BYD dominated the Chinese NEV market in August, selling 233,943 units, which is a 4.7% increase from July. Despite a 24.6% year-on-year decline, the company maintained a market share of 23.3%, more than double that of its closest competitor, Geely Auto, which sold 110,560 units with an 11.0% share.
Leapmotor took third place with 84,874 units (8.4% share), showing the fastest year-on-year growth among the top 10. Changan Automobile followed in fourth with 57,874 units (5.8% share), and SAIC-GM-Wuling placed fifth with 53,087 units (5.3% share).
Tesla's retail sales in China grew 83.7% from July to 50,047 units, marking the largest sequential increase in the top 10. However, its market share stood at 5.0%, and annual sales remained down 12.4% year-on-year.
Chery held seventh place with 46,391 units (4.6% share), while HIMA slipped to eighth with 42,101 units (4.2% share). Li Auto returned to the top 10 in ninth place with 37,679 units (3.7% share), and Nio Inc ranked tenth with 35,655 units (3.5% share).
For the January-August period, BYD led with 1,448,283 units sold, increasing its cumulative share to 21.7%. Geely followed with 794,433 units (11.9% share). Changan and Leapmotor took third and fourth place with 439,448 and 428,765 units respectively.
HIMA ranked fifth with 329,739 units (4.9% share), while Tesla and SAIC-GM-Wuling both held a 4.7% share with 316,251 and 315,531 units. Nio showed the fastest cumulative growth with 262,145 units (3.9% share), while Li Auto and Xiaomi Auto rounded out the top 10 with 3.9% and 3.7% shares respectively.