Within the second complete week of August, the Chinese language EV market primarily was up. The Nio model grew 20%, Onvo 18%, Xpeng remained flat, whereas Tesla grew about 5%, in contrast with the week earlier than.
Nio Group registered 7,190 EVs, up about 18% from 6,100 the week earlier than.
The weekly model’s EV gross sales have been printed by Li Auto. Nevertheless, Li Auto ceased publishing them in March 2025 after the China Affiliation of Car Producers (CAAM) “really useful” that Li Auto, media and any third events finish it. CAAM says weekly knowledge “undermines the business order” and “fuels vicious competitors.” Since then, Li Auto has printed solely its personal weekly EV registration.
The weekly knowledge are utilized by consultants, analysts, or buyers to see the gross sales pattern and forecast month-to-month deliveries. They present what number of vehicles have been registered for highway visitors, which may be later in contrast with automakers’ self-reported month-to-month gross sales, which, not like registrations, embody vehicles for showrooms, take a look at vehicles, and different makes use of.
Most of China’s media have adopted CAAM’s suggestion to cease publishing weekly figures. CarNewsChina continues to publish weekly insurance coverage registrations, based mostly on China EV DataTracker knowledge.
The numbers are rounded and current the model’s new power car (NEV) gross sales in China, the federal government time period for BEVs, PHEVs, and EREVs (vary extenders). To be utterly exact, it additionally consists of hydrogen autos (FCEVs), however their gross sales are virtually non-existent in China.
Week 33 of 2025 (W33) was between August 11 and August 17.
BYD model registered 65,200 autos, up 19.0% from 54,800 the week earlier than, however down 16.94% from 78,500 in the identical week final yr. Within the first two full weeks of August (4-17), BYD registered 120,000 autos in China.
Fang Cheng Bao registered 3,360 autos, up 12.0% from 3,000 the week earlier than, and up 122.52% from 1,510 in the identical week final yr. Within the first two weeks of August, Fang Cheng Bao registered 6,360 autos in China.
Denza registered 2,230 autos, up 31.2% from 1,700 the week earlier than, and up 31.18% from 1,700 in the identical week final yr. Within the first two weeks of August, Denza registered 3,930 autos in China.
Tesla registered 14,000 autos, up 4.5% from 13,400 the week earlier than, however down 2.10% from 14,300 in the identical week final yr. Within the first full two weeks of August (4-17), Tesla registered 27,400 autos in China.
Leapmotor registered 10,400 autos, up 11.8% from 9,300 the week earlier than, and up 96.23% from 5,300 in the identical week final yr. Within the first two weeks of August, Leapmotor registered 19,700 autos in China.
Xpeng registered 7,900 autos, the identical because the week earlier than, however up 243.48% from 2,300 in the identical week final yr. Within the first two weeks of August, Xpeng registered 15,800 autos in China.
Aito registered 7,700 autos, up 10.0% from 7,000 the week earlier than, and up 37.50% from 5,600 in the identical week final yr. Within the first two weeks of August, Aito registered 14,700 autos in China.
Xiaomi registered 7,170 autos, up 5.4% from 6,800 the week earlier than, and up 175.77% from 2,600 in the identical week final yr. Within the first two weeks of August, Xiaomi registered 13,970 autos in China.
Li Auto registered 5,600 autos, up 5.7% from 5,300 the week earlier than, however down 47.66% from 10,700 in the identical week final yr. Within the first two weeks of August, Li Auto registered 10,900 autos in China.
GAC Aion registered 5,000 autos, up 6.4% from 4,700 the week earlier than, however down 27.54% from 6,900 in the identical week final yr.
Deepal registered 4,000 autos, up 8.1% from 3,700 the week earlier than, and up 29.03% from 3,100 in the identical week final yr. Within the first two weeks of August, Deepal registered 7,700 autos in China.
Onvo registered 3,790 autos, up 18.4% from 3,200 the week earlier than. Within the first two weeks of August, Onvo registered 6,990 autos in China.
Nio registered 2,520 autos, up 20.0% from 2,100 the week earlier than, however down 23.64% from 3,300 in the identical week final yr. Within the first two weeks of August, Nio registered 4,620 autos in China.
Firefly registered 880 autos, up 25.7% from 700 the week earlier than. Within the first two weeks of August, Firefly registered 1,580 autos in China.
Zeekr registered 3,300 autos, the identical because the week earlier than, however down 5.71% from 3,500 in the identical week final yr. Within the first two weeks of August, Zeekr registered 6,600 autos in China.
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