The China EV market was primarily up within the final week of Could, with Nio Group being an exception. Xiaomi was up 14%, Tesla was up 19%, and BYD was up 12% in contrast with the earlier week. Nio was down 22%, Onvo 10% and Firefly 12%.
Key occasions to look at
- BYD’s new model Fang Cheng Bao outsold Denza for the primary time
- Xiaomi topped its all-time excessive from week 13 with 7,800 bought automobiles and 254.5% year-on-year development
- Nio Group was the one EV maker down in week 22 of the yr, with all its subrands additionally down
- Nio Group bought 5,400 automobiles, down 17.3% from final week.
- Nio 3,000
- Onvo: 1,400
- Firefly 1,000
- Li Auto had its greatest week in 2025, asserting dominance amongst EV startups after a back-and-forth gross sales combat for the highest spot between Leapmotor, Xpeng and Li Auto round week 17 in April
The weekly gross sales had been revealed by Li Auto. Nonetheless, Li Auto ceased publishing them in March 2025 after the China Affiliation of Car Producers (CAAM) “really helpful” 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 revealed solely its personal weekly EV registration.
The weekly knowledge are utilized by consultants, analysts, or traders to see the gross sales pattern and forecast month-to-month deliveries. They present what number of automobiles had been registered for highway visitors, which might be later in contrast with automakers’ self-reported month-to-month gross sales, which, not like registrations, embody automobiles for showrooms, check automobiles, 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 new power car (NEV) gross sales, the Chinese language time period for BEVs, PHEVs, and EREVs (vary extenders). To be fully exact, it additionally contains hydrogen automobiles (FCEVs), however their gross sales are nearly non-existent in China.
Week 22 of 2025 (W22) was between Could 26 and June 1.
BYD registered 59,800 automobiles, up 12.2% from 53,320 items the week earlier than, and rose 11.99% from 53,400 items in the identical week final yr. Within the first 4 weeks of Could, BYD registered 236,200 automobiles in China.
Fang Cheng Bao registered 3,600 automobiles, up 33.3% from 2,700 items the week earlier than. No comparable year-over-year knowledge is on the market. Within the first 4 weeks of Could, Fang Cheng Bao registered 11,720 automobiles in China.
Denza registered 3,200 automobiles, up 18.5% from 2,700 items the week earlier than, and rose 28.00% from 2,500 items in the identical week final yr. Within the first 4 weeks of Could, Denza registered 11,810 automobiles in China.
In Could, BYD bought 382,476 automobiles, up 15.3% from the identical month final yr.
Tesla registered 13,040 automobiles, up 18.9% from 10,970 items the week earlier than, however fell 14.21% from 15,200 items in the identical week final yr. Within the first 4 weeks of Could, Tesla registered 38,210 automobiles in China.
Li Auto registered 12,000 automobiles, up 14.6% from 10,475 items the week earlier than, and rose 42.86% from 8,400 items in the identical week final yr. Within the first 4 weeks of Could, Li Auto registered 39,875 automobiles in China.
Aito registered 10,200 automobiles, up 16.2% from 8,778 items the week earlier than, and rose 45.71% from 7,000 items in the identical week final yr. Within the first 4 weeks of Could, Aito registered 34,008 automobiles in China.
Geely registered 9,000 automobiles. There is no such thing as a prior week or year-over-year knowledge obtainable for comparability.
Leapmotor registered 8,400 automobiles, up 16.9% from 7,185 items the week earlier than, and rose 95.35% from 4,300 items in the identical week final yr. Within the first 4 weeks of Could, Leapmotor registered 30,885 automobiles in China.
In Could, Leapmotor delivered record-breaking 45,067 automobiles, surpassing its earlier all-time excessive from December 2024. The Could deliveries are up 148% from the identical month final yr.
Xiaomi registered 7,800 automobiles, up 14.4% from 6,819 items the week earlier than, and surged 254.55% from 2,200 items in the identical week final yr. Within the first 4 weeks of Could, Xiaomi registered 26,959 automobiles in China.
Xpeng registered 7,300 automobiles, up 28.1% from 5,700 items the week earlier than, and rose 192.00% from 2,500 items in the identical week final yr. Within the first 4 weeks of Could, Xpeng registered 25,680 automobiles in China.
Xpoeng delivered 33,525 automobiles in Could, the seventh consecutive month exceeding the 30,000 threshold. It additionally represents 230% development from Could 2024, when it delivered 10,146 items.
Deepal registered 5,300 automobiles, up 17.3% from 4,520 items the week earlier than, and rose 96.30% from 2,700 items in the identical week final yr. Within the first 4 weeks of Could, Deepal registered 19,020 automobiles in China.
Zeekr registered 4,100 automobiles, up 13.9% from 3,600 items the week earlier than, however fell 2.38% from 4,200 items in the identical week final yr. Within the first 4 weeks of Could, Zeekr registered 15,650 automobiles in China.
Nio registered 3,000 automobiles, down 21.9% from 3,840 items the week earlier than, and fell 55.22% from 6,700 items in the identical week final yr. Within the first 4 weeks of Could, Nio registered 15,010 automobiles in China.
Onvo registered 1,400 automobiles, down 10.3% from 1,560 items the week earlier than. No comparable year-over-year knowledge is on the market. Within the first 4 weeks of Could, Onvo registered 6,200 automobiles in China.
Firefly registered 1,000 automobiles, down 11.5% from 1,130 items the week earlier than. No comparable year-over-year knowledge is on the market. Within the first 4 weeks of Could, Firefly registered 3,430 automobiles in China.
Nio Group delivered 23,231 automobiles in Could, up 13% from 20,544 items in the identical month final yr and down 2.8% from 23,900 items in April.
- Nio model delivered 13,270 automobiles in Could, down 35.4% year-on-year
- Onvo delivered 6,281 automobiles in Could, up 42.8% from April
- Firefly delivered 3,680 automobiles in Could; no comparisons can be found as deliveries began on the finish of April
Avatr registered 2,400 automobiles, down 2.8% from 2,470 items the week earlier than. No comparable year-over-year knowledge is on the market. Within the first 4 weeks of Could, Avatr registered 9,900 automobiles in China.
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China EV registrations in week 21: Nio 3,840, Xpeng 5,700, Tesla 10,970, BYD 53,320
China EV registrations in week 20: Nio 4,240, Xiaomi 7,160, Tesla 11,130, BYD 55,100
China EV registrations in week 19: Tesla 3,070, Nio 3,930, Xpeng 6,870, BYD 67,980
