Earlier today (14th January 2022), SAIC-GM-Wuling announced that its Hongguang Mini EV has crossed 500,000 units in terms of sale last year. The EV in question is like a “micro car,” and has seen success in the company’s home market of China.
Previously, the company had announced that it had crossed 400,000 Hongguang Mini EV sales in China, but this figure has now surpasses 550,000 units. This made also it rank first in China in terms of annual sales for cars that run on ‘new energy’. Furthermore, Wuling Motors have set a new record for the sale of a single model of new energy car in China, with sales reaching 55,729 units in December 2021 alone.
Notably, the company’s Hongguang Mini EV also ranked first in this category for the 16th consecutive month. At the moment, the Chinese automobile maker is expected to continue the series by offering upgrades to the micro car. It even plans to launch new models of the mini electric vehicle as well in China. The company has even managed to sell more EVs than the world’s largest EV maker, Tesla, thanks to its Mini EV.
Adding to its achievements, the Wuling Hongguang MINI EV even took the crown in new energy preservation rate list from All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce Automobile group. In this list, it ranked first with an 89.78 percent efficiency rate. The combined sales of the SEV series models including Hongguang MINI EV, Wuling Nano EV, and KiWi EV from the brand has crossed more than 750,000 units during the same period.
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