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In week 31 of the year, the China EV market had mixed signals. Nio registrations were up 6%, Onvo was up 145%, Xpeng was up 8%, Tesla 3% and BYD 4%, compared with the week before.

Nio Group registered 7,930 units, up 59% from the week before, with L60 having 1,720 registrations and the new L90 large SUV had 1,980.

The weekly brand’s EV sales were published by Li Auto. However, Li Auto ceased publishing them in March 2025 after the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) “recommended” that Li Auto, media and any third parties end it. CAAM says weekly data “undermines the industry order” and “fuels vicious competition.” Since then, Li Auto has published only its own weekly EV registration.

The weekly data are used by consultants, analysts, or investors to see the sales trend and forecast monthly deliveries. They show how many cars were registered for road traffic, which can be later compared with automakers’ self-reported monthly sales, which, unlike registrations, include cars for showrooms, test cars, and other uses.

Most of China’s media have followed CAAM’s recommendation to stop publishing weekly figures. CarNewsChina continues to publish weekly insurance registrations, based on China EV DataTracker data.

The numbers are rounded and present the brand’s new energy vehicle (NEV) sales, the Chinese term for BEVs, PHEVs, and EREVs (range extenders). To be completely precise, it also includes hydrogen vehicles (FCEVs), but their sales are almost non-existent in China.

Week 31 of 2025 (W31) was between July 28 and 27

BYD registered 60,930 vehicles, up 3.6% from the previous week and down 24.0% from the same week last year, when it posted over 80,000 registrations.

Breakdown to models:

• Dynasty Ocean 60,930 (Han 1,890 | Han L 480 | Tang 1,320 | Tang L 910 | Xia 370)
• Formula Leopard 3,430 (Titanium 3 1,960 | Leopard 5 1,120 | Leopard 8 350)
• Tengshi 2,350 (D9 1,620 | N9 410 | Z9 290)
• Yangwang 60 (including U7 50 | U8 10)

Tesla saw 11,000 registrations, a 3.3% increase from the prior week but 12.0% below the same period last year.

Leapmotor recorded 10,181 registrations, up 17.0% week-on-week and 75.5% year-on-year.

Aito posted 9,610 registrations, a weekly drop of 8.5%, though still slightly ahead of its performance last year for the same week.

Xpeng reached 9,071 registrations, up 8.0% from the previous week and a sharp 312.3% jump compared to last year.

Xiaomi logged 7,577 registrations, nearly flat week-on-week (+1.0%), but more than doubled (+99.4%) year-on-year.

Li Auto recorded 5,476 registrations, down 26.0% week-on-week and more than halved from the same week a year ago (−53.6%).

Deepal registered 3,947 vehicles, an 8.2% decline from the week before but up 46.2% year-on-year.

Onvo surged to 3,700 registrations, a 145.0% increase from the previous week. No year-on-year data is available yet.

Nio posted 3,450 registrations, up 6.3% from the previous week but down 40.5% year-on-year.

Firefly rebounded strongly with 780 registrations, up 239.1% from the previous week. No year-on-year data yet.

Fang Cheng Bao reached 3,430 registrations, up 9.6% from the week before. Year-on-year data remains unavailable.

Zeekr saw a drop to 2,908 registrations, down 11.9% week-on-week and 29.1% year-on-year.

Denza reported 2,350 registrations, a 2.6% increase from the previous week and 11.9% higher than a year ago.

Avatr registered 1,850 vehicles, slipping 2.6% week-on-week. No year-on-year comparison is available.

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