Newshot Global NEV sales return to growth at 2.09 million in October, China's exports hit a monthly record
IT Home, November 12: According to a Reuters report on the 12th, data released on Thursday by UK research firm Benchmark Mineral Intelligence shows that global sales of pure electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles returned to growth in October, mainly driven by an extremely low year-ago base in the US and continued growth in the European market.
查尔斯 · 莱斯特, data manager at Benchmark, told Reuters in an interview: "Although sales in China's domestic market declined, this also prompted many automakers to step up exports, significantly driving sales growth in other regions."
Global sales of new pure electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles reached 2.09 million units in October, up 8% year on year; cumulative sales in the first 10 months of this year totaled 17.5 million units, up 5% year on year.
莱斯特 noted that the year-on-year decline in China's market narrowed to 12%, and as automakers continued to push exports, exports of new energy passenger vehicles approached 600,000 units, setting another monthly record.
Sales in the European market rose 36% year on year, mainly driven by purchase subsidies, higher fuel prices, EU emissions regulations and an increase in available models.
In the US, because the federal EV tax credit was canceled, October this year was the first year-on-year comparison with a month that likewise did not enjoy the credit. 莱斯特 noted that although North American market sales rose 24% year on year and returned to a growth track, the US market has not truly recovered and is merely stabilizing at a low level.
IT Home learned from the data that sales in overseas markets other than North America rose 85% year on year, with total volume also exceeding the North American market, mainly thanks to growth in Chinese vehicle exports.
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