In February, the consumption of new energy vehicles picked up quickly, and the momentum of ＂going out to sea＂ was strong
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 11 th: Consumption is picking up quickly, and the momentum of "going out to sea" is booming — — Observation on the development of new energy automobile industry in February
Xinhua news agency reporter
Production and sales increased by 48.8% and 55.9% year-on-year, 30% and 28.7% quarter-on-quarter, and exports increased by 79.5% year-on-year & hellip; … According to the data released by China Automobile Industry Association on the 10th, the production and sales of new energy vehicles in China maintained a steady growth trend in February, and the export also showed a strong momentum, which continued to be a bright spot in the development of the automobile industry.
According to Chen Shihua, Deputy Secretary General of China Automobile Industry Association, the production and sales of new energy vehicles in China reached 552,000 and 525,000 respectively in February, with a market share of 26.6%. From January to February this year, the production and sales of new energy vehicles in China reached 977,000 and 933,000, up by 18.1% and 20.8% respectively, with a market share of 25.7%.
On the weekend, Zhou Lei, a citizen of Hefei, was experiencing the Weilai ET5 model in Weilai Center of China Resources Vientiane City in Shushan District, Hefei. "Compared with fuel vehicles, new energy vehicles are generally smarter and have lower use costs." He said that different brands of new energy vehicles are being compared recently, and the experience is not bad.
In a new energy automobile production enterprise in Hefei Economic and Technological Development Zone, workers work on the whole vehicle production line. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Xie Chen)
In February, the new energy vehicle market picked up steadily. Among them, BYD’s sales of new energy vehicles reached 193,655, a year-on-year increase of 112.6%; Weilai Automobile delivered 12,157 new cars, a year-on-year increase of 98.3%; LI delivered 16,620 new cars, a year-on-year increase of 97.5%; The sales volume of GAC Ai ‘an reached 30,086 vehicles, up 252.9% year-on-year.
"We are optimistic about the annual sales growth." Li Bin, founder of Weilai Automobile, said that Weilai’s overall sales have made remarkable progress. Recently, its market share of high-end pure electricity with a price of over 300,000 yuan has been continuously improved. By the end of February, the sales volume of ET5 in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai had surpassed that of the same-file hot-selling joint venture vehicle for 10 consecutive weeks.
The sustained growth of the new energy vehicle market has benefited from the continuous efforts of policies supporting and encouraging the development of the new energy vehicle industry and automobile consumption in many parts of the country since the beginning of this year, and escorting enterprises to innovate and develop and open up markets.
Guangdong Province proposes that qualified cities can introduce policies to support new energy vehicles going to the countryside and organize the activities of "benefiting the people" for new energy vehicles going to the countryside; Shanghai continues to implement subsidies for replacement of new energy vehicles and continues to be exempt from vehicle purchase tax; Anhui Province indicated that it will speed up the popularization and application of new energy vehicles in the public domain, promote the construction of charging infrastructure and enrich the automobile financial service … …
The picture shows the assembly line of Guangzhou Automobile Aian New Energy Automobile Co., Ltd. in Panyu District, Guangzhou. Xinhua News Agency reporter Deng Hua photo
Chen Shihua believes that at present, China’s new energy vehicles have gradually entered a period of comprehensive market expansion. Continued efforts of policies will help the industry to overcome the influence of multiple factors, maintain a steady development momentum and consolidate its dominant position.
Automobile export is becoming an important engine to promote the rapid development of automobile industry. In February, China’s automobile exports continued a good trend, including 87,000 new energy vehicles, up 79.5% year-on-year. BYD exported 17,000 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 12 times.
Yin Tongyue, chairman of Chery Automobile Co., Ltd., said that China’s automobile industry is experiencing a key transformation from "big to strong": on the one hand, it must do a deep job in "internal strength" such as quality and safety, technological innovation and system construction, and constantly lay a solid industrial foundation; On the other hand, it is necessary to accelerate the development of digitalization and globalization, participate in global competition at a higher level, and constantly climb to the high end of the industrial value chain.
Technological innovation is the core driving force for China to move from "automobile power" to "automobile power". New energy automobile enterprises constantly improve their brand and product competitiveness through technological innovation, and consumers’ recognition will be higher and higher.
"Our production and sales volume went from the 1 ST to the 1 millionth, which took 13 years; From 1 million to 2 million vehicles, it only took one year; It took only half a year from 2 million to 3 million. " The relevant person in charge of BYD Group said that the rapid development of BYD’s new energy vehicles benefited from the company’s emphasis on independent innovation and mastery of core technologies.
"The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will work with relevant departments to study and clarify the continuation policies such as tax reduction and exemption for new energy vehicles as soon as possible, and revise and release ‘ Double integral ’ Management measures to further increase the promotion and application of new energy vehicles. " Xin Guobin, vice minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said recently that China’s new energy automobile industry will continue to maintain a good development trend this year. (Reporter Wu Huijun, Gao Kang, Wu Tao, Sun Fei)