Gasgoo Daily: Geely’s ZEEKR sees monthly deliveries hit new high in Oct. 2023

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Geely's ZEEKR sees monthly deliveries hit new high in Oct. 2023

ZEEKR, the premium electric vehicle brand of Geely Auto Group, delivered 13,077 vehicles in October 2023, refreshing its monthly delivery record and achieving a year-on-year growth for the ninth month in a row. 

ZEEKR 001 R; photo credit: ZEEKR

Great Wall Motor's new energy passenger vehicle sales exceed 30,000 units in Oct.

Great Wall Motor announced a new energy passenger vehicle sales volume of 30,461 units for the month of October 2023, indicating a 178.08% year-on-year spike. In the Jan.-Oct. period of this year, it sold 200,560 new energy passenger vehicles in total, up 85.93% over a year ago.

SAIC Motor achieves YoY, MoM growth in Oct. new energy vehicle sales

SAIC Motor said on Wednesday it sold around 104,000 new energy vehicles last month, reflecting a positive growth compared with both the previous year and the previous month.

GAC AION scores 85% YoY spike in Jan.-Oct. 2023 sales

For the first ten months of 2023, GAC Group's cumulative sales amounted to 392,489 units, zooming up 85% compared to the same period a year earlier.

China's vehicle inventory alert index in Oct. 2023 edges up MoM, but dips YoY

China's vehicle inventory alert index (VIA), which reflects the inventory pressure on automobile dealers, edged up 0.8 percentage points month on month in October 2023, according to the China Automobile Dealers Association (“CADA”).

Schaeffler inaugurates Taicang manufacturing base's New Energy Phase II Factory

On November 1st, Schaeffler officially inaugurated the New Energy Phase II Factory of its manufacturing base in Taicang, a county-level city in China's Jiangsu province, according to the company's press release.

Plus delivers first-batch smart heavy-duty trucks to ZTO Freight

On October 31, 2023, ZTO Freight, the Chinese package delivery service company, received the first batch of ten intelligent heavy-duty trucks, the K7+, equipped with Plus’ autonomous driving technology. 

BYD sees monthly sales surpass 300,000 units for first time in Oct. 2023

 BYD Company Limited, the prominent Chinese new energy vehicle (NEV) maker, announced on Wednesday that its monthly sales reached 301,833 units in October 2023, for the first time exceeding the 300,000-unit mark.

Hongqi's October retail sales exceed 37,200 units

Hongqi, the premium passenger car brand under FAW Group, saw its October retail sales exceed 37,200 units, marking a remarkable year-on-year growth of 28.5%. 

Changan Auto's Deepal delivers 15,513 vehicles in October 2023

Changan Automobile's new energy vehicle range, Deepal, disclosed its October delivery figures on November 1, reporting 15,513 vehicles delivered last month. This brings Deepal's cumulative deliveries for the year to 102,408 units.

AITO delivers 12,700 vehicles in October 2023

AITO, the high-end new energy vehicle brand co-developed by SERES and Huawei, delivered a total of 12,700 vehicles in October 2023. 

Chinese automotive chip supplier YTMicro closes B1 financing round

YTMicro, the Chinese automotive semiconductor supplier, recently concluded its B1 funding round, which raised for the company several hundreds of millions of yuan.