A Li L6 by Li Auto is displayed at its sales space through the Beijing Worldwide Automotive Exhibition, or Auto China 2024, in Beijing, China, April 25, 2024.
Tingshu Wang | Reuters
BEIJING — Chinese language new vitality automobile manufacturers Li Auto and Zeekr every delivered a file variety of vehicles in September, in keeping with firm knowledge launched Tuesday.
New vitality automobiles embody hybrids and people powered solely by battery. The class accounted for greater than half of latest passenger vehicles offered in China in July and August, in keeping with business knowledge.
Li Auto reported 53,709 deliveries in September, setting a file greater than 5% above a previous excessive reached in July. The corporate’s vehicles include a gasoline tank for extending the battery’s driving vary.
Geely-owned electrical automobile firm Zeekr additionally delivered a file of 21,333 automobiles in September.
Nio, BYD, Xiaomi and Aito, co-developed by Huawei, had but to launch September deliveries as of Tuesday afternoon.
Mainland China and Hong Kong markets have been closed Tuesday for a vacation. Hong Kong’s are set to reopen Wednesday, whereas the mainland markets aren’t because of resume buying and selling till Oct. 8.
Xpeng additionally claimed a file 21,352 electrical automobile deliveries in September, together with greater than 10,000 items of its mass market Mona model’s M03 coupe, launched in late August.
That automobile and different new fashions launched this yr by Chinese language opponents all promote for lower than the comparable Tesla mannequin.
The Tesla Mannequin Y SUV retails at 249,900 yuan ($35,630), whereas the model’s most inexpensive automobile, the Mannequin 3, begins at 231,900 yuan. After value cuts earlier this yr, Tesla has saved costs the identical this summer time.
The September information put Li Auto and Xpeng on monitor to beat beforehand introduced supply forecasts, whereas Zeekr was just a few thousand automobiles wanting reaching the common month-to-month minimal it wants to succeed in a beforehand reported annual aim.
U.S.-listed shares of Xpeng have been up 3.12% at 04:15 a.m. ET in after-hours buying and selling following the announcement.