Auto & Transportation

The person in charge of the Department of Consumption Promotion of the Ministry of Commerce recently stated that from January to July, my country's automobile consumption has generally maintained a stable and positive trend. Among them, the sales of new energy vehicles hit a record high, and the volume of second-hand car transactions and the recycling of scrap motor vehicles have increased significantly.

The data shows that from January to July, the sales volume of new energy vehicles by production enterprises was 1.478 million, exceeding the full-year level of 2020. In July, sales of 271,000 vehicles, an increase of 1.6 times year-on-year, refreshed a single-month historical record. From January to July, the transaction volume of second-hand cars was 9.893 million, a year-on-year increase of 46.0%. In July, the transaction volume of second-hand cars was 1.459 million, and the ratio between the transaction volume of second-hand cars and new cars reached 0.78, continuing to hit a new high.

The data shows that from January to July, the sales volume of new vehicles by the manufacturer was 14.756 million, a year-on-year increase of 19.3%. Among them, in July, the sales of new cars were 1.864 million, a year-on-year decrease of 11.9%, which was the third month of negative growth since May. In the first seven months, the retail sales of new vehicles reached 15.488 million, a year-on-year increase of 25.9%. Among them, in July, the sales of new cars was 1.99 million, a year-on-year decrease of 3.9%. This year, the first negative growth occurred, but the decline was significantly smaller than the rate of decline in the sales of new cars by manufacturers.

Regarding the new car sales performance of manufacturers and retail terminals, the person in charge of the Consumer Promotion Department analyzed that this was due to factors such as the low and high base numbers in the same period last year and the shortage of automotive chips. Since May, the growth of new car sales has been under pressure and gradually transmitted. To the retail terminal.