sales of new cars fell in China for the first Time in around three decades. Luxury cars sell, but still fine. Another Trend is for E-cars are booming like nowhere else in the world.
A factory hall in the city of Hefei, some 400 kilometers West of Shanghai. The first about four years ago, established in Chinese auto group Nio produced here since the beginning of this year, SUVs.
plant employees Yang Yi declared proudly, as the more than two-ton luxury cars are briefly reviewed before Leaving the huge factory hall again. Rims, tires, headlamps, even the windshield wiper automatic is again tested.
electric cars are booming in China
With around 10,000 cars, the Nio 2018 in Hefei has produced, is one of the companies to the small producers in China. But the heavy, five-Meter-long cars are in demand. You lie fully in the Trend in Chinese buyers: because there are SUVs, but mainly because they are purely electrically driven. The now-listed Nio group builds only electric cars. He is part of a booming industry.
in Total, were shipped from January to November in China for the first time, more than one Million E-cars. In comparison to the previous year, this corresponds to a Plus of almost 70 per cent.
This is in sharp contrast to the overall market, which is dominated in China, despite the E – car-boom-still more than 95 percent of the combustion engine.
Against the Trend of the business of the German premium manufacturer in China.
number of sold cars is back
is not an Overall increase in the population of the richest country in the world, the number of cars sold in 2018, but for the first Time since 1990, declined. The bottom line is that the Chinese automobile manufacturers Association expects this year with a Minus of about three percent compared to the previous year.
The car expert Zeng Zhilin of the Shanghai consulting firm LMC Automotive said, the reason for the Minus the car buyers in the smaller and smallest towns in China. There the people have less money than in the cities and bought smaller cars. And because the Chinese government for the coming year may be the sales tax is lower on a small car, were to wait for many potential buyers in the past few months, first hesitant and have.
The premium area continues to grow
This special effect was one of the reasons for the decline in the end of the year, says the car expert. The premium waxes in China, but still, around 20 percent. Also BMW, Daimler and Audi are affected: “For the it delivery in 2018, once again, very good.”
in Total, a growth of the three German manufacturers BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen in 2018 sales in China is still something, even though you have hardly any electric cars on offer. At least the sale plus the VW-group. Only Volkswagen’s premium brands Audi and Porsche, thanks to that it was at the end of a decline.
