Domestic car sales ranking in July: Volkswagen plummeted, while BYD New Energy soared 82.94%

Recently, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers announced the sales of major automakers in the domestic market in July. The top three are SAIC, GAC and Changan. BYD's sales increased by 82.94% compared with the same period last year, mainly from its new energy vehicle models, making it the biggest winner.

In terms of specific data, SAIC, which ranked first, sold 352,546 vehicles in July, a year-on-year decrease of 22% compared with 457,558 vehicles in the same period last year. The main reason is still the production reduction caused by the chip shortage since last year.

However, the performance of SAIC Volkswagen, a joint venture brand of SAIC, was also not good. Data showed that the wholesale volume of SAIC Volkswagen in June was only 65,000 vehicles, a sharp drop of 54.63% year-on-year.

GAC and Geely, which ranked second and third, sold 180,518 and 99,275 vehicles respectively in July. Their sales also declined to varying degrees, but considering the overall sales for the whole year, the year-on-year growth remained above double digits.

The most impressive sales performances were achieved by Chery and BYD, which ranked fourth and fifth.

Chery's sales in July were 83,678 units, up 49.6% year-on-year, continuing the high growth trend since the beginning of this year. In the seven months, the cumulative sales of vehicles were 508,415 units, a surge of 74.6% year-on-year.

BYD sold 57,410 vehicles in July, up 82.94% year-on-year, making it the fastest growing automaker on the list. Among BYD's sales, 50,057 were new energy vehicles, up 262% year-on-year, of which 25,061 were equipped with BYD's super hybrid DM-i, and the other 24,996 were pure electric EV models.

Sales of new energy vehicles accounted for 87% of the total sales, and the proportion of pure electric vehicles reached 44%. BYD's blade battery technology and super hybrid system contributed greatly to this, making BYD one of the most successful traditional car companies in the world's new energy transformation.

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