In April 2025, 1.755 million passenger autos (sedans, SUVs, and MPVs) have been offered in retail in China, a year-on-year enhance of 14.5% and a month-on-month lower of 9.4%, bringing the cumulative annual gross sales quantity to six.872 million autos, based on the China Passenger Automobile Affiliation (CPCA). The manufacturing quantity was larger with 2.23 million passenger autos produced, up 11.2% year-on-year and down 10.3% month-on-month, bringing the cumulative annual manufacturing quantity to eight.544 million autos.
Rating | Automakers | April Retail Gross sales Quantity | Market Share | Y-on-Y Change |
1 | BYD | 269,000 | 15.3% | 5.8% |
2 | Geely | 210,000 | 12.0% | 81.4% |
3 | FAW-Volkswagen | 111,000 | 6.3% | -7.2% |
4 | Changan | 105,000 | 6.0% | 27.4% |
5 | Chery | 95,000 | 5.4% | 19.7% |
6 | SAIC-Volkswagen | 83,000 | 4.7% | 5.9% |
7 | FAW-Toyota | 65,000 | 3.7% | 32.4% |
8 | SAIC-GM-Wuling | 61,000 | 3.5% | 38.1% |
9 | GAC-Toyota | 60,000 | 3.4% | 14.9% |
10 | Nice Wall Motor | 55,000 | 3.1% | 20.3% |
Home Chinese language manufacturers offered 1.15 million passenger autos, up 31% year-on-year and down 5% month-on-month, accounting for 65.5% of the market share. BYD continued to guide, instantly adopted by Geely whereas Changan, Chery, and Nice Wall Motor all made it to the highest ten record. Alternatively, three way partnership manufacturers offered 440,000 autos, down 3% year-on-year and eight% month-on-month. Particularly, the retail market share of German, Japanese, and American manufacturers was 15.6%, 12.2%, and 4.8%, respectively.
NEV Sort | April Retail Gross sales Quantity | Y-on-Y Change |
BEV | 559,000 | 38.2% |
PHEV | 260,000 | 25.9% |
EREV | 86,000 | 32.7% |
Whole | 905,000 | 33.9% |
Particularly, 905,000 new power passenger autos have been offered, a year-on-year enhance of 33.9% and a month-on-month lower of 8.7%, attaining a penetration price of 51.5%. From January to April, the cumulative retail gross sales reached 3.324 million items, a rise of 35.7%.
Rating | Automakers | April NEV Retail Gross sales Quantity |
1 | BYD | 268,778 |
2 | Geely | 118,813 |
3 | Changan | 60,606 |
4 | SAIC-GM-Wuling | 51,828 |
5 | Chery | 36,977 |
6 | Li Auto | 33,939 |
7 | Xpeng | 31,343 |
8 | Tesla China | 28,731 |
9 | Xiaomi | 28,585 |
10 | Leapmotor | 28,317 |
11 | HIMA | 27,555 |
12 | GAC Aion | 26,428 |
13 | Nice Wall Motor | 25,118 |
14 | Nio Group | 23,900 |
15 | Dongfeng | 23,872 |
Moreover, the retail NEV market share of home conventional Chinese language manufacturers, three way partnership manufacturers, and NEV startups was 73%, 3.4%, and 19.4%. Tesla China’s retail market share was 3.2%.
Supply: CPCA
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