News from the IT Home on October 12th: The Passenger Vehicle Association released its analysis report for the national passenger vehicle market in September 2026 today. In September, the export of passenger vehicles (including complete vehicles and CKD) amounted to 917,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 73.7% and a month-on-month increase of 3.2%. This accounted for 36% of the total sales volume of passenger vehicle manufacturers (38% last month and 19% during the same period in 2025).
In September, 558,000 new energy passenger vehicles were exported, representing a year-on-year increase of 163.5% and a month-on-month increase of 7.7%. These vehicles accounted for 60.8% of the total passenger vehicle exports, an increase of 21 percentage points compared to the same period last year.
Among them, pure electric vehicles accounted for 60.5% of new energy exports (66.2% in the same period last year), and the A00 + A0 class of pure electric vehicles, which are the core focus, accounted for 57.9% of pure electric vehicle exports (49% in the same period last year).
In September, exports of domestic brands reached 812,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 75%; exports of joint-venture and luxury brands amounted to 105,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 62%.
With the emergence of the scale advantage of new energy vehicles in China and the expansion of market demand, an increasing number of new energy brand products manufactured in China are going global, and their recognition overseas continues to rise. Among them, plug-in hybrids account for 34.2% of new energy exports (31.4% in the same period last year), while extended-range electric vehicles account for 5.3% of new energy exports (2.4% in the same period last year).
IT Home: September New Energy Export Enterprise Rankings:
- BYD Automobile (175,877 units)
- Chery Automobile (85,990 units)
- Geely Automobile (72,893 units)
- Tesla China (30,529 units)
- SAIC Passenger Vehicles (29,552 units)
- Changan Automobile (29,325 units)
- ZeroRun Automobile (27,454 units)
- SAIC-GM-Wuling (16,543 units)
- Dongfeng Motor (10,282 units)
- Xpeng Motors (10,055 units)
