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<ul><li>Auto experts and industry executives in China are calling on regulators to explore a market-based approach to governing electric-vehicle (EV) makers’ manufacturing qualifications.</li><li>The sector confronts an influx of inexperienced and ultimately unsuccessful firms amid the country’s push towards electrification.</li><li>The success of China’s EV industry has been widely viewed as the result of years of Beijing’s supportive policies, including the use of <a href="https://www.caixinglobal.com/2023-04-06/in-depth-why-should-beijing-reinstate-subsidies-for-auto-sales-102016072.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">subsidies</a> to spur demand, and instruments such as a strict permit system to better manage capacity.</li></ul>

Auto experts and industry executives in China are calling on regulators to explore a market-based approach to governing electric-vehicle (EV) makers’ manufacturing qualifications.The sector confronts an influx of inexperienced and ultimately unsuccessful firms amid the country’s push towards electrification.The success of China’s EV industry has been widely viewed as the result of years of Beijing’s supportive policies, including the use of subsidies to spur demand, and instruments such as a strict permit system to better manage capacity.

China’s EV Industry Calls on Regulators to Curb the Back-Seat Driving

<ul><li>Major Chinese manufacturers’ new-energy vehicle (NEV) sales were all over the map in March, with companies that recently released budget-friendly cars outperforming their rivals amid a raging price war across the industry.</li><li>Last month, NEV sales of BYD Co. Ltd., Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. Ltd., Li Auto Inc. and Nio Inc. grew 97.5%, 89.8%, 88.7% and 3.9% year-on-year, respectively, according to company statements.</li><li>The NEV category mainly covers pure electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles.</li></ul>

Major Chinese manufacturers’ new-energy vehicle (NEV) sales were all over the map in March, with companies that recently released budget-friendly cars outperforming their rivals amid a raging price war across the industry.Last month, NEV sales of BYD Co. Ltd., Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. Ltd., Li Auto Inc. and Nio Inc. grew 97.5%, 89.8%, 88.7% and 3.9% year-on-year, respectively, according to company statements.The NEV category mainly covers pure electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles.

China’s NEV Sales Are Both Surging and Sinking, Depending on the Company

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

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<div><div><div><div><ul><li>Golden week data missed market’s already low expectation for all three major categories - property sales, domestic tourism spending and auto sales.</li><li>4Q is unlikely to be a big surprise as property and its supply chain (20-30% of GDP) will still be the major drag that could neutralize the still resilient auto and gradually recovering consumption.</li><li>Together with more market volatility from pandemic and CPC meeting, we recommend investors to avoid one-sided long or short, but focus on pair trade opportunities to play the difference of BtoC over BtoB as BtoB is more vulnerable in terms of bad debts and pricing power than BtoC amid weak macro.</li></ul></div></div></div></div><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

Golden week data missed market’s already low expectation for all three major categories - property sales, domestic tourism spending and auto sales.4Q is unlikely to be a big surprise as property and its supply chain (20-30% of GDP) will still be the major drag that could neutralize the still resilient auto and gradually recovering consumption.Together with more market volatility from pandemic and CPC meeting, we recommend investors to avoid one-sided long or short, but focus on pair trade opportunities to play the difference of BtoC over BtoB as BtoB is more vulnerable in terms of bad debts and pricing power than BtoC amid weak macro.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Cross sector report – Post-Golden Week: More positive on BToC recovery potential; Cautious on BToB

<div><div><div><div><ul><li>Eight new-energy vehicle (NEV) brands including NIO, Xpeng, Li Auto, Zeekr, Aion, AITO, Neta and Leap reported their Aug 2022 sales volumes on 1 Sep 2022.</li><li>Sales volume of the eight brands combined rose 117% YoY (ranged from -52% to +193%) and 2% MoM (ranged from -56% to +43%).</li><li>NIO leads among NEV trio. NIO was the only automaker among the NEV trio with MoM growth in sales volume, which is consistent with our prior argument that NIO should have the best sequential growth in sales volume among the NEV trio in 3Q22. We estimate the ET7 has about 4-5 months of order backlog.</li></ul></div></div></div></div><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

Eight new-energy vehicle (NEV) brands including NIO, Xpeng, Li Auto, Zeekr, Aion, AITO, Neta and Leap reported their Aug 2022 sales volumes on 1 Sep 2022.Sales volume of the eight brands combined rose 117% YoY (ranged from -52% to +193%) and 2% MoM (ranged from -56% to +43%).NIO leads among NEV trio. NIO was the only automaker among the NEV trio with MoM growth in sales volume, which is consistent with our prior argument that NIO should have the best sequential growth in sales volume among the NEV trio in 3Q22. We estimate the ET7 has about 4-5 months of order backlog.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

China Auto Sector – Aug NEV: All-time high sales for tier-2 brands

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Zhejiang Leapmotor Technologies Ltd. operates as an electric vehicles manufacturer. The Company develops and sells electric vehicles and other products. Zhejiang Leapmotor Technologies markets its products throughout China.

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China’s EV Industry Calls on Regulators to Curb the Back-Seat Driving

Auto experts and industry executives in China are calling on regulators to explore a market-based approach to governing electric-vehicle (EV)...

Caixin Global

China’s NEV Sales Are Both Surging and Sinking, Depending on the Company

Major Chinese manufacturers’ new-energy vehicle (NEV) sales were all over the map in March, with companies that recently released budget-friendly...

Caixin Global

Cross sector report – Post-Golden Week: More positive on BToC recovery potential; Cautious on BToB

Golden week data missed market’s already low expectation for all three major categories - property sales, domestic tourism spending and auto sales.

CMB International

China Auto Sector – Aug NEV: All-time high sales for tier-2 brands

Sales volume of the eight brands combined rose 117% YoY (ranged from -52% to +193%) and 2% MoM (ranged from -56% to +43%).

CMB International

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