

Indeed, sales of electrically-chargeable cars increased 10-fold over the past five years, reaching 1.7m units last year (or 18% of the total market).

The auto industry is already placing hundreds of models of low- and zero-emission vehicles on the market, but has serious concerns about the slow deployment of the infrastructure needed to charge and refuel these vehicles. Luo also noted that the industry faces challenges around the pandemic, rising prices of raw materials and chip shortages. In the first quarter, China set up 492,000 charging piles, up 3.6 times year-on-year and 154 battery swap stations, up 1.6 times year-on-year. The construction of battery swapping and charging infrastructure has been accelerated. The production of battery swap NEVs reached around 40,000 units, up 82 percent year-on-year. The production and sales of fuel cell vehicles increased by 7.2 times and 3.9 times year-on-year, respectively. Chinese-brand NEVs have posted a growth of 1.5 times, which is higher than the overall market. The market share of NEVs accounted for 19.3 percent of the vehicle sector, up 11.4 percentage points year-on-year. In the first quarter, the production and sales of NEVs reached 1.29 million and 1.26 million units respectively, both up 140 percent compared with same period of 2021. Currently, the group's third Volkswagen electric vehicle plant inĬhina's new energy vehicle market reached a milestone with its volume totaling 10.33 million units, Luo Junjie, spokesman for the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said at a news conference on Tuesday. The new digital sales and services company will also explore novel business models such as innovative data-driven services tailored to customers' e-mobility requirements. Volkswagen Anhui focuses on NEV R&D and manufacturing based on the group's renowned modular electric drive matrix (MEB) platform. With an office area of about 10,000 square meters, the new company will form an integral link in the value chain of the group's joint venture, Volkswagen Anhui. As we strive to become the market leader in e-mobility, our customers can expect to enjoy the latest Volkswagen Anhui-produced new energy vehicle models through this company in the not-so-distant future," said Stephan Wollenstein, CEO of Volkswagen Group China. "This new digital sales and services company is an exciting chapter in the group's investment in e-mobility and another milestone in our partnership with Anhui province. The new company is expected to complete the group's entire value chain in terms of manufacturing, R&D, testing, sales and marketing, as well as customer services, according to the group. Volkswagen Group China plans to establish a new digital sales and services company in Hefei, capital of East China's Anhui province, the carmaker announced on Tuesday. One year later, during the worst of the pandemic, MG increased its volume to almost 13,000 cars, and was followed by the introduction of Polestar in Europe with 9,755 units, the Dacia Spring and other minor Chinese In that year, the brand registered 1,738 units. In 2019, only MG (owned by Chinese SAIC) sold electric cars made in China. The sales growth of these vehicles is spectacular. They include Tesla, Dacia, Polestar and BMW. In fact, they only counted for 15% of those units, as the majority of these made-in-China cars were produced by Western OEMs. This does not mean that all of those cars had a Chinese badge on them. In total, from the 1.2 million electric passenger cars that were registered in Europe last year, more than 175,700 units were made in China. The Chinese origin was ahead of other European nations such as France, where the production of BEVs is being strongly boosted. These cars made up almost 15% of BEV (Battery Electric Vehicles) registrations in 2021, or the second highest share only behind Germany. The second most popular origin for pure electric cars registered last year in Europe was China.
