2021 has come to an end. With the release of the production and sales data of various auto companies, the transcripts of China's auto industry in 2021 are also officially announced.
According to data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, China's automobile production and sales will be 26.082 million and 26.275 million in 2021, up 3.4% and 3.8% year-on-year, respectively.
Among them, the export of automobiles performed well, with annual exports exceeding 2 million for the first time, achieving a breakthrough of around 1 million for many years; Chinese brand automobiles have been driven by new energy and export markets, and their market share has exceeded 2 million. 44%, close to the best level in history.
The entire industry has continued to face challenges such as the spread of the global epidemic, the outbreak of domestic epidemics, and the shortage of chips in the past year, but it has been able to achieve growth:
On the one hand, thanks to the low base of the Chinese market in the past two years; on the other hand, new energy vehicles, China's own brands and auto exports have become important drivers of industrial development, and Chinese car companies have played an indispensable role in it. .
Looking back on the production and sales of Chinese car companies in 2021, after the resumption, we can get a glimpse of the situation of Chinese car companies.
Southern auto companies are sweeping the Chinese auto market
Yiou Automobile found that SAIC, Dongfeng Motor and Changan Group, which ranked the top three in sales throughout the year, were located in Shanghai, Wuhan and Chongqing respectively, and they were all southern car companies.
In terms of sales volume, SAIC Motor has achieved the most outstanding results. With a total sales volume of 5.464 million vehicles in 2021, it has topped the car sales list of Chinese car companies for the 16th time, surpassing the second-place Dongfeng Motor (2.775 million vehicles). And the third place Changan Automobile (2.301 million) combined.
SAIC Motor's new energy vehicle sales also reached 733,000 units, ranking first in new energy sales.