91 Ten Articles: Weilai's profit per vehicle is about 77,500 yuan, and the think tank believes that Tesla will withdraw from China in the future

1. In the first quarter of 2021, new car sales in the US market increased by 11% year-on-year to 3.9 million units. According to the latest report from Cox Automotive and Kelly Blue Book, total electric vehicle sales in the United States exceeded 300,000 units, up 80.8% from 167,966 units in the same period last year.

2. According to data from the Spanish Automobile Manufacturers Association (ANFAC), the sales of pure electric vehicles in the market in March this year increased by 174% year-on-year, with a market share of 2.4%, an increase from 2% in March last year; plug-in hybrid vehicles increased by 465% year-on-year, with a market share of 4.1%, compared with only 1.7% in the same period last year. The sales of fully hybrid vehicles increased by 226% year-on-year, accounting for 22% of the market, compared with 15% in the same period last year.

3. NIO released its first quarter financial report for 2021. Data showed that NIO's revenue in the first quarter was RMB 7.98 billion, a year-on-year increase of 481.8%; gross profit was RMB 1.5548 billion. In the quarter, NIO delivered a total of 20,060 new vehicles. According to a simple calculation by 91che, NIO's gross profit per vehicle was about RMB 77,500.

4. In the first quarter of this year, SAIC Group's major economic indicators such as sales volume, operating income, and net profit achieved comprehensive and substantial growth. The sales of complete vehicles reached 1.142 million units, a year-on-year increase of 68.2%; the total operating income was 189.09 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 78.5%; the net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies was 6.85 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 510.8%.

5. In March this year, the Swedish electric vehicle market shrank by 13% year-on-year to 17,543 vehicles, but the number of plug-in hybrid vehicle registrations increased by 212% year-on-year.

6. Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess plans to resign as head of the supervisory board of Skoda and SEAT brands.

7. Adam Joss, an analyst at Morgan Stanley, believes that Tesla's sales in China will continue to grow before 2025 and reach a peak within five years. Then it will fall off a cliff, and Tesla's sales in the Chinese market will drop to zero before 2030. He believes that Tesla is like a computer on wheels, and its information collection ability far exceeds that of Google Maps Street View collection vehicles. In addition, Tesla is currently only building data centers in the United States and only making verbal guarantees about data security in China, which is unacceptable to China.

8. Production and sales data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers showed that in March 2021, China's automobile production and sales showed rapid growth both month-on-month and year-on-year, reaching 2.462 million and 2.526 million vehicles respectively, a month-on-month increase of 63.9% and 73.6%, and a year-on-year increase of 71.6% and 74.9%.

9. CATL's financial report shows that its operating income in the first quarter was 19.167 billion yuan, an increase of 112.24% over the same period last year; net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies reached 1.954 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 163.38% over the first quarter of 2020.

10. It is reported that Huawei is negotiating with Xiaokang Shares to acquire the controlling stake in Chongqing Jinkang New Energy Automobile. In addition, Huawei is also seeking to control ARCFOX, an electric car brand under BAIC BluePark New Energy Technology. This move will enable Huawei to manufacture its own brand of smart cars.

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