Sales in nation of new energy vehicles revised higher

The China Passenger Car Association has revised up its estimate of this year's new energy vehicle sales to 3 million units in the country, after finding they rose to account for one fifth of the passenger vehicle market in August.

The leading automotive association had expected NEV sales to reach 2 million in its April estimate. Statistics the CPCA released on Wednesday showed sales totaled 304,000 units last month, up 202.3 percent year-on-year, accounting for 20.1 percent of total vehicle deliveries in August.

NEV deliveries in the first eight months tallied 1.64 million units, soaring 222.5 percent from the same period last year. They made up 12.8 percent of the overall vehicle market from January to August, a jump from 5.8 percent in 2020.