On May 23, weekly sales based on insurance registration data in China were revealed. Automakers buy these data regularly, and previously various insiders made them public every Tuesday. After some complaints, the bloggers stopped doing that in April, but Li Auto took over and published the data on its own, only rounded and only for NEV startups and premium brands.
Li Auto most likely didn’t do it out of altruism but to show how happy they are with their weekly sales. Two weeks ago, there were complaints about Li Auto again, so they stopped sharing the data. However, today Zhu Yulong took over and shared the third week of May data (May 15-21) on his Weibo account.
Li Auto got the first stop among the Chinese NEV startups and sold 7,100 range extended vehicles (EREV), Lepamotor sold 3000 budget vehicles, and premium Denza sold 2,600 of their premium EVs.
Geely’s brand Zeekr sold 2,000 EVs, and Shenlan (Deepal) did pretty well with 1,500 registrations. Huawei’s Aito sold fair enough 1,100 EVs. Rising Auto raised to the top 10 for the first time with 600 cars.
Tesla registered 10,200 vehicles in China in the third week of May.
The article is being updated.
Keyword: China NEV sales in the week of May 15-21: Li Auto 7100, Nio 1400, Tesla 10200