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It hasn’t been the perfect of years for electrical automobile gross sales in China. But it surely has been the perfect 12 months by far for Chinese language EV gross sales overseas. It seems like Geely is following that pattern.
The Chinese language automaker, one of many largest on the planet, had modest gross sales development in August, however important BEV gross sales development, and massive export development.
The Geely model was up 5% 12 months over 12 months in August, its Lynk & Co arm was down a whopping 37%, and its Zeekr arm was up 110%. The web end result from the drastically totally different outcomes of the 2 EV manufacturers was a rise of greater than 9,000 gross sales.
Total, Geely’s BEV gross sales rose from 93,362 models in August 2025 to 120,590 models in August 2026, a 29% enhance. (Plugin hybrid gross sales enhance modestly, by 2%, from 53,985 models to 55,287 models.) However right here’s the whammy: the corporate’s exports grew 205%, from 36,077 in August 2025 to 110,094 in August 2026. That is the massive world pattern in the meanwhile — Chinese language automakers transport much more vehicles (largely EVs) to different international locations.
Oh, by the way in which, Geely’s general gross sales grew by 8% 12 months over 12 months, from 250,167 in August 2025 to 270,194 in August 2026. Sure, if exports grew by about 74,000 models and general gross sales grew by about 20,000 models, meaning the corporate’s gross sales in its dwelling market of China have been down by about 54,000 models.
Right here’s a desk from Geely with extra information:
(Oh, by the way in which, I used to be planning to cowl BYD’s export information and tendencies this week, however the firm has determined to not publish that information this month for some purpose. I must look into it extra….)
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