Energy Vehicles Sale Outshine Passenger Cars in China

According to statistics released Wednesday, Chinese total car sales for the first half of the year recorded 12.32 million units a decrease of 12.4 percent year-on-year.

During the January-June period, 10.13 million passenger cars were sold, a 14 percent decline on last year, while new energy car sales climbed 49.6 percent year-on-year, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.

Passenger car sales hit 1.73 million units in June, down 7.8 percent year-on-year, but new energy car sales surged 80 percent compared with the same period last year.

A total of 2.06 million vehicles were sold in June, representing a 9.6 percent drop compared with June 2018.