This report is based on the “New Energy Vehicle (NEV) Industry Research Report” prepared by the Chinese consulting firm Key Allies; the report was edited and translated by MarkLines.

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Table 1) NEV sales volume (thousand units)	Table 2) NEV sales share by vehicle type

Table 3) NEV monthly sales volume (thousand units)

(China registrations)

  May 2022 sales of New Energy Vehicles in China increased 80.5% year-over-year (y/y) to 342,000 units. 1,667,000 New Energy Vehicles were sold in the January-May period, up 103.3% over the same period last year. Passenger cars accounted for 97.0% of New Energy Vehicle sales, trucks for 1.5%, and buses for 1.5%.

  By province, sales from January through May 2022 were 259,000 units in Guangdong, up 110.9% y/y. 190,000 units were sold in the same period in Zhejiang, up 107.1% y/y, and 147,000 units were sold in Jiangsu, an increase of 130.3% y/y. By city, sales in Shenzhen were 76,000 units, an increase of 45.5% y/y; in Chengdu, sales were 61,000 units, an increase of 185.6% y/y; and in Shanghai, sales were down 37.5% to 57,000 units.

Table 4) Top 10 provinces and cities by NEV sales, January to May 2022 (thousand units)

Table 5) NEV sales volume of the top 10 OEMs in the top 3 provinces (units)

(China registrations)