On May 11, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (hereinafter referred to as the "China Association of Automobile Manufacturers") released data on automobile production and sales in April, showing that automobile production and sales in April reached 1.205 million and 1.181 million respectively, down 46.2% and 47.1% month-on-month and down year-on-year. 46.1% and 47.6%. April sales fell below 1.2 million units, a monthly low for the same period in the past decade.

From January to April, the production and sales of automobiles were 7.69 million and 7.691 million, down 10.5% and 12.1% year-on-year, ending the growth trend from January to March.

The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers stated that the domestic epidemic situation in April generally showed a trend of multiple occurrences, the situation was more severe and complex, the difficulties of market entities increased significantly, and the downward pressure on the economy further increased. The industrial chain and supply chain of the automobile industry has also experienced the most severe test in history. Some enterprises have stopped production and production, logistics and transportation have been greatly hindered, and production and supply capacity has declined sharply. At the same time, due to the impact of the epidemic, consumption capacity and willingness have declined significantly, and the task of stabilizing the growth of the industry is very arduous.

Among them, the production and sales of passenger vehicles in April were 996,000 and 965,000, down 47.1% and 48.2% month-on-month, and down 41.9% and 43.4% year-on-year. In the first four months, the production and sales of passenger vehicles were 6.494 million and 6.51 million, down 2.6% and 4.2% year-on-year.

On the whole, joint venture brands and high-end brands are more affected by the supply chain. In April, the sales volume of Chinese brands was 551,000 units, a year-on-year decrease of 23.3%, which was lower than the overall level of the market, with a market share of 57%. In the first four months, the market share of Chinese brand passenger vehicles was 47.6%, up 6.0 percentage points from the same period of the previous year.

Although new energy vehicles were affected by the epidemic, they were still higher than the level of the same period of the previous year, but there was a sharp decline from the previous month.

In April, the production and sales of new energy vehicles reached 312,000 and 299,000 respectively, down 33.0% and 38.3% month-on-month, up 43.9% and 44.6% year-on-year, with a market share of 25.3%.

In the first four months, the production and sales of new energy vehicles reached 1.605 million units and 1.556 million units, a year-on-year increase of 1.1 times, with a market share of 20.2%.

Specifically, "reservation-based" companies represented by Tesla, NIO, Xiaopeng, Ideal, etc., when the epidemic was hit, the production side affected the consumer side, and the delivery volume of the above-mentioned car companies increased significantly in April Declined, but they have a lot of orders in their hands. BYD continued to maintain its growth momentum and became the sales champion of the domestic passenger car market in one fell swoop.

Auto exports also fell slightly in April. In April, auto companies exported 141,000 vehicles, down 6.6% year-on-year. From January to April, auto companies exported 723,000 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 39.4%. Among them, new energy vehicles have exported 131,000 units this year, down 144.8% year-on-year.