NIO is on track to reach its guidance, with 9,199 vehicles registered in the past four weeks.

Insurance registrations for new energy vehicles (NEVs) in China continued to increase last week compared to the previous week, although the performance of major automakers was mixed.

For the week ending March 26, insurance registrations for all passenger vehicles in China were 400,400 units, up 37.64 percent year-on-year and up 29.02 percent from the previous week, according to information shared today by several auto bloggers on Weibo and WeChat groups.

Among them, the number of traditional internal combustion engine vehicles was 272,100, up 43.50 percent year-on-year and up 37.64 percent from the previous week.

Insurance registrations for NEVs were 128,300, up 26.63 percent year-on-year and up 13.89 percent from the previous week. This means that the penetration rate of NEVs was 32 percent last week.

BYD (OTCMKTS: BYDDY) NEVs registered 43,490 units last week, up from 38,414 units the week before. In the first and second weeks of March, BYD's numbers were 38,932 and 37,141 units, respectively.

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) saw 15,886 units for the week, down from 18,712 units the week before. Insurance registrations for Tesla vehicles in China were 13,266 and 17,032 in the first and second weeks of March, respectively.

This means that over the past four weeks, Tesla vehicles have had 64,896 insurance registrations in China.

If Tesla vehicles register the same number of insurance units this week as last week, it may deliver a record number of vehicles in China in March, surpassing the 77,938 units delivered in June 2022.

Tesla has a factory in Shanghai that makes the Model 3 and the Model Y. Its pattern is to produce cars for export in the first half of the quarter and for the local market in the second half.

NIO (NYSE: NIO) vehicles had 1,909 insurance registrations last week, up from 1,775 the week before. The company's insurance registration figures for the first and second weeks of March were 3,345 and 2,170, respectively.

NIO guided earlier this month for first-quarter deliveries of between 31,000 and 33,000 vehicles, meaning that March deliveries are expected to be between 10,337 and 12,337.

NIO is on track to meet its guidance, with 9,199 vehicles registered for insurance in the last four weeks, although the first week of March included the last two days of February.

XPeng (NYSE: XPEV) vehicles had 1,564 insurance registrations last week, up from 1,296 the previous week. The number was 1,421 and 1,635 in the first and second weeks, respectively, for a four-week total of 5,916 vehicles.

XPeng previously guided for first-quarter vehicle deliveries of 18,000 to 19,000 units, meaning March deliveries are expected to be between 6,772 and 7,772 units.

Li Auto (NASDAQ: LI) vehicles saw 5,081 insurance registrations last week, down from 5,438 the week before. It posted figures of 3,222 and 4,243 for the first and second weeks of March, respectively, for a four-week total of 17,984 vehicles.

Li Auto guided for first-quarter deliveries of 52,000 to 55,000 vehicles, implying a year-on-year increase of 64.0 percent to 73.4 percent.

Li Auto's guidance of 52,000 to 55,000 vehicles for the first quarter implies March deliveries are expected to be 20,239 to -23,239 vehicles.

Neta had 2,934 insurance registrations last week, and its numbers for the first three weeks of March were 4,109, 988, and 515, respectively.

Zeekr was at 1,214 units last week, and that figure was 1,814, 1,043, and 913 units in the first three weeks.

China NEV insurance registrations for week ending Mar 19: BYD 38,414, Tesla 18,712, NIO 1,775

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Tesla's insurance registrations last week in China were higher than the previous week's 13,266, while NIO's were lower than the previous week's 3,345.

BYD's new energy vehicles (NEVs) saw 37,141 insurance registrations in China for the week ending March 12, lower than the previous week's 38,932, according to numbers shared today by auto blogger @一路向北BYD.

Tesla vehicles saw 17,032 insurance registrations in China last week, higher than the previous week's 13,266.

NIO was 2,170 last week, down from 3,345 the week before.

Li Auto registered 4,243 units last week, up from 3,222 units the previous week.

XPeng was 1,635 units last week, up from 1,421 units the week before.

BYD's premium brand Denza vehicles saw 1,853 insurance registrations last week, up from 1,808 the week before.

Zeekr was 1,043 units last week, down from 1,814 units the week before.

BMW's NEVs registered 1,486 insurance units in China last week, down from 1,663 units the week before.

The past week has seen a rare price war in China's auto industry involving not only NEV makers, but traditional internal combustion engine automakers as well.

Rumors surfaced last week that BMW dealers were offering a massive subsidy for the all-electric BMW i3 in China, and that consumers who pay full price for the car can even get the model for RMB 120,000 to 180,000, less than half the retail price.

BMW insiders denied this, but sources at BMW dealers said they are indeed offering discounts, and that these measures were only introduced this month, local media Cailian reported last week.

For the BMW i3 eDrive35 L, which currently has a guide price of RMB 353,900, the price after discounts is RMB 248,000, the report said, citing BMW dealership sources.

Consumers will also receive an additional RMB 6,000 subsidy if they trade in their vehicles, the source said.

The increasing number of car companies joining the price war has led to increased consumer wait-and-see sentiment to avoid seeing price reductions shortly after purchasing a car.

Li Auto has introduced a consumer purchase price protection benefit that covers all of the company's currently available models -- Li L7, Li L8, Li L9.

For consumers who purchase these models, if the prices drops within 90 days of their order, then Li Auto will refund the difference.

The policy, which is available to consumers when they purchase the Li L7, Li L8, and Li L9, is primarily intended to make clear to them that Li Auto will not drop the prices, local media outlet The Paper said earlier today, citing salespeople from the company.

China NEV insurance registrations for week ending Mar 5: BYD 38,932, Tesla 13,266, NIO 3,345

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