In May this year, China’s new energy vehicle output amounted to 112,000 units, up 16.9 percent on year-on-year basis, including 94,000 pure electric passenger cars, rising by 21.7 percent, and 18,000 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, down 4.2 percent year on year, respectively, as announced by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).
In the January-May period of the current year, China’s new energy vehicle output amounted to 480,000 units, up 46.0 percent on year-on-year basis, including 380,000 pure electric passenger cars, rising by 52.0 percent, and 100,000 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, up 26.4 percent year on year.