Auto & Transportation

The Ministry of Public Security released the latest statistics on the 12th. As of September 2021, the number of motor vehicles nationwide has reached 390 million, of which 297 million are cars; there are 476 million motor vehicle drivers nationwide, of which 439 million are car drivers.

In the first three quarters of 2021, 27.53 million motor vehicles were newly registered nationwide, an increase of 4.363 million vehicles or 18.83% year-on-year. Among them, 9.66 million newly registered motor vehicles in the first quarter, a year-on-year increase of 67.31%; 9.04 million newly registered motor vehicles in the second quarter, an increase of 8.19% year-on-year; 8.83 million newly registered motor vehicles in the third quarter, a year-on-year decrease of 2.29%.

As of September, the car ownership in 76 cities exceeded 1 million, an increase of 7 compared to the same period last year. Among them, there are 34 cities with more than 2 million vehicles; 18 cities with more than 3 million vehicles, followed by Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Suzhou, Shanghai, Zhengzhou, Xi’an, Wuhan, Shenzhen, Dongguan, Tianjin, Hangzhou, Qingdao, and Guangzhou. , Shijiazhuang, Ningbo, Foshan, Linyi. The number of cars in Beijing exceeds 6 million, the number of cars in Chengdu and Chongqing exceeds 5 million, and the number of cars in Suzhou, Shanghai, Zhengzhou and Xi'an exceeds 4 million.

The number of passenger vehicles in the country is 256 million. Among them, the number of small and micro passenger cars (private cars) registered in the name of individuals reached 237 million. The number of trucks has reached 32.42 million, accounting for 10.91% of the total number of vehicles. From the perspective of new registrations, in the first three quarters of 2021, 16.66 million passenger vehicles were newly registered nationwide, an increase of 3.19 million vehicles or 23.76% year-on-year; the country’s newly registered trucks were 3.34 million vehicles, an increase of 379,000 vehicles compared to the same period last year. An increase of 12.80%.

There are 6.78 million new energy vehicles in the country, accounting for 2.28% of the total number of vehicles. Among them, there are 5.52 million pure electric vehicles, accounting for 81.53% of the total number of new energy vehicles. From the perspective of new registrations, in the first three quarters of 2021, 1.871 million new energy vehicles were newly registered nationwide, an increase of 1.199 million vehicles or 178.49% year-on-year. Among them, 767 thousand new energy vehicles were newly registered in the third quarter, an increase of 466,000 units or 154.71% year-on-year.

The number of motor vehicle drivers in the country reached 476 million, of which the number of car drivers was 439 million, accounting for 92.14% of the total number of drivers. In terms of the number of newly-licensed drivers, in the first three quarters of 2021, the number of newly-licensed drivers nationwide was 26.72 million, a year-on-year increase of 7.394 million, an increase of 38.26%; among them, 9.72 million were newly-licensed drivers in the third quarter. In terms of the age of drivers, there are 337 million drivers between 26 and 50 years old, accounting for 70.85%; 66.99 million drivers between 51 and 60 years old, accounting for 14.07%; 17.14 million drivers over 60 years old, accounting for 3.60%.