Reporter Wu Yuli
Nezha breaks through the sales ceiling of “Wei Xiaoli”
Specifically, Nezha delivered a total of 16,000 vehicles in August, a year-on-year increase of 142%; Nezha delivered a total of 93,200 vehicles from January to August.
Leapmotor delivered 12,000 vehicles in August, the same as the previous month, an increase of 180% year-on-year; from January to August this year, it delivered a total of 76,600 vehicles.
Nezha and Leapmotor, two new second-tier automakers, not only maintained stable sales of over 10,000 units for several months, but Nezha broke through the monthly sales of 16,000 units. Currently, the sales ceiling of “Weixiaoli” is about 15,000 units. .
Compared with Nezha and Leapao, the year-on-year growth rate of “Weixiaoli” slowed down.
NIO delivered a total of 10,700 new vehicles in August, a year-on-year increase of 81.6%. From January to August this year, NIO delivered 71,600 new cars, a year-on-year increase of 28.3%; NIO’s historical cumulative delivery volume was 238,600.
Xiaopeng Motors, which has won the top sales many times before, delivered 9,578 vehicles in August, a year-on-year increase of 33%. Among them, Xpeng’s flagship model P7 delivered 5,745 vehicles, Xpeng P5 delivered 2,678 vehicles, and Xpeng G3 series delivered 1,155 vehicles. Since the beginning of this year, Xiaopeng Motors has delivered more than 90,000 vehicles, an increase of 95.9% compared with the same period last year.
Ideal Auto delivered 4,571 vehicles in August, a year-on-year and month-on-month decrease of more than 50%; from January to August this year, Ideal delivered a total of 75,400 vehicles, an increase of 56.5% year-on-year; its historical cumulative delivery is nearly 200,000 vehicles.
In addition, the catch-up of new car-making brands under the traditional car companies has also achieved initial results. Celis (formerly Xiaokang Co., Ltd.) andHuaweiFor the first time, the sales volume of the Wenjie M5 created by the cooperation exceeded 10,000 units, and the delivery volume in August reached 10,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 12 times and a month-on-month increase of 29%.
Jikr’s Jikr 001 model hit a new monthly delivery record, with 7,166 units delivered in August, a month-on-month increase of 42.7%; since delivery began in the fourth quarter of last year, its historical cumulative delivery volume has reached 37,000 units. It is worth noting that with the unabated growth of second-tier new power brands, the sales crown may also change hands this year. From January to August, Nezha Auto delivered a total of 93,200 units, surpassing Xiaopeng, which delivered a total of 90,000 units, and leads the current sales list of new car manufacturers.
The sales of second-tier new forces exceed “Wei Xiaoli” or become the norm
For the second-tier new forces to overtake the sales of leading companies, the industry generally believes that this will become the norm.
Zhang Xiang, a specially-appointed expert and auto analyst from China Bolian Think Tank, told The Paper, “The main models of Nezha and Leapmotor are all below 100,000 yuan. The auto market is like a pyramid. The smaller the capacity; the more affordable the economy car market is.”
Zhang Xiang pointed out that the current average sales price of fuel vehicles is about 170,000 yuan, and the average sales price of new energy vehicles is also less than 200,000 yuan. The market capacity above 200,000 yuan is generally small.
In addition, Zhang Xiang also said that new energy vehicles are currently sinking, and the first private car owners to accept new energy vehicles generally choose high-end models, so the current growth rate of this market is relatively slow.
The market is also expecting a sharp decline in the sales of ideal cars.
Li Auto is at the point of replacing old and new models, Li Li L9 has just started delivery, Li Li ONE “flat version” L8 is also close at hand. Shen Yanan, co-founder and president of Ideal Motors, revealed on September 1, “The Ideal L8 will be released in early November 2022, and deliveries will begin the same month it is released.”
In addition to ideals, Weilai and Xiaopeng are also about to usher in the new car delivery period. Xpeng Motors’ first global smart flagship SUV, the Xpeng G9, will be officially launched in September. This model will also make up for the lack of Xpeng Motors products in the large SUV market.
NIO said that its 2022 ES8, ES6, EC6 equipped with the Alder intelligent system, and the NIO ES7, a medium and large-scale smart electric SUV, are being delivered one after another. The first vehicles of the smart electric coupe NIO ET5 will be delivered on September 30.
The relevant person in charge of NIO said, “NIO’s product switching season this year is basically over, and it will enter a stable development period.” However, the other party also emphasized that the company’s stable development is not limited to sales data, but will also pay more attention to The development trend of the enterprise itself.