EV, plug-in hybrid output soars tenfold in July
Automakers, aided by government subsidies, produced 5,799 electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids in China last month, ten times the total from a year earlier.
Last month automakers built 3,728 EVs, 17 times the number a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the regulator of China's auto industry.
Output of plug-in hybrid cars totaled 1,036 units. No plug-in hybrid vehicles were produced in July last year.
Production of commercial EVs rose 85 percent year-on-year to 362 units, while commercial vehicles powered by plug-in hybrid powertrains surged 447 percent to 673 units.
In the first seven months of this year, total production of electric vehicles and plug-in vehicles in China jumped 280 percent form the same period last year to 25,946 units.
The ministry has yet to release July sales figures for electric vehicles and plug-ins.
Output of plug-in hybrid cars totaled 1,036 units. No plug-in hybrid vehicles were produced in July last year.
Production of commercial EVs rose 85 percent year-on-year to 362 units, while commercial vehicles powered by plug-in hybrid powertrains surged 447 percent to 673 units.
In the first seven months of this year, total production of electric vehicles and plug-in vehicles in China jumped 280 percent form the same period last year to 25,946 units.
The ministry has yet to release July sales figures for electric vehicles and plug-ins.
