Data show that Shanghai auto industry continues to pick up

This article is from: Xinhua News Agency

The latest data released by SAIC shows that from January to July this year, SAIC's vehicle sales exceeded 2.74 million units, and the year-on-year growth rate of cumulative sales turned from negative to positive.In July, SAIC's vehicle sales reached 507,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 43.7%. At the same time, its overseas sales reached a record high of 98,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 91.3%.

Tesla China's data also shows that from January to July this year, Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory has delivered a total of 323,000 vehicles to global users, of which 206,000 vehicles were delivered to the domestic market.

Shanghai Waigaoqiao Haitong Terminal is one of the largest automobile export terminals in China.Xi Jialin, executive director of the Marketing Department of Shanghai Haitong International Automobile Terminal Co., Ltd., introduced that in the first half of this year, the throughput of Haitong Terminal increased by more than 20% year-on-year, and the foreign trade export increased by more than 50%.

More than 1,000 MG MULAN vehicles departing from Haitong Wharf will arrive at the port of Zeebrugge in Belgium in the near future.The custom-built car for the global market will make its European debut in the fourth quarter.

On July 21, MG MULAN cars are about to board the ship at Haitong Wharf in Waigaoqiao, Shanghai.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhou Rui

Xi Jialin said that three or four years ago, only about 10% of the cars departing from Haitong Wharf were exported to Europe. In the first half of this year, this figure has increased to 40%."In the past two years, ro-ro ships carrying cars to Europe have often been 'hard to find'."

Zhao Aimin, Secretary of the Party Committee and Deputy General Manager of SAIC International, said that at the end of 2019, SAIC began to explore the European market. In 2021, sales in the European market will reach 73,000. In 2022, the European market is expected to become the first "100,000"Vehicle-level" overseas regional markets.