BEIJING — Chinese language electrical automobile firm Zeekr mentioned Monday it delivered a document variety of autos in June, making its deliveries for the primary half of the yr the biggest amongst U.S.-listed Chinese language corporations solely promoting pure electrical automobiles.

Geely-owned Zeekr delivered 20,106 automobiles final month, bringing year-to-date deliveries to 87,870 autos.

That is barely greater than Nio‘s 87,426 deliveries for the primary six months of 2024, though Nio continued to get well from sluggish efficiency earlier within the yr with a document 21,209 deliveries in June.

Xpeng remained a laggard, delivering 52,028 automobiles in complete within the first six months of the yr, together with 10,668 autos in June.

When together with hybrid autos, Li Auto remained by far the chief. It delivered 47,774 automobiles in June, for a first-half complete of 188,981 autos. A lot of the firm’s automobiles include a gasoline tank to increase the battery’s driving vary.

Shares of Zeekr fell by 3.2% in U.S. buying and selling in a single day, whereas Li Auto and Nio each noticed shares rise by greater than 6%. Xpeng shares rose by almost 5.2%.

Additionally providing hybrids, Huawei’s collectively developed Aito model with automobile producer Seres delivered 184,286 autos within the first six months of the yr.

Smartphone and residential equipment firm Xiaomi mentioned it has delivered greater than 10,000 automobiles in June, bringing complete deliveries to greater than 25,000 because the Hong Kong-listed firm launched its electric SU7 in late March.

BYD delivered 1.6 million new vitality passenger autos within the first half of the yr, up almost 29% from a yr in the past. Plug-in hybrid automobiles accounted for a barely better share than battery electrical autos, and noticed sooner progress at 39.5% versus 17.7% for battery-only automobiles.

That displays how a lot of China’s new vitality car gross sales are being pushed by hybrid-powered autos moderately than purely battery-powered ones as vary anxiousness stays a prime concern for shoppers in China.

Automotive corporations want to enhance the battery charging course of, Wan Gang, the person credited with spearheading China’s electrical automobile technique, said at a conference final week.

China’s new vitality car gross sales have risen this yr to account for 47% of all passenger automobiles offered in Might, in line with China Passenger Car Association data, which offers figures mid-month for the prior month. That is up from 32% penetration in the beginning of the yr.

As a part of efforts to spice up consumption, China this yr has launched a trade-in policy to incentivize new vitality car gross sales. Many corporations have additionally slashed costs to stay aggressive, and revealed new automobiles on the Beijing auto present, which ended Might 5.