China Automobile Industry Association (CAIA) released production and sales data of the automobile industry in September on October 13th.
Compared with August, the data in September has a rapid growth, with slower year-on-year decline of production and a small growth of sales. For the aggregate data from January to September, production has a slight decline and sales maintains flat, compared with the same period in last year.
The maintenance of high-growth of alternative energy vehicle production and sales is a highlight in the Chinese automobile market.
According to the CAIA data, the alternative energy vehicle has a production number of 28,324 and sales number of 28,092 in September, increasing 2.1 and 2.2 times respectively compared with the previous year. Battery electric vehicle has a production number of 20,365 and sales number of 19,228 in September, increasing 2.7 and 2.9 times respectively compared with the previous year. Plug-in hybrid electric vehiclehas a production number of 7,959 and sales number of 8,864 in September, increasing1.1and 1.3 times respectively compared with the previous year.
The alternative energy vehicle has a production number of 144,284 and sales number of 136,733fromJanuary to September, increasing 2.0 and 2.3 times respectively compared with the same period in previous year. Battery electric vehicle has a production number of 93,032 and sales number of 87,531from January to September, increasing 2.0 and 2.7 times respectively compared with the same period in previous year. Plug-in hybrid electric vehiclehas a production number of 51,252 and sales number of 49,202from January to September, increasing 1.9 and 1.8 times respectively compared with the same period in previous year.
