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China Exports 1 Million Vehicles in a Month for Second Time, EVs Drive Milestone

person Priya Sharma

calendar_today August 15, 2026 at 6:23 AM

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Summary

China exported over one million automobiles in July for the second consecutive month, with plug-in vehicles accounting for more than half of shipments. New energy vehicle exports hit 553,000 units, up 145.5% year-over-year, underscoring China's growing dominance in global EV markets.

I was just writing about China exporting electric vehicles, and Chery buying a Nissan factory in South Africa to produce them there. Now I’ve also seen news that China just reached a new milestone, with electric vehicles playing a big part of that.

China exported more than one million electric vehicles for the second time ever last month, after first achieving the milestone the month before. A big reason for this was a boom in “new energy vehicle” (plugin vehicle) deliveries. There were 553,000 new energy vehicle exports in July, 5.7% more than in June and 145.5% more than in July 2025. And, yes, plugin vehicles did account for more than half of the country’s vehicle exports.

Overall, 1.043 million vehicles were exported from China, which was up very slightly (0.6%) from June and up hugely (81.3%) from last July. Though, as you saw above, plugin vehicle sales were up more month over month and year over year.

“In the first half of the year, the value of China’s automobile product exports to BRI markets reached $83.67 billion, up 30.8 percent year-on-year,” China Daily shares.