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In week 31 of the year, the China EV market had mixed signals. Nio registrations were up 6%, Onvo was up 145%, Xpeng was up 8%, Tesla 3% and BYD 4%, compared with the week before.
Nio Group registered 7,930 units, up 59% from the week before, with L60 having 1,720 registrations and the new L90 large SUV had 1,980.
The weekly brand’s EV sales were published by Li Auto. However, Li Auto ceased publishing them in March 2025 after the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) “recommended” that Li Auto, media and any third parties end it. CAAM says weekly data “undermines the industry order” and “fuels vicious competition.” Since then, Li Auto has published only its own weekly EV registration.
The weekly data are used by consultants, analysts, or investors to see the sales trend and forecast monthly deliveries. They show how many cars were registered for road traffic, which can be later compared with automakers’ self-reported monthly sales, which, unlike registrations, include cars for showrooms, test cars, and other uses.
Most of China’s media have followed CAAM’s recommendation to stop publishing weekly figures. CarNewsChina continues to publish weekly insurance registrations, based on China EV DataTracker data.
The numbers are rounded and present the brand’s new energy vehicle (NEV) sales, the Chinese term for BEVs, PHEVs, and EREVs (range extenders). To be completely precise, it also includes hydrogen vehicles (FCEVs), but their sales are almost non-existent in China.
Week 31 of 2025 (W31) was between July 28 and 27
BYD registered 60,930 vehicles, up 3.6% from 58,810 the previous week. Year-on-year, this marks a 24.0% decline from 80,200.
Fang Cheng Bao reached 3,430 registrations, up 9.6% from the week before. Year-on-year data remains unavailable.
Breakdown to models:
- Ti3: 1,960
- Bao 5: 1,120
- Bao 8: 350
Denza reported 2,350 registrations, a 2.6% increase from the previous week and 11.9% higher than a year ago.
Breakdown to models:
- D9: 1,620
- N9: 410
- Z9: 290
Yangwang registered 60 units, including 50 units of the U7 sedan and the U8 hardcore SUV.
Tesla registered 11,000 vehicles, up 3.3% from 10,650 the previous week. Compared to the same week last year, registrations dropped 12.0% from 12,500.
Leapmotor registered 10,181 vehicles, rising 17.0% from 8,700 the previous week and up 75.5% from 5,800 last year.
Aito posted 9,610 registrations, a weekly drop of 8.5%, though still slightly ahead of its performance last year for the same week.
Xpeng reached 9,071 registrations, up 8.0% from the previous week and a sharp 312.3% jump compared to last year.
Xiaomi logged 7,577 registrations, nearly flat week-on-week (+1.0%), but more than doubled (+99.4%) year-on-year.
Li Auto recorded 5,476 registrations, down 26.0% week-on-week and more than halved from the same week a year ago (−53.6%).
Deepal registered 3,947 vehicles, an 8.2% decline from the week before but up 46.2% year-on-year.
Onvo surged to 3,700 registrations, a 145.0% increase from the previous week. No year-on-year data is available yet.
Nio posted 3,450 registrations, up 6.3% from the previous week but down 40.5% year-on-year.
Firefly rebounded strongly with 780 registrations, up 239.1% from the previous week. No year-on-year data yet.
Zeekr saw a drop to 2,908 registrations, down 11.9% week-on-week and 29.1% year-on-year.
Avatr registered 1,850 vehicles, slipping 2.6% week-on-week. No year-on-year comparison is available.
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