Overview
- Industry data show manufacturers’ November production, exports and wholesales reached monthly highs, with passenger-car exports hitting a record and NEV retail penetration at 59.3%.
- From January to November, autonomous-brand NEV exports rose to 1.78 million, up 139% year over year, lifting NEVs to 40.6% of自主 passenger-car exports.
- Chery reported November sales of 272,536 vehicles, including a record 116,794 NEVs (+50.1%) and 136,728 exports (+30.3%), with year-to-date totals of 2.56 million sales, 1.20 million exports and 814,685 NEVs.
- Huawei ecosystem milestones included Shangjie H5 reaching 20,000 deliveries after topping 10,000 in November and extending its purchase-tax subsidy, while the flagship Zhijie V9 MPV was officially announced and a Shangjie high-end coupé was teased for spring.
- Technology and model rollouts accelerated as FAW Bestune moved to deploy Horizon’s HSD urban assisted-driving on the Journey 6P platform, SAIC-GM-Wuling set a Dec. 11 global debut for the Star 560 with fuel, plug-in hybrid and pure-electric versions, and Nissan China’s November sales rose 10.29% to 70,084 units.