ($9,722) after subsidies. When compared, Nio’s ES6 SUV begins at 346,660 yuan after subsidies.
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