Beijing Business News (Reporter Lan Zhaohui, Zhen Zhenyu) On August 12, the reporter learned from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers that in July this year, domestic automobile production and sales declined compared with the previous month and the same period last year. In July, the production and sales of automobiles were 2.043 million and 1.889 million respectively. The production and sales volume decreased by 10.8% and 16.9% respectively from the previous month, which was 0.7% and 4% lower than the same period of the previous year, respectively. It was the second year of decline this year. However, in the context of the overall decline in the production and sales of the automobile industry, the production and sales of domestic new energy vehicles continue to maintain rapid growth.

Data show that in July this year, the production and sales of domestic new energy vehicles were completed 90,000 and 84,000 respectively, an increase of 53.6% and 47.7% over the same period of the previous year. Among them, the production and sales of pure electric vehicles were 68,000 and 60,000 respectively, up 45.4% and 33.6% respectively over the same period of last year; the production and sales of plug-in hybrid vehicles were 23,000 and 24,000 respectively, up from the same period of last year. 85.3% and 101.1%.

In fact, since the beginning of this year, the production and sales of new energy vehicles have maintained a high growth trend. From January to July, the domestic production and sales of new energy vehicles were 504,000 and 496,000, respectively, an increase of 85% and 97.1% over the same period of the previous year.

As early as the information conference in June this year, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers predicted that China's auto market will face greater pressure in the second half of this year, and will have an impact on the data in the second half of the year, and hope that the relevant parties will be prepared. On August 10th, the results of the latest “Auto Dealer Inventory” released by the China Automobile Dealers Association also showed that in July, the comprehensive inventory factor of auto dealers was 1.79, up 16% year-on-year, and the stock level was above the warning line. The domestic auto market has not really recovered.

For the recent auto market “cold” and the rapid growth of new energy vehicle production and sales, Cui Dongshu, secretary general of the National Passenger Vehicle Market Information Association, believes that on the one hand, due to the upward adjustment of tariffs on the United States, some consumers’ consumer confidence is not strong. . At the same time, the weather in July was extremely hot, which led to a decline in the enthusiasm of consumers. This has a certain impact on the popularity of the car market. On the other hand, with the significant increase in the proportion of plug-in hybrid vehicles in new energy vehicles in July, the consumption structure of new energy vehicles has improved, coupled with the emergence of new domestic power companies, these two factors Promote the high quality growth of new energy vehicles.