Individuals go to XPENG sales space at 2025 Spring Worldwide Auto Present in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, on March 7, 2025.
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Chinese language electrical automobile maker Xpeng delivered 35,045 automobiles in April, sustaining its file of delivering greater than 30,000 automobiles for the sixth consecutive month.
That represents a 273% year-on-year enhance in deliveries. The automaker on April 15 introduced the launch of its renewed flagship mannequin, the X9, ranging from 359,800 yuan ($49,482).
Its competitor Leapmotor surpassed the 40,000-unit mark and delivered 41,039 automobiles in April, near its 2024 file of 42,517 automobiles delivered in December 2024.
Nio delivered 19,269 automobiles for its essential model in April, greater than the ten,219 delivered in March. Considered one of its sub-brands, Onvo, delivered 4,400 automobiles in April, marking a decline from the 4,820 automobiles delivered the earlier month.
The opposite sub-brand underneath Nio, Firefly, on April 19 formally launched its namesake mannequin, a compact electrical automobile that begins at 119,800 yuan. The carmaker additionally introduced that deliveries began April 29. Primarily based on CNBC’s calculations of publicly accessible figures, 231 Firefly automobiles had been delivered in April.
Trade large BYD offered 372,615 passenger automobiles in April, reflecting a forty five.09% year-on-year enhance. It had additionally reported 79,086 automobiles offered abroad in April, topping its file of 72,723 in March.
The EV juggernaut unveiled 5 new automobile fashions on the Shanghai Auto Present, an business exhibition which ran from April 23 to Might 2.
Some automakers battle to spice up deliveries
Not all automakers’ supply volumes grew from the earlier month.
Geely-owned Zeekr‘s April deliveries fell to 13,727 models, down from 15,422 the earlier month. Deliveries additionally fell 14.7% yr on yr, primarily based on CNBC’s calculations of publicly accessible numbers.
Li Auto delivered 33,939 automobiles in April, down from the 36,674 automobiles delivered the month prior, however nonetheless marking a year-on-year development of 31.6%.
Xiaomi delivered over 28,000 automobiles in April, beneath its file of greater than 29,000 the earlier month. That comes after the crash of an SU7 automobile in China on April 2 that left three lifeless
In gentle of the accident, security issues “took centerstage” on the Shanghai Auto Present this yr, Nomura analysts stated in a be aware dated April 28.
The be aware added that firms are “shifting in the direction of embracing extra Lidars onto their fashions.” Lidar, brief for gentle detection and ranging, might help assemble maps of the surroundings, which can be utilized in driver-assistance techniques in automobiles.
